Australia has quietly ended its military mission in East Timor, with the flag officially lowered on the 13-year deployment at a ceremony in Dili.

Australia is ending its security mission in East Timor, six years after sending troops to restore stability.

Catherine McGrath & staff – East Timor's Finance Minister wants her country and other post-conflict nations around the world to gain greater control over foreign aid programs.

Jimmy Ellingham – South of Dili, East Timor's hot, dry and dusty capital, a narrow pot-holed road snakes its way over the hills.

Stephanie March, Canberra – Hundreds of East Timorese will be forced to find new jobs when the United Nations withdraws from the country at the end of this year.

Ati Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The Santa Cruz cemetery in Dili was full of people on Nov. 1. In preparation for Nov.

Rights groups marking the 21st anniversary of the massacre of 270 Timorese by Indonesian forces are demanding justice for this and other crimes committed during Jakarta's occupation of

United Nations – A UN official says peacekeepers are on track to leave East Timor by year's end, but the international community will remain engaged in one of the world's youngest natio

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The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) urged the United Nations, the US, and other governments to fulfill outstanding promises of justice for the many victims of Indonesia's

Matthew Russell Lee, United Nations – Timor Leste is called a rare UN success story, and it is slated to come off the agenda of the Security Council through the expiration of its mandat

This afternoon (12 November), the Security Council is scheduled to hold a debate on the UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT), whose mandate will expire at the end of December.

Mark Fenn, Singapore – This has been a big year for Timor Leste, with one of the world's smallest and most impoverished countries passing a series of important milestones.

In the last quarter the Petroleum Fund of Timor-Leste increased by nearly US$400 million to US$11.05441 billion dollars, indicates a report released on the official website of the Banco

George Roberts – Prime Minister Julia Gillard is claiming a first in regional diplomacy, after securing a joint meeting with the leaders of Indonesia and East Timor.

The leaders of Australia, Indonesia and East Timor have held their first official trilateral meeting, discussing the strength of relations between the three countries and the potential

The last contingent of New Zealand troops will return from East Timor this week, ending New Zealand's 13-year presence in the country.

La'o Hamutuk recently gave the letter below to the UN Security Council, which is preparing for its final debate on Timor-Leste on 12 November; a PDF with footnotes can be downloaded fro

East Timor's National Police Commissioner, Longuinhos Monteiro, says he is confident his force will be able to maintain law and order in the country.

United Nations peacekeepers in East Timor have handed full responsibility for policing to Asia's youngest nation, Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has announced.

Sara Everingham and staff – The United Nations has handed over full control of policing operations to the East Timorese National Police Force (PNTL) at a ceremony in Dili.

UN peacekeepers will hand over full responsibility for policing to East Timor next week as they begin withdrawing in earnest from Asia's youngest nation, a UN official says.

The family of a Kiwi news cameraman slain during the Indonesian invasion of East Timor is calling on the Government to seek justice.

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Shirley Shackleton is the only of the relatives of the Balibo Five who wants the men's grave dug up and their remains returned to Australia, according to th

Michael Bachelard, Indonesia – Shirley Shackleton refers to it as "my job" – telling journalists the story of her husband, Greg, who died at Balibo in East Timor in 1975, and seeking ju

The family of one of the five journalists killed in East Timor in 1975 is opposed to having his remains returned to Australia.

Relatives of two news reporters killed at Balibo in East Timor in 1975 say an attempt to exhume their remains will cause more trauma.

Stephanie March – East Timor is considering walking away from its treaty with the Australian government and Woodside Petroleum over the development of oil and gas fields in the Timor Se

George Roberts, Indonesia – The widow of one of five journalists killed by Indonesian troops in Timor in 1975 has launched a new campaign to have her husband's remains returned to Austr

The 80-year-old widow of an Australian journalist allegedly shot by Indonesian forces in East Timor in 1975 pleaded Sunday for her husband's remains to be swiftly repatriated.

Lauren Turner – Intestinal worms affect up to half of East Timor's children and former president Jose Ramos-Horta is calling on Australians to help eradicate the "scourge" within five y

Former East Timor president Jose Ramos-Horta has called for help for students wanting to study in Tasmania.

Rizky Amelia – The East Timor Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday visited the headquarters of Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission in Jakarta in hopes of fostering cooperat

Paul Cleary – For most of its history, East Timor has been justified in blaming foreign powers for its woes.

David Beniuk – East Timor's former president Jose Ramos-Horta has dismissed what he says are Australian suggestions that his country is growing closer to China.

The excellent new ABC Television Four Corners documentary Taxing Times in Timor highlights critical issues for Timor-Leste, and will open they eyes of Australians and others.

Woodside Petroleum Ltd, along with ConocoPhillips and other resource companies, is facing demands by the East Timor government to pay up to $3 billion in disputed tax payments related t

Peter Cronau and Andrew Fowler – Potentially billions of dollars of tax is being withheld from the government of East Timor by some of the world's richest oil and gas companies operatin

(Footage of US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, arriving for a visit in Timor Leste)

Wendy Frew – Historians often say the past is a foreign country but in East Timor it's a thread that runs through the fabric of daily life.

Dozens of people from Timor Leste, who had taken refuge in the province for 13 years with minimum facilities from the Indonesian government, have left the Naibonat refugee camp to retur

Fatulmau, East Timor – Filomena Mendonca gave birth to all five of her children at home in the village of Fatulmau, high up in the mountains of East Timor, without registering their bir

Brazil will represent Timor Leste's (East Timor) interests at the International Monetary fund (IMF) starting on 1 November, the Timorese government said in a statement issued Tuesday in

Stephanie Quine – The access-to-justice system in East Timor is in "crisis", an Australian lawyer working there has said.

A programme to build and repair infrastructure, including roads, bridges, airports, schools, hospitals and power and communication networks, will be carried out over the next five year,

Andrew Quinn, Dili – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a short visit to East Timor on Thursday, throwing her considerable diplomatic weight behind a fledgling government trying

Matthew Lee, Dili, East Timor – US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton praised East Timor on Thursday for holding fair elections this year, and said it was up to the government of

5 September 2012

Ms. Hillary Rodman Clinton
United States Secretary of State
Your Excellency,

On the eve of her visit to Timor-Leste, the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) urged Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to commit the United States to support justice

Joyce Morgan – On a steamy afternoon in Dili, I am heading to a rehearsal of an East Timorese-Australian co-production when my phone rings.