East Timor's new parliament convened Tuesday for its second session to choose deputy speakers, following Monday's election of Fretilin…
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September 18, 2001
Lusa - September 18, 2001
The New York Times - September 18, 2001
Seth Mydans, Dili – They are the new missionaries. Steeped in the values of democracy, human rights and the rule of law, they travel from one…
September 17, 2001
Agence France Presse - September 17, 2001
Jakarta – A senior UN refugee official rapped Indonesian authorities Monday for failing to properly punish the "cold-blooded" killers of three of…
Kyodo News - September 17, 2001 (abridged)
Christine T. Tjandraningsih, Dili – Francisco Guterres, a veteran of East Timor's long struggle for independence, was elected the territory's…
Sydney Morning Herald - September 17, 2001
Lindsay Murdoch, Bali – Eight children and their parents, who were separated at the height of violence in East Timor two years ago, have been…
September 15, 2001
Associated Press - September 15, 2001
Dili – The UN administration in East Timor on Saturday inaugurated the newly elected assembly that will draft the territory's first constitution,…
South China Morning Post - September 15, 2001
Vaudine England in Jakarta – Children snatched from refugee camps in East Timor and taken to central Java two years ago were reunited with their…
Sydney Morning Herald - September 15, 2001
Mark Dodd, Tumin – On a barren ridge just outside the village of Tumin, hundreds gathered last weekend to commemorate one of the most shocking…
September 14, 2001
Washington Times - September 14, 2001
Ian Timberlake, Dili – Police officers in smart blue uniforms confidently direct traffic. Newly refurbished government buildings sparkle with…
Agence France Presse - September 14, 2001 (abridged)
Jakarta – In a gesture of reconciliation, East Timor's independence hero Xanana Gusmao welcomed home the families of former pro-Jakarta militiamen…
Jakarta Post - September 14, 2001
Kupang – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has decided to reopen its base in West Timor to help channel humanitarian aid…
September 13, 2001
Jakarta Post - September 13, 2001
Jakarta – A senior East Timor official said on Wednesday that the country would not prosecute the alleged human rights violations by Indonesian…
Associated Press - September 13, 2001 (abridged)
Dili – Opposition leaders in East Timor criticized the United Nations on Thursday for favoring one political party and not creating the framework…
La'o Hamutuk - September 13, 2001
[The following is the officially certified list of East Timorese who were elected to the Constituent Assembly on the August 30 ballot. Some of…
September 12, 2001
Green Left Weekly - September 12, 2001
Jana DK, Dili – In its first major mobilisation since the beginning of East Timor's election campaign, on August 25 some 5000 Timorese Socialist…
Green Left Weekly - September 12, 2001
Jill Hickson – "Where are our missing children? We have nothing – no land, no houses, nothing to do, no materials to work with to make an income.…
Green Left Weekly - September 12, 2001
Jon Land – Fretilin, the party which declared East Timor independent in 1975 and which was the largest single force in the long fight against…
South China Morning Post - September 12, 2001
Vaudine England – The barefoot children were scrambling up the bougainvillea bushes to gather fresh clusters of the flowers – the only bright spot…
September 11, 2001
Jakarta Post - September 11, 2001
Yemris Fointuna, Dili – The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) is planning to forge economic cooperation between…
September 10, 2001
South China Morning Post - September 10, 2001
Vaudine England, Jakarta – Pressure is building on Indonesia to return 124 East Timorese children taken from their parents in West Timor refugee…
September 8, 2001
Sydney Morning Herald - September 8, 2001
Jill Jolliffe, Dili – There is a palpable mood of relief in East Timor this week after the election in which the country voted overwhelmingly in…
Sydney Morning Herald - September 8, 2001
Mark Dodd, Dili – What's in a word? Quite a bit if you are considering running for president of East Timor.
