'' Death of a Nation '' contributed to an international outcry which ultimately led to Indonesian withdrawal from East Timor and eventual independence in 2000 . When '' Death of a Nation '' was screened in Britain it was the highest rating documentary in 15 years and 5,000 telephone calls per minute were made to the programme 's action line . When '' Death of a Nation '' was screened in Australia in June 1994 , Foreign Minister Gareth Evans declared that Pilger " had a track record of distorted sensationalism mixed with sanctimony . " In 2001 , while Piers Morgan was editor of the '' Mirror '' , Pilger returned to his old paper in 2001 , after the 9/11 attacks in the United States
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