Sandra O'Malley and Rob Taylor – The Federal Government is neglecting regional security by backing the US in opposing an extension of the UN…
East Timor
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March 1, 2005
On 18 February, the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced the establishment of an independent commission of three experts to review the…
The United States and Australia today called for ending the United Nations peacekeeping mission in East Timor when its mandate expires in May,…
February 28, 2005
Kupang (East Nusa Tenggara) – The daily newspaper Radar Timor, owned by former governor of East Timor, Abilio Jose Osario Soares, was…
United Nations – The United States said Monday it opposes Secretary-General Kofi Annan's recommendation for a one-year extension of the UN…
February 27, 2005
Reporter: Graeme Dobell
Hamish Robertson: A renewed effort is being made to end the diplomatic war of words between Australia and East Timor…
February 25, 2005
Dili – The government, angered by published reports of famine deaths it denies, has severed relations with one of East Timor's two…
David Nason, New York – The UN Mission of Support in East Timor looks certain to be extended, after Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned of…
February 24, 2005
Australia says the decision on a permanent seabed boundary with East Timor should be deferred for up to 100 years to allow oil and gas projects to…
Indonesian troops have cracked down on suspected militia members near the East Timor border, banning them from wearing camouflage uniforms as the…
New York – United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said here Wednesday the human rights violations that occurred in East Timor in 1999…
Jill Jolliffe, Dili – Justice is at the crossroads in East Timor, with the United Nations formally moving to check the impunity of those accused…
February 23, 2005
We, the undersigned citizens of Australia, address this letter to those representatives of our government who will negotiate with representatives…
All too frequently this nation has refused to come to terms with its past. The circumstances surrounding historical events remain blurred, the…
February 22, 2005
Dili – East Timor will ask the United Nations Security Council to extend its peacekeeping mission in the fledgling nation, Foreign…
February 18, 2005
David Loyn, East Timor – Aprecio Guterres will be the last person to be tried by the war crimes court set up in East Timor.
After his case…
Tom Noble – In a small hospital in East Timor a father smiles. His once-blind son has seen the light, literally, after an operation by Australian…
February 17, 2005
Mark Forbes, Canberra – A Defence Department official deliberately cut the flow of military intelligence to troops in the field in East Timor. But…
February 16, 2005
Ben Moxham – The East Timorese newspaper Suara Timor Lorosae reported on February 7 that at least 53 people had died of starvation in the village…
Sydney – Woodside Petroleum Ltd said the 5 billion AUD Greater Sunrise gas project in the Timor Sea is stalled but remains viable.…
February 15, 2005
Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Ian Carnell says he has no doubt that Australian troops in East Timor have been deliberately cut…
February 14, 2005
Detikom, Muhammad Atqa – Indonesia's foreign minister, Hasan Wirayudha, clarified that the Truth and Friendship Commission [TFC] being formed by…
Lisa Clausen – Built from scratch like so much of East Timor after the militia rampages in the wake of 1999's independence vote, the nation's…
February 11, 2005
Dili – East Timor's leaders want national consensus on how to deal with Indonesian atrocities committed in 1999, but will move to set up a Truth…
February 9, 2005
Jon Lamb – A 30-second television advertisement screened on January 26 during the Australian Open tennis tournament has returned to the limelight…
Dili – The port authorities of the East Timorese and Portuguese capitals signed an accord Wednesday for broad bilateral cooperation.…
February 8, 2005
Veronica Brooks – East Timor's bid to establish a viable oil and gas exploration industry has received robust early interest from multinational…
February 7, 2005
Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said he was cautiously positive about reaching a deal with East Timor on how to share lucrative…
East Timor's new Catholic bishop has opposed a deal between Timorese and Indonesian leaders to drop trials over atrocities during the country's…
February 4, 2005
Sarah Crichton – The Federal Court has ruled it cannot hear a US oil company's multi-billion dollar compensation claim against the Commonwealth…
Jakarta – Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda will host a meeting with his East Timor counterpart Ramos Horta to have talks on…
February 2, 2005
Adirito de Jesus Soares, Dili – Many people have commented about the first 100 days of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's presidency. One of his…
Dili – The United Nations should maintain a trimmed-down operation in East Timor after the scheduled withdrawal of its UNMISET mission…
Melbourne – Tiny East Timor will open the door to a growing queue of foreign oil and gas explorers later this month when its parliament is due to…
Veronica Brooks, Canberra – East Timor is poised to formally accept Australia's invitation to resume negotiations on a permanent maritime boundary…
February 1, 2005
Julian Lee and Cynthia Banham – An advertising campaign accusing the Prime Minister of stealing billions of dollars in oil and gas revenues from…
January 29, 2005
East Timor's charismatic president Xanana Gusmao today made an emotional visit to the Indonesian prison where he was held for four…
January 28, 2005
Jakarta – East Timor President Xanana Gusmao in a three-day visit here Friday sought to mend bilateral ties with Indonesia, hand…
Jakarta – Indonesia and Timor Leste (East Timor) have agreed to establish a permanent border crossing (PLB) for traditional…
Astrid Felicia Lim, Jakarta – The Timor Leste (East Timor) government has promised to lobby the US government in its congress, in February 2005…
January 27, 2005
Julian Lee – The organisers of an advertising campaign that ambushed the Australian Open to highlight disputed maritime boundaries in the Timor…
January 23, 2005
Businessman Ian Melrose has recommenced his campaign of television commercials criticising the Australian Government's unfair treatment of East…
January 21, 2005
Veronica Brooks, Canberra – Australia is hopeful East Timor will in the next week or two accept its invitation to return to the negotiating table…
Dili – Former pro-Indonesian militiamen are gradually slipping back into East Timor and resorting to banditry, a military source in…
January 19, 2005
Dili – Police in East Timor detained a man after an exchange of gunfire between security forces and an armed group near the border…
January 18, 2005
Jakarta – Former East Timor governor Abilio Soares vowed on Wednesday to continue his challenge against the retroactive application of…
January 17, 2005
The secretary of state for defence's visit to East Timor, due to start tomorrow (Tuesday 18 January), has been postponed until the end…
Dili – Australia and East Timor will resume in March talks to resolve their dispute over shared maritime boundaries and the carving up…
January 16, 2005
Adam Gartrell – Buses donated to East Timor by the NSW Government in 2002 have never been used and sit in an empty parking lot, makeshift homes to…
January 15, 2005
Paul Dyer – The $7 billion Greater Sunrise gas project in the Timor Sea has been shelved by project operator Woodside Petroleum.
Woodside…




