The United States Senate approved Thursday a resolution condemning the "disproportionate" sentences an Indonesian court recently…
East Timor
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June 21, 2001
June 20, 2001
The secretary-general of the Socialist Party of Timor (PST) Avelinho Coelho said Tuesday if the party gets majority seats in the 30…
June 19, 2001
Brian Robins – From being only rank hopefuls among offshore gasfields, Timor Sea projects backed by Phillips Petroleum and Woodside are racing off…
An angry mob of street vendors stoned UN police and administrative personnel at a Dili market Tuesday, injuring three people and…
Rod McGuirk, Darwin – The HIV virus had taken hold in East Timor and spread into Australia, a Dili-based doctor said today. As many as 15 foreign…
June 18, 2001
Lindsay Murdoch – Antonio da Silva rarely smiles. His left ear has been cut off, his fingers broken and he has seen some of his militia friends…
June 16, 2001
Mark Dodd – Negotiations between Australia and East Timor to conclude a new agreement on revenue sharing from the oil- and gas-rich Timor Sea have…
June 15, 2001
Karen Polglaze, Canberra – International donors today signed-off on East Timor's 2001-02 budget, the blueprint that will take the new country…
Mark Dodd – East Timor is set to get up to 90 per cent of Timor Sea oil and gas revenue in a move Australia hopes will ensure the new nation does…
Canberra – Economic prospects for East Timor remained low in the medium term, the World Bank said ahead of a two-day meeting of donors to the…
June 14, 2001
Tony Jenkins – East Timor has acquired a powerful and unexpected new ally, a man some Americans still refer to as Dr Death: Henry Kissinger. In a…
Hamish McDonald – The United Nations is running out of patience with the Indonesian Government's move to avoid prosecuting army, police and…
June 13, 2001
Kupang – Changes in the results of last week's registration of East Timorese refugees have aroused suspicion in Kupang of the possible…
A security operation conducted by United Nations peacekeepers in East Timor has resulted in the surrender of 34 suspected militia…
June 12, 2001
Washington – A leading Timorese aid worker on Wednesday branded as a "sham" an Indonesian canvassing drive which found that 98 percent of East…
Dili - East Timor's UN administrators Tuesday said they would push ahead with historic elections in August despite fears of unrest. UN…
East Timor may be forced to apply its future revenues from oil and natural gas exploration in the Timor Gap to cover its operational budget,…
June 11, 2001
Sergio Vieira de Mello, the head of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), has called the dissolution of the East…
June 9, 2001
Mark Dodd, Dili - Amid emotional scenes, the organisation that united ordinary East Timorese in the struggle to end Indonesian rule dissolved…
Mark Forbes, Canberra – Jose "Xanana" Gusmao will become East Timor's first president next year despite his pledge not to nominate, according to…
Mark Dodd, Dili – As its final act, the organisation that united ordinary East Timorese in the struggle to end Indonesian rule called for all…
Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – The thousands of East Timorese still languishing in West Timor's camps are not free to choose to return to home as…
June 8, 2001
Jakarta – Indonesia's central bank (BI) and the UN Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) on Friday agreed to repatriate the…
Irwin Arieff G. K. Goh, United Nations – East Timorese refugees eager to return home are being threatened and intimidated by militia who forced…
Jakarta – An overwhelming majority of East Timorese refugees languishing in West Timor camps want to stay in Indonesia, early results of a…
Indonesian language Internet media sources have published comments by East Timorese refugee representatives and IX/Udayana Military Area Commander…
June 7, 2001
Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – The East Timorese militia leader Eurico Guterres has been freed 23 days after an Indonesian court jailed him for six…
Mark Dodd, Dili – East Timorese languishing in Indonesian refugee camps were asked yesterday if they wanted to stay or go home as aid agencies…
Karen Polglaze, Canberra – East Timor could not begin its life as an independent country by scaring off investors – so it would reach agreement…
The East Timorese leader [currently cabinet member for foreign affairs] Jose Ramos Horta says his country cannot support the claim to…
On June 6 and 7, the Indonesian government conducted a procedure throughout the refugee camps in West Timor. One stated objective was to allow…
Kupang – Allegations of widespread fraud and reports of intimidation of voters marred an Indonesian-run vote Wednesday for thousands…
June 6, 2001
John Gauci, Sydney – "East Timorese must ask themselves, why are we still divided? We can't go on holding other countries to blame", the new…
June 4, 2001
Canberra – Administrative action is being taken against two defence personnel following high profile document leak investigations. Defence…
Canberra – An interim East Timorese government minister has accused Telstra of monitoring private telephone conversations within the…
Andrew West – Australian Government officials have been accused of burying a crucial intelligence report about a 1998 Indonesian massacre in the…
June 1, 2001
The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) today reported that the grenade attack that killed five people…
By Tim Anderson for AID/WATCH
1. World Bank dictating terms of development in East Timor
While East Timorese society has…
May 31, 2001
Brendan Pearson – East Timor's bounty from Timor Gap oil and gas revenues may hit $US1 ($1.95 billion) billion annually this decade, East Timor's…
Mark Dodd, Dili – A dispute over illegal trade on the East Timor border with Indonesian West Timor is thought to have caused a series…
May 30, 2001
The death toll in yesterday's attack along the border between East and West Timor has reached five, with up to 40 people injured, the United…
Mark Dodd, Dili – East Timor In an effort to mend an economy devastated by the violence that accompanied the Indonesian withdrawal in 1999, the…
London – Human rights abuses emerged in East Timor last year amid delays in rebuilding the territory after the bloody destruction carried out by…
May 29, 2001
A group of GNR (Guarda Nacional Republicana) [a security arm of Civpol], on Monday, fired warning shots at a group of RDTL supporters…
May 28, 2001
Mark Dodd, Gleno – Ironically, it is neglect which has produced independent East Timor's first major export crop: world-class organic, forest-…
May 23, 2001
Jon Land – The World Bank has been prominent in East Timor's transition to full independence – so prominent in fact that the country now faces a…
Mark Dodd, Dili – Only 5 per cent of East Timorese understand the purpose of the United Nations-organised election to be held on August 30, a…
May 22, 2001
Jakarta – Indonesian authorities are preparing for the registration of some 100,000 East Timorese refugees in camps in West Timor, a report said…
May 21, 2001
Richard Galpin, Dili – East Timor is celebrating becoming the world's newest country. It has been under United Nations administration since 1999…
Partido Trabalhista Timor (PTT), on Friday, submitted its registration application with the Independent Electoral Commission. The…