Damien Kingsbury, Melbourne – As the United Nations winds down its presence in East Timor ahead of next May's departure, the fledgling state is…
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November 11, 2003
Asia Times - November 11, 2003
Melbourne Age - November 11, 2003
Jill Jolliffe, Dili – East Timorese politicians are hoping a formal headcount to identify former pro-independence guerillas will end…
Agence France Presse - November 11, 2003
Sydney – Australia has denied bullying its tiny Pacific neighbour East Timor Tuesday as the nations prepared for talks on finalising a contentious…
Courier-Mail (Queensland) - November 11, 2003
Nigel Wilson – Australia is refusing to give East Timor a timetable for reaching a permanent maritime boundary between the two countries that…
November 10, 2003
Radio Australia - November 10, 2003
The first lady of East Timor, Kirsty Sword-Gusmao, has urged Australia to consider the plight of the fledgeling nation when negotiations begin…
The Australian - November 10, 2003
From a correspondent in Dili – East Timor introduced its own coins today, hoping to spur economic development and create a symbol for the country…
November 8, 2003
Courier Mail (Brisbane) - November 8, 2003
Sandra McLean – During East Timor's independence struggle, few men were more revered than Xanana Gusmao, the leader of the resistance movement.…
November 7, 2003
Sydney Morning Herald - November 7, 2003
Louise Williams – The quest for justice for East Timor's victims of human rights abuses under Indonesian military occupation is in effect over.…
Manly Daily (Australia) - November 7, 2003
Just four years after the vote for independence in East Timor, the country's first lady, Kirsty Sword Gusmao, believes the country's peace is…
November 6, 2003
Lusa - November 6, 2003
Dili – East Timor's governing Fretilin party has lost electoral support but retains majority backing after nearly 18 months in power, according to…
The Standard (China) - November 6, 2003
Louis Beckerling – East Timor president Xanana Gusmao warned Asian business leaders yesterday that if people in the poorest countries of the…
November 5, 2003
Radio Australia - November 5, 2003
Linda Mottram: Australian troops in East Timor are preparing for the pull out of UN peacekeepers next year. They're handing over key duties to the…
Antara - November 5, 2003
Kupang – A top East Timorese community leader in Indonesia, Armindo Soares, said a lot of East Timorese refugees who participated in the…
SBS Dateline - November 5, 2003
For several years stories have been circulating, mostly unpublished, concerning claims that Australian soldiers were engaged in acts of torture of…
Melbourne Age - November 5, 2003
Deborah Snow – Fresh allegations of torture by Australian troops in East Timor will be made in tonight's SBS Dateline program, with former militia…
November 4, 2003
Manly Daily (Australia) - November 4, 2003
Kirsty Sword Gusmao, the Australian-born first lady of the world's newest nation, once shared two of her husband's big dreams for an independent…
November 1, 2003
Sydney Morning Herald Book Review - November 1, 2003
["A Woman of Independence". By Kirsty Sword Gusmao. Macmillan, 321pp, $30.]
Peter Pierce – Kirsty Sword Gusmao's "A Woman of Independence"…
Antara - November 1, 2003
Atambua – The Belu district government said it was treating the 26 East Timorese seeking asylum in Atambua as foreign nationals.
