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June 21, 2001

Lusa - June 21, 2001

The United States Senate approved Thursday a resolution condemning the "disproportionate" sentences an Indonesian court recently…

June 20, 2001

Suara Timor Lorosae - 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

Sydney Morning Herld - 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…

Lusa - June 19, 2001

An angry mob of street vendors stoned UN police and administrative personnel at a Dili market Tuesday, injuring three people and…

Australian Associated Press - June 19, 2001

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

Melbourne Age - 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

Sydney Morning Herald - 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

Australian Associated Press - 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…

Sydney Morning Herald - June 15, 2001

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…

Asia Times - June 15, 2001

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

Expresso (Portugal) - 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…

Sydney Morning Herald - June 14, 2001

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

Jakarta Post - 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…

UN News - June 13, 2001

A security operation conducted by United Nations peacekeepers in East Timor has resulted in the surrender of 34 suspected militia…

June 12, 2001

Agence France Presse - 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…

Associated Press - June 12, 2001

Dili - East Timor's UN administrators Tuesday said they would push ahead with historic elections in August despite fears of unrest. UN…

Lusa - June 12, 2001

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

UN News - 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

Melbourne Age - June 9, 2001

Mark Dodd, Dili - Amid emotional scenes, the organisation that united ordinary East Timorese in the struggle to end Indonesian rule dissolved…

The Age - June 9, 2001

Mark Forbes, Canberra – Jose "Xanana" Gusmao will become East Timor's first president next year despite his pledge not to nominate, according to…

Sydney Morning Herald - June 9, 2001

Mark Dodd, Dili – As its final act, the organisation that united ordinary East Timorese in the struggle to end Indonesian rule called for all…

Straits Times - June 9, 2001

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

Agence France Presse - June 8, 2001

Jakarta – Indonesia's central bank (BI) and the UN Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) on Friday agreed to repatriate the…

Reuters - June 8, 2001

Irwin Arieff G. K. Goh, United Nations – East Timorese refugees eager to return home are being threatened and intimidated by militia who forced…

Agence France Presse - June 8, 2001

Jakarta – An overwhelming majority of East Timorese refugees languishing in West Timor camps want to stay in Indonesia, early results of a…

BBC Monitoring Service - June 8, 2001

Indonesian language Internet media sources have published comments by East Timorese refugee representatives and IX/Udayana Military Area Commander…

June 7, 2001

Sydney Morning Herald - 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…

Sydney Morning Herald - June 7, 2001

Mark Dodd, Dili – East Timorese languishing in Indonesian refugee camps were asked yesterday if they wanted to stay or go home as aid agencies…

Australian Associated Press - June 7, 2001

Karen Polglaze, Canberra – East Timor could not begin its life as an independent country by scaring off investors – so it would reach agreement…

BBC Monitoring Service - June 7, 2001

The East Timorese leader [currently cabinet member for foreign affairs] Jose Ramos Horta says his country cannot support the claim to…

ETAN/CIS - June 7, 2001

On June 6 and 7, the Indonesian government conducted a procedure throughout the refugee camps in West Timor. One stated objective was to allow…

Kyodo News - June 7, 2001

Kupang – Allegations of widespread fraud and reports of intimidation of voters marred an Indonesian-run vote Wednesday for thousands…

June 6, 2001

Green Left Weekly - 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

Australian Associated Press - June 4, 2001

Canberra – Administrative action is being taken against two defence personnel following high profile document leak investigations. Defence…

Australian Associated Press - June 4, 2001

Canberra – An interim East Timorese government minister has accused Telstra of monitoring private telephone conversations within the…

Sydney Morning Herald - June 4, 2001

Andrew West – Australian Government officials have been accused of burying a crucial intelligence report about a 1998 Indonesian massacre in the…

June 1, 2001

UN News - June 1, 2001

The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) today reported that the grenade attack that killed five people…

Aidwatch Briefing Notes - June 2001

By Tim Anderson for AID/WATCH

1. World Bank dictating terms of development in East Timor

While East Timorese society has…

May 31, 2001

Australia Financial Review - 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…

Sydney Morning Herald - May 31, 2001

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

UN Department of Public Information - 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…

International Herald Tribune - May 30, 2001

Mark Dodd, Dili – East Timor In an effort to mend an economy devastated by the violence that accompanied the Indonesian withdrawal in 1999, the…

Agence France Presse - May 30, 2001

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

Suara Timor Lorosae - 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

Sydney Morning Herald - 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

Green Left Weekly - 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…

Sydney Morning Herald - May 23, 2001

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

Agence France Presse - 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

BBC News - 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…

Suara Timor Lorosae - May 21, 2001

Partido Trabalhista Timor (PTT), on Friday, submitted its registration application with the Independent Electoral Commission. The…