CROWD GATHER AT DILI SEA-PORT FOR FERRY OUT OF EAST TIMOR, 1999-09-06 (photo)

A crowd gathers in the early morning at Dili Sea-Port in East Timor September 5 for the afternoon ferry that will take them out of the troubled city. Violence has escalated in the bloodied territory after the result of the United Nations ballot was announced as being in favour of independance. Indonesia's military chief held crisis talks on Sunday as East Timor descended into chaos with up to 25 feared dead in violence overnight. General Wiranto flew in as part of a hastily organised crisis team of ministers. As they landed in Dili, dozens of terrified and crying Indonesians were running the other way to get on military flights out, after East Timor rejected Jakarta's rule. Indonesia invaded East Timor in 1975 and annexed it the following year in a move not recognised by the United Nations. Violence has escalated in the bloodied territory after the result of the United Nations ballot was announced as being in favour of independance. DG/PB