Ambiguous comments from Mr Mari…
September 7, 2001
September 7, 2001
- Total Votes Cast: 384,248
- Total Valid Votes: 363,501
- Invalid Votes: 20,747
National Ballot
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Sydney Morning Herald - September 7, 2001
Mark Dodd, Dili – Fretilin, the party that led East Timor's 24-year struggle for independence from Indonesia, has won the fledgling nation's first…
September 6, 2001
Lusa - September 6, 2001
Despite its decision to contest the election process, East Timor's UDT party congratulated Thursday the Fretilin party for its victory in last…
Lusa - September 6, 2001
Results of last week's elections in East Timor indicate that the territory's new 88-seat Constituent Assembly will have a total of 24…
UNTAET Daily Briefing - September 6, 2001
Dili – The Chief Electoral Officer of the East Timor's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), Carlos Valenzuela, today presented the full and…
September 5, 2001
Timor Post - September 5, 2001
The Deputy President of the Dili District Court Rui Pereira dos Santoas stressed that the Timor Lorosae Judiciary will continue using…
Lusa - September 5, 2001
The leader of East Timor's ASDT party, Fransico Xavier do Amaral, told Lusa Wednesday in Dili that he would not be a future candidate for…
BBC Monitoring Service - September 5, 2001
For Fretilin [East Timor Revolutionary Front] – the party most likely to win the recent Timor Lorosae (TL) elections – there are three main things…
September 4, 2001
Suara Timor Lorosae - September 4, 2001
Xanana's interview with Tempo magazine:
Tempo: At first you dithered on being nominated as president. But you changed your mind later. Why…
September 3, 2001
Canberra Times - September 3, 2001
Lincoln Wright – Two star witnesses behind the allegation that Defence knew beforehand of the murder of five Australian journalists at Balibo in…
Lusa - September 3, 2001
East Timor's Defense Force would be willing to accept Indonesian military aid if the offer was made by Jakarta, the force's commander…
Lusa - September 3, 2001
Jose Ramos Horta said Monday in Dili he was "profoundly sad" about the "unhappy", "lamentable" and "incendiary" criticism of the East Timorese…
Agence France Presse - September 3, 2001
Dili – The winners of last week's historic election in East Timor must listen to the people when drafting a constitution as a prelude to…
September 1, 2001
BBC Monitoring Service - September 1, 2001
Presenter: Sergio Vieira de Mello, head of UNTAET, the UN Transitional Administration in East Timor, has replied to the fraud accusations, made by…
August 31, 2001
Sydney Morning Herald - August 31, 2001
Lindsay Murdoch in Liquica and agencies – East Timorese kept what the United Nations had called a date with democracy yesterday, voting in the…
August 30, 2001
Agence France Presse - August 30, 2001
Jakarta – Feared ex-militia leader Eurico Guterres declared Thursday a "day of mourning for East Timor" and said its people could end up second-…
Financial Times - August 30, 2001
Woodside Petroleum, Australia's biggest independent oil and gas group, is to evaluate competing proposals from Royal Dutch/Shell and Phillips…
Lusa - August 30, 2001
Five people arrested Thursday in the East Timorese capital had various weapons in their possession, the UN civil police spokesman said…
Kyodo News - August 30, 2001 (slightly abridged)
Christine T. Tjandraningsih, Kupang – As hundreds of thousands of East Timorese went to the polls Thursday in the UN-administered territory's…
Associated Press - August 30, 2001
Slobodan Lekic, Dili – Women nursed babies held in shoulder slings and people joked with UN monitors as they waited in long lines to vote Thursday…
Australian Financial Review - August 30, 2001
Rowan Callick – The emergence of democratic government in an independent East Timor is a miracle. The obstacles in its path, through erratic and…
South China Morning Post - August 30, 2001
At the Toko Lay hardware store in central Dili, Charles Tan was checking a newly arrived generator to sell to the burgeoning construction industry…
The Independent - August 30, 2001
Richard Lloyd Parry – Two years to the day after the 1999 referendum on independence, the East Timorese people vote again on Thursday in the first…
Sydney Morning Herald - August 30, 2001
Lindsay Murdoch, Dili – Carlos first introduced himself as a driver. When none of Dili's dilapidated taxis could be found, he would always produce…
August 29, 2001
Financial Times - August 29, 2001
Joe Leahy – Building a central bank from scratch in one of the world's poorest countries was never going to be easy.
But Fernando DePeralto…
Agence France Presse - August 29, 2001
Dili – Justice must come before amnesty for people guilty of human rights violations in East Timor, a lawyer working to establish a truth…
Green Left Weekly - August 29, 2001
Jon Land – The August 30 election for East Timor's Constituent Assembly signifies an important step towards the conclusion of the United Nations…
The Australian - August 29, 2001
Don Greenlees – The Indonesian army has extended an olive branch to East Timor's fledgling defence force, by offering to train former Falintil…