President Xanana Gusmao called Thursday to the nations of the North to grant debt relief to the countries in the South, who would, in…
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July 18, 2002
Lusa - July 18, 2002
July 17, 2002
Dow Jones Newswires - July 17, 2002
Andrew Trounson, Melbourne – East Timor is getting down to business. And that means playing tough, even with your friends.
The world's…
Australian Associated Press - July 17, 2002
Catharine Munro, Jakarta – Indonesian human rights prosecutors today raised the prospect of dropping charges against some defendants facing trial…
Lusa - July 17, 2002
The Indonesian military, until recently occupiers of East Timor, may soon begin training officers for Dili's fledgling defense force,…
Agence France Presse - July 17, 2002
Jakarta – An investigation into the murder of a Dutch journalist in East Timor in 1999 is still open, a Dutch police officer said Wednesday after…
Agence France Presse - July 17, 2002
A survivor of a bloody attack on a refugee-filled church compound in East Timor in April 1999 said Wednesday he saw uniformed Indonesian soldiers…
Associated Press - July 17, 2002
Jakarta – Indonesian prosecutors said Wednesday they would seek to reopen the investigation into the killing of a Dutch journalist in East Timor,…
July 16, 2002
Associated Press - July 16, 2002
Irwan Firdaus, Jakarta – The former commander of Indonesian troops in East Timor went on trial Tuesday on charges of crimes against humanity for…
Lusa - July 16, 2002
After signing and approving East Timor's state budget Tuesday, President Xanana Gusmao called for revision of the measures within four months,…
Lusa - July 16, 2002
A draft bill on amnesty and pardoning of sentences has been criticized as being "unconstitutional", "too general" and open to "dangerous…
July 15, 2002
Lusa - July 15, 2002
President Xanana Gusmao will address the East Timorese Tuesday in a nationally broadcast speech that an aide described Monday as…
July 13, 2002
The Australian - July 13, 2002
Nigel Wilson – East Timor's decision to pursue maritime boundaries that might include substantial Australian oil and gas reserves in the Timor Sea…
July 12, 2002
Radio Australia - July 12, 2002
[East Timor's fledgling parliament has made a key decision about the nation's borders which could be the first big test of its relations with…
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation - July 12, 2002
[The following letter to the the Sydney Morning Herald editor was issued by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Nobel Peace Prize…
Associated Press - July 12 2002
Prosecutors yesterday demanded that East Timor's former Indonesian-appointed governor be sent to prison for 10 and a half years – just six months…
Asia Times - July 12, 2002
Thalif Deen, United Nations – East Timor, the world's newest nation, will ask the United Nations to designate it a "least developed country" (LDC…
Sydney Morning Herald - July 12 2002
Two former top Indonesian ministers told a human rights trial yesterday that a savage outbreak of militia violence in East Timor in September 1999…
Melbourne Age - July 12, 2002
Jill Jolliffe – An argument over who is to be East Timor's first ambassador to Australia could lead to a showdown between President…
July 11, 2002
Jakarta Post - July 11, 2002
Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) expects to see half of the remaining 50,000 East Timorese refugees…
Far Eastern Economic Review - July 11, 2002
[Deliverance by Don Greenlees and Robert Garran, Allen & Unwin.]
