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October 27, 2001
BBC Monitoring Service - October 27, 2001
October 24, 2001
Financial Times - October 24, 2001
Virginia Marsh – If all had gone to plan, divers would now be laying a pipeline along the seabed linking Darwin to the substantial gasfields off…
October 22, 2001
Reuters - October 22, 2001
Evelyn Leopold, United Nations – East Timor's newly elected constituent assembly asked the United Nations on Monday to grant it independence next…
October 20, 2001
Antara - October 20, 2001
Dili – Indonesia-East Timor trade relations have good prospects in future so that there is glimmer of hope that certain parts of their common…
Antara - October 20, 2001
Dili – Indonesia's currency, the rupiah, especially of the Rp 5000 to Rp 50000 denomination, is still legally accepted as a means of exchange in…
October 18, 2001
Jakarta Post - October 18, 2001
Yemris Fointuna, Atambua – At least 800 East Timorese refugees, formerly grouped under the Mahidi militia group from Ainaro regency, returned to…
UN News - October 18, 2001
Over 500 refugees crossed the border this morning in the second day of mass refugee returns from camps in Indonesian West Timor.
The…
October 17, 2001
Agence France Presse - October 17, 2001
Jakarta – East Timor's foreign minister Jose Ramos Horta has supported the US-led air attacks on Afghanistan, saying his people have personal…
Green Left Weekly - October 17, 2001
Ramani de Silva, Dili – The Constituent Assembly elected in September had been in place for less than two weeks when on September 26 a…
October 14, 2001
Associated Press - October 14, 2001
Slobodan Lekic, Dili – When the Indonesian army helicopter suddenly appeared above a rebel camp hidden in East Timor's towering mountains,…
October 10, 2001
Christian Science Monitor - October 10, 2001
Simon Montlake, Jakarta – More than two years after Indonesia's bloody revenge on East Timor for a pro-independence vote, hopes of justice for…
Associated Press - October 10, 2001
Dili – In its first concrete step toward drafting a new constitution, East Timor's national assembly Wednesday set up four commissions tasked with…
October 9, 2001
Jakarta Post - October 9, 2001
Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Along with government aid for the 290,000 East Timorese remaining in Indonesia being discontinued at the end of December…
October 7, 2001
Cox News Service - October 7, 2001
Julie Chao, Dili – After Salvador Ferrera cast his ballot two years ago for independence for East Timor, he fled into the hills. When he came back…
October 6, 2001
Jakarta Post - October 6, 2001
Fabiola Desy Unidjaya, Jakarta – Former deputy Army chief of staff Gen. Johny Lumintang denied on Friday any responsibility over systematic human…
October 5, 2001
UNTAET Daily Briefing - October 5, 2001
Dili-East Timor's newly elected Constituent Assembly today unanimously adopted a set of Rules and Procedures for the 88-member body…
South China Morning Post - October 5, 2001
The Indonesian Government has shown new signs of its determination to rid itself of East Timorese refugees, and thousands of them are now likely…
October 4, 2001
Jakarta Post - October 4, 2001
Kupang – The government has said that, as of December this year, there will be no more humanitarian aid for around 290,000 East Timorese who opted…
Agence France Presse - October 4, 2001
Washington – A US judge has piled 66 million dollars in damages on a top Indonesian general, concluding after a civil lawsuit lodged in a US court…
October 3, 2001
SBS Dateline - October 3, 2001
[East Timor is finally on the road to independence but there is still a long way to go. Following its first election, a constituent assembly is…
Lusa - October 3, 2001
A former pro-Indonesian militia member has received a 16-year sentence from the Special Panel for Serious Crimes in Dili.
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October 1, 2001
Melbourne Age - October 1, 2001
Jill Jolliffe, Dili – United Nations officials are challenging Indonesia's stand on East Timor war crimes. They are demanding the handover of 10…
Lusa - October 1, 2001
Indonesian and East Timorese authorities have begun discussions on the removal of remains of Indonesian soldiers from various…
Jane's Intelligence Review - October 1, 2001
- Total size: 3,000 soldiers – 1,500 regulars and 1,500 reservists.
- Structure: four battalions of light infantry (two active,…
Jane's Intelligence Review - October 1, 2001
Tom Fawthrop and Paul Harris – Formally recognising the continued security threats to East Timor, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on 26 July…
September 29, 2001
Melbourne Age - September 29, 2001
Ian Timberlake, Dili – Sister Erminia somehow survived the volley of rifle fire that tore into her van at a militia roadblock two years ago.
…September 28, 2001
Jakarta Post - September 28, 2001
Kupang – Six people, including Adj. Brig. Imanuel, a member of the East Nusa Tenggara police Mobile Brigade, were shot on Wednesday…
September 26, 2001
Northern Territory News - September 26, 2001
Camden Smith – Closer ties can be forged between East Timor and the Territory because a Labor government is in power, East Timor's…
September 25, 2001
Agence France Presse - September 25, 2001
Jakarta – A man accused of murdering a New Zealand peacekeeping soldier in East Timor last year is to face trial in Jakarta, his…
September 22, 2001
Jakarta Post - September 22, 2001
Kupang – Of their own free will, hundreds of thousands of East Timorese who have been living in refugee camps in Indonesia's West Timor for the…
September 21, 2001
Kyodo News - September 21, 2001
Dili – The UN peacekeeping force (PKF) in East Timor and Indonesia's military have signed an agreement on sharing information and…
Radio Australia - September 21, 2001
East Timor's Constituent Assembly has been sworn in this week following a peaceful election at the end of August. All but two of the country's 16…
Asia Times - September 21, 2001
Jill Jolliffe, Dili – The election victory on August 30 of Fretilin, the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor, sent UN and World Bank…
The Guardian - September 21, 2001
John Aglionby, Jakarta – The United Nations' transitional administrator in East Timor, Sergio Vieirade Mello, appointed the territory's first…
September 20, 2001
Kyodo News - September 20, 2001
Christine T. Tjandraningsih, Dili – UN-administered East Timor's transitional government Thursday swore a new cabinet comprised mostly of figures…
Kyodo News - September 20, 2001
Dili – The following is the lineup of the new cabinet of East Timor's transitional government.
September 19, 2001
Straits Times - September 19, 2001
Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Indonesia's commitment to prosecuting human-rights cases in East Timor has come under fire following revelations that it…
Jakarta Post - September 19, 2001 (slightly abridged)
Jakarta – Indonesia expects to have repatriated 190,000 East Timorese refugees, currently still living in East Nusa Tenggara province, by the end…
Agence France Presse - September 19, 2001
Jakarta – At least 500 East Timorese members of Indonesia's armed forces have resigned to return to their homeland, a report said Wednesday.
…September 18, 2001
Lusa - September 18, 2001
East Timor's new parliament convened Tuesday for its second session to choose deputy speakers, following Monday's election of Fretilin…
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
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…
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…
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…
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…