Jill Jolliffe – An argument over who is to be East Timor's first ambassador to Australia could lead to a showdown between President…
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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…
Rod McGuirk, Darwin – East Timor President and former freedom fighter Xanana Gusmao today said he did not want to see the Indonesian provinces of…
[Deliverance by Don Greenlees and Robert Garran, Allen & Unwin.]
John Mcbeth – Only a week before the August 30, 1999, referendum…
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
Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Dozens of people claiming to represent thousands of East Timorese refugees sheltering in camps in West Timor rallied at…
Thomas Freitas, Dili – Activists from the NGO La'o Hamutuk and others were disappointed by Manuel Carrascalao's statement in Tuesday's edition of…
July 9, 2002
Dili – UN Police officials today announced they have seized two trucks loaded with sandalwood apparently destined for sale outside East Timor.…
East Timor's parliament approved a draft bill Tuesday on maritime borders, paving the way for the ratification of the potentially lucrative Timor…
The European Union is to give humanitarian aid worth nearly euros 2 million to East Timorese refugees still living in camps in…
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…
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
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/Kupang – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Friday that 1,500 East Timorese children, placed in orphanages…
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
Geneva – East Timor's Health Minister, Rui Maria de Araujo, warned Friday that his newly-independent country was in danger of an AIDS epidemic,…
[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…
Geoffrey Barker – Sixty influential Chinese business association leaders arrived in Dili from Macau last week to talk to East Timorese leaders…
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
East Timor's foreign minister said Wednesday that he regretted the decision of the United States to withdraw its military observers…
Kupang – East Timorese refugees living in various camps in West Timor continued with their protests on Tuesday, demanding aid from the…
Lincoln Wright – Defence Minister Robert Hill has rejected claims from a whistleblower that the Defence Signals Directorate spied on journalists…
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…
When East Timor President Xanana Gusmao began his official visit in Indonesia on Tuesday, he was received with a red carpet welcome and full…
Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Just four years ago, Mr Xanana Gusmao was Indonesia's most prized rebel prisoner. But yesterday, he returned as the…
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…
Barry FitzGerald – The Timor Sea has continued to grow in importance for the Adelaide-based and Cooper Basin-dependent Santos, with the group…
Flaws in the indictment of notorious militia leader, Eurico Guterres, are the clearest indication yet of Indonesia's lack of commitment to justice…
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
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
Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, Jakarta – Human rights activists warned on Friday of another red mark against the country's judicial system should the ad…
Jon Land – East Timor's recently elected president, Xanana Gusmao, arrived in Canberra on June 17 for his first official state visit to Australia…
Jill Jolliffe – The United Nations has increased pressure on the Indonesian Government to produce results over war crimes in East Timor by…
Hundreds of East Timorese refugees demonstrated outside the governor's office in East Nusa Tenggara province Saturday demanding a resumption of…
June 28, 2002
[Siri Frigaard Deputy Prosecutor in East Timor's Serious Crimes Unit, overseeing investigations into crimes against humanity in East Timor has…
Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, Jakarta – Eurico Guterres, former commander of the pro-Jakarta Aitarak militia in East Timor, stood trial at the Central…
Don Greenlees, Jakarta – An Indonesian human rights court yesterday launched the prosecution of notorious former East Timorese militia leader…
June 27, 2002
Jakarta – A notorious pro-Jakarta militia leader accused of atrocities in East Timor said on Thursday he was ready to die if found guilty of the…
Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Local security authorities have broken up a network that allegedly trafficked dozens of East Timorese toddlers over the…
Jakarta – The Indonesian export volume to neighboring East Timor increased from around 20 million US dollars in 2000 to more than 33…
Catharine Munro, Jakarta – Eurico Guterres, the militia leader who fought against independence from Indonesia in his native East Timor three years…
Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri presented and won an overwhelming vote of confidence from East Timor's parliament Thursday for his five-…
Several members of East Timor's parliament called Thursday for proposed legislation to be translated into Tetum, as Portuguese is not…
June 26, 2002
Jill Jolliffe – Pro-Indonesia militia leader Joao Tavares returned to East Timor yesterday for the first time since the violence of 1999.
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Sydney – Former prime minister Gough Whitlam today launched a book which he described as "patronising" of his dealings with East Timor as it sank…
Yemris Fointuna and Jupriadi, Jakarta – Twenty-nine more refugees, including one marine, have returned to their hometowns in East Timor after…
June 25, 2002
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Catharine Munro, Jakarta – International aid groups are calling for countries including Australia to help head off starvation in the Indonesian…
Michael J. Jordan, United Nations – Indonesia's commitment to justice is being questioned after Jakarta's decision to shelve an investigation into…
Kupang – Former pro-integration leaders established on Monday the Presidium of East Timorese Refugees to accommodate support for…