John Mcbeth – Only a week before the August 30, 1999, referendum…
Australian Associated Press - July 11, 2002
Rod McGuirk, Darwin – East Timor President and former freedom fighter Xanana Gusmao today said he did not want to see the Indonesian provinces of…
Sydney Morning Herald - July 11, 2002
Jill Jolliffe, Dili – East Timor's Foreign Minister, Jose Ramos Horta, has put pragmatism ahead of human rights in his first foreign policy…
July 10, 2002
Suara Timor Lorosa'e - July 10, 2002
Thomas Freitas, Dili – Activists from the NGO La'o Hamutuk and others were disappointed by Manuel Carrascalao's statement in Tuesday's edition of…
Jakarta Post - July 10, 2002
Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Dozens of people claiming to represent thousands of East Timorese refugees sheltering in camps in West Timor rallied at…
July 9, 2002
Lusa - July 9, 2002
East Timor's parliament approved a draft bill Tuesday on maritime borders, paving the way for the ratification of the potentially lucrative Timor…
Lusa - July 9, 2002
The European Union is to give humanitarian aid worth nearly euros 2 million to East Timorese refugees still living in camps in…
UNMISET Media Briefing Notes - July 9, 2002
Dili – UN Police officials today announced they have seized two trucks loaded with sandalwood apparently destined for sale outside East Timor.…
July 8, 2002
Lusa - July 8, 2002
East Timor's minister of health has said that his country has all the conditions necessary for the outbreak of an Aids epidemic and urgent measure…
Catholic News Service - July 8, 2002
Dili – Amnesty should not be offered to those responsible for crimes against humanity during the violence that surrounded East Timor's 1999 bid…
July 7, 2002
Channel Nine Sunday Program - July 7, 2002
Reporter: Ross Coulthart
Producer: In collaboration with Max Stahl of Gillan Films
Ross Coulthart: It's early Sunday morning here in…
July 6, 2002
Jakarta Post - July 6, 2002
Jakarta/Kupang – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Friday that 1,500 East Timorese children, placed in orphanages…
Melbourne Age - July 6, 2002
Jill Jolliffe, Maubisse – Like most country folk in East Timor, the 18,000 people of the Maubisse district are enthusiastic about independence,…
July 5, 2002
Agence France Presse - July 5, 2002
Geneva – East Timor's Health Minister, Rui Maria de Araujo, warned Friday that his newly-independent country was in danger of an AIDS epidemic,…
Australian Financial Review - July 5, 2002
Geoffrey Barker – Sixty influential Chinese business association leaders arrived in Dili from Macau last week to talk to East Timorese leaders…
Radio Australia - July 5, 2002
[Achieving justice in East Timor for the victims of the violence after the 1999 independence vote, is not proving to be an easy task. With just…
July 4, 2002
Far Eastern Economic Review - July 4, 2002
Mark Dodd, Dili – At just four weeks old East Timor may be the world's newest nation, but its first big problem is how to deal with its past.…
July 3, 2002
Canberra Times - July 3, 2002
Lincoln Wright – Defence Minister Robert Hill has rejected claims from a whistleblower that the Defence Signals Directorate spied on journalists…
Lusa - July 3, 2002
East Timor's foreign minister said Wednesday that he regretted the decision of the United States to withdraw its military observers…
Straits Times - July 3, 2002
Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Just four years ago, Mr Xanana Gusmao was Indonesia's most prized rebel prisoner. But yesterday, he returned as the…
Jakarta Post - July 3, 2002
Kupang – East Timorese refugees living in various camps in West Timor continued with their protests on Tuesday, demanding aid from the…
Asia Pulse - July 3, 2002
Jakarta – Indonesia and East Timor on Tuesday agreed to seek the best way of settling the issue of assets the former had left behind in what used…
Jakarta Post Editorial - July 3, 2002
When East Timor President Xanana Gusmao began his official visit in Indonesia on Tuesday, he was received with a red carpet welcome and full…
July 2, 2002
Sydney Morning Herald - July 2, 2002
Barry FitzGerald – The Timor Sea has continued to grow in importance for the Adelaide-based and Cooper Basin-dependent Santos, with the group…
Tapol Press Release - July 2, 2002
Flaws in the indictment of notorious militia leader, Eurico Guterres, are the clearest indication yet of Indonesia's lack of commitment to justice…
Agence France Presse - July 2, 2002
Indonesia rolled out the red carpet for the man it once jailed as a subversive as Xanana Gusmao arrived in the capital for his first visit as…
Agence France Presse - July 2, 2002
Beijing – China supports the building of an East Timor army and will work toward friendly ties with it, state media quoted China's defense…
July 1, 2002
Inside Indonesia - July-September 2002
Mansour Fakih – My first visit to East Timor was early in 2000. The towns were still smoldering, and the atmosphere was tense. I was shocked,…
June 29, 2002
Jakarta Post - June 29, 2002
Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, Jakarta – Human rights activists warned on Friday of another red mark against the country's judicial system should the ad…
Agence France Presse - June 29, 2002
Hundreds of East Timorese refugees demonstrated outside the governor's office in East Nusa Tenggara province Saturday demanding a resumption of…
Melbourne Age - June 29, 2002
Jill Jolliffe – The United Nations has increased pressure on the Indonesian Government to produce results over war crimes in East Timor by…