…October 31, 2003
Melbourne Age - October 31, 2003
Jill Jolliffe – Today's pilgrimage to Balibo by the families of the five television reporters killed in an Indonesian attack on the East Timorese…
Daily Telegraph (Sydney) - October 31, 2003 Friday
Keith Suter – The largest loss of life ever sustained by the Australian media industry took place on October 16, 1975, at the East Timor village…
October 30, 2003
Antara - October 30, 2003
Waingapu – East Timorese President Xanana Gusmao has expressed anger over attitude of the country's citizens seeking asylum in Atambua, Belu…
Antara - October 30, 2003
Kupang – The leaders of two ex-East Timorese refugee organizations have urged the Indonesian government to refrain from deporting 26 East Timorese…
October 29, 2003
Associated Press - October 29, 2003
A former militia leader, who was sentenced to 10 years for his role in the 1999 East Timor violence, unfurled a giant Indonesian flag…
October 28, 2003
Jakarta Post - October 28, 2003
Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – East Timor President Xanana Gusmao called on East Timor asylum seekers on Monday in the Indonesia's territory of Atambua…
October 27, 2003
Antara - October 27, 2003
Atambua – The Indonesian military and police have agreed to deport 26 East Timorese who are seeking asylum at Belu police resort in…
October 24, 2003
Letter published in the Guardian (UK) - October 24, 2003
The Australian High Commissioner believes that the interim legal framework for Timor Sea petroleum development is a winner for East Timor (letters…
October 23, 2003
Associated Press - October 23, 2003
Dili – An East Timorese court Thursday convicted and sentenced two former pro-Jakarta militiaman for murdering three independence…
October 22, 2003
Australian Associated Press - October 22, 2003
Ben Packham, Melbourne – East Timorese trade unionists have ended the nation's first-ever strike. The country's aviation workers ended…
October 21, 2003
Lusa - October 21, 2003
Dili – East Timorese leaders, returning home from a European tour, expressed optimism Tuesday about continued European Union aid but said Dili's…
October 20, 2003
Melbourne Age - October 20, 2003
Jill Jolliffe, Batugade – East Timorese self-sufficiency came a step closer at the weekend as United Nations peacekeepers handed control of the…
October 18, 2003
Jakarta Post - October 18, 2003
Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – As many as 48 East Timorese citizens sneaked into East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province seeking protection from the…
October 17, 2003
Associated Press - October 17, 2003
Michael Casey, Jakarta – The prime minister of East Timor said Friday that his nation has little hope of overcoming its desperate poverty unless…
October 15, 2003
Washington Post - October 15, 2003
Alan Sipress, Dili – Joni Marques is in jail for his role in the ambush and murder of three Catholic priests, two nuns and their traveling…
October 14, 2003
Jakarta Post - October 14, 2003
Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – At least five of 14 regencies in East Nusa Tenggara have refused to give land for resettlement areas for thousands of…
The Guardian - October 14, 2003
Jonathan Steele – Australia, which led an international peace force to help East Timor become independent last year, has become the greatest…
October 13, 2003
Reuters - October 13, 2003
Jakarta – A former pro-Indonesia militia member in East Timor has been jailed for 10 B1/2 years for crimes against humanity including one count of…
October 12, 2003
Washington Post - October 12, 2003
Alan Sipress, Dili – "Turn around!" the police cadet barked. "Get on your knees! Cross your legs!" The suspect dropped to the hot asphalt and…
October 8, 2003
Melbourne Age - October 8, 2003
Paul Robinson – An Australian union official has been jailed in East Timor by United Nations police after a demonstration outside a local airline…
Washington Post - October 8, 2003
Alan Sipress, Laga – On a narrow road strung perilously along a rock ledge above the beach, Cornelio Gama stopped his jeep and motioned to the…
Radio Australia - October 8, 2003
A bitter industrial dispute in East Timor has taken a turn for the worse, with the arrest of an Australian trade union official by United Nations…
October 7, 2003
Agence France Presse - October 7, 2003
Dili – Prosecutors in East Timor on Tuesday charged 17 Indonesian and East Timorese members of the Indonesian army with murderous attacks on…
The Australian - October 7, 2003
Gel Wilson – Australian officials expect talks on a maritime boundary between Australia and East Timor to be "long and intricate".…
October 1, 2003
New Straits Times - October 1, 2003
Singapore – Timor Leste President Xanana Gusmao said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad would make a two-day visit to the country…
Jakarta Post - October 1, 2003
Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Hundreds of students and East Timorese refugees continued their demonstrations on Tuesday at the East Nusa Tenggara…
New Internationalist 361 - October, 2003
Quinton Temby – As development of the rich oil and natural gas reserves in the Timor Sea near East Timor takes off, the Government hopes that…
September 30, 2003
Associated Press - September 30, 2003
Singapore – East Timor, the world's youngest nation, is struggling to find ways to achieve economic survival and needs external investment,…
September 26, 2003
Reuters - September 26, 2003
Jakarta – East Timor prosecutors have indicted 18 people for crimes against humanity, including two Indonesian military officers, in connection…
September 23, 2003
Online opinion - September 23, 2003
Nick Ferrett – It may be that Australia fails in its bid to obtain chairmanship of the United Nations Human Rights Committee. That would make Greg…
September 17, 2003
Asia Times - September 17, 2003
Paulo Gorjao – East Timor is seen at the United Nations headquarters as one of its state-building success stories in the past few years. Even…
Sydney Morning Herald - September 17, 2003
Jill Jolliffe, Dili – East Timor's chief prosecutor, Longuinhos Monteiro, has warned that the country could face internal problems if it drops…