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…
East Timor
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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…
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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[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…
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…
- Total size: 3,000 soldiers – 1,500 regulars and 1,500 reservists.
- Structure: four battalions of light infantry (two active,…
Indonesian and East Timorese authorities have begun discussions on the removal of remains of Indonesian soldiers from various…
Jill Jolliffe, Dili – United Nations officials are challenging Indonesia's stand on East Timor war crimes. They are demanding the handover of 10…
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
Kupang – Six people, including Adj. Brig. Imanuel, a member of the East Nusa Tenggara police Mobile Brigade, were shot on Wednesday…
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
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
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
Jill Jolliffe, Dili – The election victory on August 30 of Fretilin, the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor, sent UN and World Bank…
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…
Dili – The UN peacekeeping force (PKF) in East Timor and Indonesia's military have signed an agreement on sharing information and…
John Aglionby, Jakarta – The United Nations' transitional administrator in East Timor, Sergio Vieirade Mello, appointed the territory's first…
September 20, 2001
Christine T. Tjandraningsih, Dili – UN-administered East Timor's transitional government Thursday swore a new cabinet comprised mostly of figures…
Dili – The following is the lineup of the new cabinet of East Timor's transitional government.
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 – Indonesia expects to have repatriated 190,000 East Timorese refugees, currently still living in East Nusa Tenggara province, by the end…
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
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…
East Timor's new parliament convened Tuesday for its second session to choose deputy speakers, following Monday's election of Fretilin…
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…
Christine T. Tjandraningsih, Dili – Francisco Guterres, a veteran of East Timor's long struggle for independence, was elected the territory's…
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
Dili – The UN administration in East Timor on Saturday inaugurated the newly elected assembly that will draft the territory's first constitution,…
Vaudine England in Jakarta – Children snatched from refugee camps in East Timor and taken to central Java two years ago were reunited with their…
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
Jakarta – In a gesture of reconciliation, East Timor's independence hero Xanana Gusmao welcomed home the families of former pro-Jakarta militiamen…
Ian Timberlake, Dili – Police officers in smart blue uniforms confidently direct traffic. Newly refurbished government buildings sparkle with…
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
[The following is the officially certified list of East Timorese who were elected to the Constituent Assembly on the August 30 ballot. Some of…
Dili – Opposition leaders in East Timor criticized the United Nations on Thursday for favoring one political party and not creating the framework…
Jakarta – A senior East Timor official said on Wednesday that the country would not prosecute the alleged human rights violations by Indonesian…
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…
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.…
Jon Land – Fretilin, the party which declared East Timor independent in 1975 and which was the largest single force in the long fight against…
Jana DK, Dili – In its first major mobilisation since the beginning of East Timor's election campaign, on August 25 some 5000 Timorese Socialist…
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
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
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…
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
- Total Votes Cast: 384,248
- Total Valid Votes: 363,501
- Invalid Votes: 20,747
National Ballot
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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
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…
Dili – The Chief Electoral Officer of the East Timor's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), Carlos Valenzuela, today presented the full and…
Despite its decision to contest the election process, East Timor's UDT party congratulated Thursday the Fretilin party for its victory in last…
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…




