John Pilger – On August 30 it will be a decade since the people of East Timor defied the genocidal occupiers of their country to take part in a United Nations referendum and vote for th

East Timor voted for independence 10 years ago, but its people await a better life, writes Lindsay Murdoch in Dili.

Paul Monk – Robert Connolly's film Balibo graphically reconstructs the murder by Indonesian special forces, on October 16, 1975, of Greg Shackleton, Gary Cunningham, Tony Stewart, Malco

Jonathan Pearlman – The United Nations is preparing gradually to wind down its mission in East Timor and believes Australia could do the same, says the mission's chief of staff, Gerard

Comando Falintil-Forca defeza Timor-Leste (F-FDTL), the armed forces of Timor-Leste, celebrated its 34th anniversary here on Thursday.

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – Australian forensic experts have identified the remains of three victims of an Indonesian army massacre that took place in East Timor 18 years ago.

Caroline Overington – The family of one of the Balibo Five believes the Rudd government has deliberately inflamed a wrenching dispute over the remains of the dead to avoid having to con

[A new film has opened political and cultural wounds. Author Paul Cleary and filmmaker, Robert Connolly present two informed views on its portrayal of history.]

Caroline Overington – A federal police probe into the death of five newsmen in Balibo in 1975 has stalled due to a dispute between the families over whether the remains of the bodies, w

Eras Poke, Kupang – Authorities in East Timor arrested an Indonesian on Sunday over his alleged role in a deadly attack at a church there during the upheaval experienced after the count

Mark Naglazas – When Damon Gameau was preparing to play Greg Shackleton, one of the five Australian journalists massacred by Indonesian troops in East Timor in 1975, he sought the couns

Members of the US-based East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) will gather in Timor-Leste later this month to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the country's historic vote fo

Clinton Fernandes – In October 1975, the Indonesian military was conducting a terror and destabilisation campaign in the border regions of East Timor.

The director of the film Balibo has renewed calls for a coronial inquest into the death of Roger East, the Darwin-based journalist murdered in East Timor in 1975.

Shirley Shackleton wondered whether the truth of her husband's murder could ever be communicated to Australian cinema audiences. This is her response to Balibo.

Australian film Balibo, about the murder of five Australian journalists in East Timor in 1975, won two of the five jury prizes at the 2009 St George Bank Brisbane International Film Fes

Dili – East Timor's opposition Fretilin party called for Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao to sack his justice and finance ministers Thursday after investigators recommended action against t

Anthony LaPaglia strived for truth about the Balibo Five, writes Philippa Hawker.

Caroline Overington – The Australian media bears more responsibility than the Australian government for the deaths of five journalists in Balibo in 1975, according to retired diplomat R

An Australian woman charged with conspiring to kill East Timor's President is stressed and concerned by the trial, her Darwin solicitor says.

Kerry O'Brien, presenter: It's now 10 years since the people of East Timor were finally given the chance to decide their political future and vote in a referendum on independence.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono and an Armed Forces spokesman on Tuesday both professed to have no information on a report that an Indonesian company had be

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – A Jakarta company has been awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to supply police and army equipment to East Timor.

Caroline Overington – There is a scene in the new Australian film Balibo that is so sickening in its violence that it is almost unbearable to watch.

Balibo is a political thriller that uncovers the true story of five journalists, including New Zealander Gary Cunningham, killed in East Timor in 1975.

Jon Lamb - August 30 marks 10 years since the UN-sponsored referendum on Indonesian-occupied East Timor's political status.

Daniel Flitton – Jose Ramos Horta looks a little abashed.

David Curry – Relatives of the Balibo Five have only just received formal government correspondence on the repatriation of the remains of the slain Australian journalists, despite Prime

Alyssa Braithwaite, Melbourne – East Timorese President Jose Ramos Horta hopes the new movie Balibo, about the murder of six Australian journalists in 1975, prompts world leaders to lea

Twenty years after the death of her brother, one of five journalists killed in Balibo, East Timor, grandmother Maureen Tolfree began a painstaking search for the truth.

Ary Hermawan – Indonesia dismissed as fiction the recently premiered Australian film describing the murder of five Australian journalists by the Indonesian Army during the 1975's war in

East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta says he will not push for a war crimes tribunal to investigate the deaths of six Australians in 1975.

Adam Gartrell – The new feature film about the Balibo Five may stir up fresh controversy in Australia but as far as Indonesia is concerned the case is closed.

East Timor's Ombudsman is calling for the country's Minister of Justice to be prosecuted, over allegations of corruption, following calls from the country's opposition for Prime Ministe

East Timor's ombudsman is calling for the country's Justice Minister to be prosecuted following a corruption investigation.

Melbourne – A hard-hitting movie depicting the infamous killing of six Australian-based journalists during Indonesia's 1975 invasion of East Timor should prompt war crimes charges, its

Paul Toohey – A "highly protected" Australian Federal Police ballistics report shows that one of Timorese President Jose Ramos Horta's personal guards, who claims he shot dead the rebel

A former journalist's return to the site of the massacre of five of his colleagues in Balibo sparked bitter memories and a determination to record the event, writes Fiona Purdon.

Adam Gartrell, Dili – Angelita Pires talks a lot about conspiracies.

Stephanie March, Steve Holland for Radio Australia – East Timor's Prime Minister, Xanana Gusmao, has defended his role in authorising a multi-million dollar contract for a company part-

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Indonesia has agreed to provide Timor Leste with a number of privileges in line with recommendations made by the final report of the Indonesia-Timor Leste Commi

Adam Gartrell and Rosa Garcia – The gunman stood 30 metres away and wore a mask that covered most of his face.

Paul Toohey, Dili – Members of Jose Ramos Horta's hand-picked nine-man military guard fled at the sight of the rebels who turned up on the morning of February 11 last year and shot the

Dili – An East Timor court began the trial under tight security Monday of 28 people accused of trying to kill the president and prime minister in a failed twin assassination attempt.

Australian woman Angelita Pires told East Timorese rebel leader Alfredo Reinado to go to Dili to "kill two dogs" the day before the 2008 assassination attempts on the country's top two

Adam Gartrell – Lawyers for a Darwin woman who will face trial next week accused of conspiring to assassinate East Timor's top political leaders have called on prosecutors to abandon th

Simon Roughneen, Dili – Allegations that East Timor Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao signed off on a food contract benefiting a company that listed his daughter Zenilda as a shareholder has

Dili – Police in East Timor have arrested 10 members of an alleged human trafficking ring who brought women into the tiny country as sex workers, the United Nations mission and police s

Matt Crook, Dili – Pressure to resign is mounting on East Timor's Prime Minster, Xanana Gusamo, amid claims that he misused authority when he signed-off on a multi-million dollar govern

Dili – East Timor's opposition called on Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao to resign Wednesday for alleged corruption in awarding a multi-million-dollar contract to a company linked to his d