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June 29, 2001
June 28, 2001
The head of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) today presented the first State of the Nation address to the…
Atambua – Facing the prospect of resettling tens of thousands of East Timorese refugees, an Indonesian government delegation on Thursday appealed…
A group of presumed anti-independence militiamen opened fire Thursday on a patrol of UN peacekeepers in the East Timorese district of…
Paula Doran – For half of his 30 years Domingos lived chained to a wooden bench behind his village home in the hills of East Timor. His family was…
Mark Dodd, Dill – The United Nations in East Timor will encourage staff to volunteer for HIV tests but cannot make them compulsory on…
Ray Brindal, Canberra – Australian and East Timorese representatives have resolved many of their outstanding differences about a planned new…
June 27, 2001
A leading Timorese aid worker has branded as a "sham" an Indonesian canvassing drive which found that 98% of East Timorese refugees…
Sixteen political parties have nominated candidates to run in the August elections for East Timor's Constituent Assembly, meeting the…
A group of unidentified youths set fire Wednesday to a school in the East Timorese city of Baucau, 130 kms east of Dili, causing…
Joanna Jolly – East Timorese independence leader Xanana Gusmao said he supports pardons for militiamen who are found guilty of…
June 26, 2001
George Quinn – Personally I don't think Indonesia will break up, but we are talking here of probabilities, and there is an outside chance, but a…
The civil registration process has been a success. Since the start of it on 24 February till its closing on 22 June, 777,989 Timorese…
Maputo – Guterres, visiting president of the Timorese liberation movement (Fretilin), declared here on Tuesday that he is confident…
Geoffrey Barker – A wizened brown man with black teeth squatted in the dusty Balibo roadside with eight 5-litre plastic jerry cans of kerosene he…
Jane Counsel – A United States company is stepping up efforts to settle a 25-year dispute over the oil and gas riches of the Timor Gap, announcing…
June 25, 2001
Geoffrey Barker – An armada of big, white four-wheel-drive vehicles cruises and clogs the dusty roads of Dili carrying the army of United Nations…
Geoffrey Barker – Sergio Vieira de Mello says emphatically, perhaps too emphatically, that he is convinced East Timor's coming constituent…
A group of protesters has demonstrated outside the Indonesian consulate in Melbourne on the first day of Indonesian President…
June 22, 2001
Dili says it does not recognize claims by an American petroluem company that it obtained concession rights to exploit oil and natural gas in the…
Hamish McDonald – Indonesian submarines and combat aircraft shadowed so closely ships carrying Australian and New Zealand troops into East Timor…
Mark Dodd, Dili – East Timor's de facto government, the National Council, has backed the formation of an international war crimes tribunal to…
June 21, 2001
The United States Senate approved Thursday a resolution condemning the "disproportionate" sentences an Indonesian court recently…
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
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…
Karen Polglaze, Canberra – International donors today signed-off on East Timor's 2001-02 budget, the blueprint that will take the new country…
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
Hamish McDonald – The United Nations is running out of patience with the Indonesian Government's move to avoid prosecuting army, police and…
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…
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
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,…
Dili - East Timor's UN administrators Tuesday said they would push ahead with historic elections in August despite fears of unrest. UN…
Washington – A leading Timorese aid worker on Wednesday branded as a "sham" an Indonesian canvassing drive which found that 98 percent of East…
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 – 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…
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…
June 8, 2001
Indonesian language Internet media sources have published comments by East Timorese refugee representatives and IX/Udayana Military Area Commander…
Jakarta – Indonesia's central bank (BI) and the UN Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) on Friday agreed to repatriate the…
Jakarta – An overwhelming majority of East Timorese refugees languishing in West Timor camps want to stay in Indonesia, early results of a…
Irwin Arieff G. K. Goh, United Nations – East Timorese refugees eager to return home are being threatened and intimidated by militia who forced…
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…
Kupang – Allegations of widespread fraud and reports of intimidation of voters marred an Indonesian-run vote Wednesday for thousands…




