Dili – East Timorese Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri has rejected President Xanana Gusmao's demand that he sack Interior Minister Rogirio…

Andrew Trounson, Melbourne – Plans to market natural gas from the Greater Sunrise fields in the Timor Sea to markets in Australia are to be…

David Fickling, Darwin – Absurdity is a concept particularly popular with politicians treading on shaky moral ground. Invoke absurdity, and you…

Indonesia's sham prosecutions, the need to strengthen the trial process in East Timor, and the imperative of UN

The world watched in…

Joco Boavida – The riot of 4 December 2002 took residents of Dili and news listeners and watchers worldwide by surprise for the extent of anger…

Hamish McDonald – Reality seems to have dawned this week on Eurico Guterres, the long-haired young firebrand who led one of the most violent pro-…

Berlin – East Timor's foreign minister, Jose Ramos Horta, reacted angrily Friday to the latest round of acquittals by the Indonesian…

Jill Jolliffe, Dili – President Xanana Gusmao has attacked East Timor's politicians, condemning the inefficiency and corruption of the Fretilin-…

The international community is the only hope East Timorese have of winning retribution for the crimes committed by Indonesia during its 24 years…

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – The 10-year jail term given to notorious militia leader Eurico Guterres for instigating attacks on pro-independence…

Jill Jolliffe, Dili – In Dili, widespread shock and disbelief met Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo's announcement of his resignation.

Bishop Belo…

[In East Timor a tribunal has passed judgement on one of the most notorious militia leaders involved in the violence in the fledgling country…

The conviction yesterday of former East Timor militia leader Eurico Guterres for crimes against humanity and his sentence to ten years in prison…

Ruth Ratcliffe, Darwin – "I'm here because I don't like injustice, and I don't like being ashamed of my country", declared Jack, one of the 250…

[East Timor's spiritual leader and joint nobel peace prize winner Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo has announced that he'll step down as the Bishop…

Jakarta – The United Nations mission in East Timor said on Wednesday it had launched an investigation into the death of an East Timorese man hit…

East Timor's Nobel peace prize-winning Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo, a symbol of resistance during the years of Indonesian occupation, said he was…

Jon Land – Pressure is mounting against the federal government's moves to deport 1600-1800 East Timorese asylum seekers, some of whom have been…

[Australia's Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has returned to East Timor for the first time since the signing of the Timor Sea Treaty in May.…

Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – Former pro-Jakarta militia leader Eurico Guterres put his life on the line for Indonesian Military (TNI) officers…

Bruce Hextall – The development of more than $10 billion of oil and gas projects in the Timor Sea moved a step closer yesterday as debate started…

Rules making it more difficult for people to gain permanent residence in Australia have been necessary to stop an increasing flow of people, by no…

Atambua – More and more East Timorese refugees in the camps in Belu regency, East Nusa Tenggara, expressed their wish to return to their homeland…

Baucau – A mob, including some former guerrilla fighters, ransacked police headquarters and damaged several vehicles in East Timor's second city,…

Jill Jolliffe, Dili – East Timorese Police Commissioner Paulo Martins said yesterday authorities were worried about the security…

Neil Sands, Sydney – Australia and East Timor are locked in a David and Goliath struggle over spoils from Timor Sea gas fields, which analysts…

Paul Toohey – Three Timorese men working in the Darwin-based Timor Gap Joint Authority have been suspended on full pay after they asked their…

Federal Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock knows how to kick a man when he's down. About 1500 East Timorese – more than 80 of them long-time…

Lisbon – Portugal will continue to support the reconstruction East Timor, "particularly in the areas of education and the promulgation…

The Senate has endorsed a motion recognising the plight of the East Timorese refugees and has called on the Immigration Minister…

Jakarta – East Timor investigators have charged 12 people with committing murder just ahead of the territory's vote for independence at the end of…

Sarah Stephen – Fatima is a widow and grandmother who has been in Australia for 10 years, living with her family who are financially supporting…

Jakarta – Prosecutors at Indonesia's human rights court on Wednesday demanded 10-year jail sentences for the former police and military chiefs in…

Dili – Violent clashes Monday between security forces and residents near East Timor's second city, Baucau, left two people injured, a…

[The East Timor government says unsuccessful asylum-seekers forced to return from Australia will be a burden on the country's fledgeling…

Helen Signy and Cynthia Banham – The Australian Government issued a secret directive that refugee applications from the East Timorese community…

East Timor may not seek a United Nations tribunal to try cases of militia atrocities three years ago even if Indonesia's human rights…

Andrew West – Under the threat of deportation, the Lay family celebrated the eighth anniversary of their arrival in Australia at their Fairfield…

Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – Armindo Soares Mariano, caretaker of UNTAS – an East Timorese refugee organization – disclosed here on…

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – With the deadline for the closure of refugee camps here drawing near, 121 East Timorese families have registered for the…

Dili – The UN will respect its engagement with East Timor and has no plans for an anticipated reduction or withdrawal of its civilian…

A lack of foreign investment rules has been highlighted as the main factor restricting economic growth in the newly independent East…

[East Timor has marked the eleventh anniversary of the Santa Cruz massacre. Hundreds of people were killed in the Dili cemetery on November 12…

Dili – East Timorese students and human rights groups called Tuesday for an international court to judge those responsible for human…

Dili – About 1,000 protesters Tuesday demanding that the Indonesian soldiers who shot to death 200 people at a rally 11 years ago be…

Jason Koutsoukis – The $3.5 billion Bayu-Undan natural gas project between Australia and East Timor received a major boost yesterday…

Jill Jolliffe, Dili – Witnesses at East Timor's truth and reconciliation commission have described atrocities going back to 1975 involving…

Dili – Australia is using East Timor's vulnerability as one of the world's poorest nations to gain leverage in negotiations on the carving up of…

Jakarta – Prosecutors on Monday sought the minimum 10-year jail sentence for a former Indonesian army chief officer charged with crimes against…

Jill Jolliffe, Dili – A United Nations prosecutor has hailed the indictment of two Indonesian officers for the 1999 murder of Dutch journalist…