EAST TIMORESE CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE IN TASITOLO NEAR DILI

East Timorese celebrate after the country became independent in Tasitolo, near Dili on May 20, 2002. To the cheers of tens of thousands of joyous revellers, East Timor celebrated its independence shortly after midnight on Sunday, taking its place as the first new nation of the millennium. REUTERS/Lirio da Fonseca