IN THE HILLS, STARVATION STALKS REFUGEES.(MAIN)

Byline: PATRICK McDOWELL Associated Press

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Starving in East Timor's sun-scorched hills or menaced in hostile refugee camps, hundreds of thousands of people chased from their homes by Indonesian troops and pro-Indonesian militias are staring death in the face.

Many have no food, water or money. Reports filtering out by cellular phone calls to relatives or friends say some people are foraging for bananas and roots, under constant threat of attack.

Conflicting reports reached Jakarta that troops had attacked 30,000 people huddled in the seminary town of Dare, six miles from Dili, the burned and looted capital of East Timor, either …