JAKARTA. Sept ' Si The United Nations said itwill pull out of strtfe-tom East Timor tomorrow because its besieged mission was running out of food and water, and martial law had done nothing to stop gangs, of rampaging militiamen who had killed hundreds in the last week, reports Reuters.

Earlier today, Indonesia rejected world demands for the Immediate deployment of international peacekeepers In the bloodied territory as anti-for-eign anger fanned protests in Jakarta.

President BJ Habibie cancelled his planned trip to the summit of Asia-Pacific leaders in Auckland to deal with the Timor crisis, which the government insists it can handle alone.

Graphic reports of machete murders and mass killings emerged from refugees arriving in Australia. The United Nations said it was investigating reports 100 people had been massacred in a church at Suai, C°a8t °f Ea,t

As diplormatfc pressure mounted on Jrtdonesia to stop the violence, in which hundreds of people are reported to have died, armed forces spokesman Major-General Sudraiat said a UN-set 48-houi deadline to restore order in East Timor was unrealistic.

This is not like flushing the toilet." he told Pouters.

In Canberra . United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET) spokesman David Wimhurst confirmed the planned withdrawal from the former Portuguese territory, saying: The si tuation is considered now to b e untenable."

Wimhurst said the contingent to be withdrawn by mid-morning tomorrow would consist of 200 inte:rnational staff now in Dill. He was unable to confirm that the 262 locally employed UN staff would be withdrawn at the same time.

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