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January 24, 2001

Green Left Weekly - January 24, 2001

Jon Land – Speculation is increasing that, after the stalemate that occurred at the first round of talks in October, the federal government and…

Green Left Weekly - January 24, 2001

Robyn Marshall, Dili – Aurora Ximenes, the coordinator of the East Timor Women's Network, which comprises 15 grassroots organisations, is angry…

Green Left Weekly - January 24, 2001

Peter Johnston, Darwin – "We expect over 50% of the first elected parliament – definitely", Estanislau da Silva reassured trade…

January 23, 2001

Sydney Morning Herald - January 23, 2001

Mark Dodd, Dili – East Timor's hope for national reconciliation will take a step towards realisation this year with the introduction of a…

January 20, 2001

Sydney Morning Herald - January 20, 2001

Hamish McDonald – Next month the legendary guerilla army Falintil, an acronym for Armed Forces of the Liberation of East Timor, will cease to…

Sydney Morning Herald - January 20, 2001

Hamish McDonald, Dili – His full name is said to be Ely Foho Rai Boot, which translates from the main Timorese language Tetum as something like…

January 17, 2001

Dow Jones Newswires - January 17, 2001

Jeremy Bowden, Singapore – East Timor is raising the stakes in talks on sharing offshore oil and natural gas revenues with Australia, according to…

January 15, 2001

The Guardian - January 15, 2001

Maggie O'Kane – The discovery of the bodies of four women murdered with machetes in different parts of the country last summer passed almost…

Sydney Morning Herald - January 15, 2001

Hamish McDonald, Dili – The Australian Government is retreating from its tough opening stance on the oil revenue split in a new seabed boundary…

January 13, 2001

Kyodo News - January 13, 2001

Jakarta – More than 150 East Timorese journalists, gathering at their inaugural congress in the East Timor capital of Dili, have agreed to build…

January 12, 2001

Jakarta Post - January 12, 2001

Jakarta – The South Jakarta District Court began on Thursday the trial of six pro-integration East Timorese for the murder of three United Nation…

January 10, 2001

South China Morning Post - January 10, 2001

Chris McCall, Jakarta – Sitting in jail waiting to hear his fate, feared East Timor militia chief Eurico Guterres is accusing his nemesis Xanana…

Australian Associated Press - January 10, 2001

Catharine Munro, Jakarta – An unlikely gathering of Indonesian rock stars, criminals and retired soldiers yesterday converged on a Jakarta…

January 8, 2001

Sydney Morning Herald - January 8, 2001

Denis Dragovic, Dili – For several months I have been watching the United Nations "rescuing" East Timor. The half-term report is not promising.…

January 5, 2001

The Australian - January 5, 2001

Robert Garran – Australia and East Timor remain far apart in crucial talks over revenue from the Timor Gap oil and gas fields that could become a…

January 4, 2001

Jakarta Post - January 4, 2001

Kupang – Following a clash between East Timorese refugees and local residents, hundreds of East Timorese refugees were returned to…

January 2, 2001

Agence France Presse - January 2, 2001

Jakarta – A notorious former East Timorese militia leader went on trial here Tuesday charged with inciting criminal activities against the state…

January 1, 2001

December 31, 2000

Dili - December 31, 2000

Compatriots! Timorese!

This is not intended to be an exclusive message; the time for exclusive leaders playing the ungrateful role of…

December 28, 2000

Sydney Morning Herald - December 28, 2000

Louise Williams – Sydney, you can't rebuild East Timor with teddies and thongs. And you shouldn't even give a child a teddy to play with outside…

The Age - December 28, 2000

Mark Dodd, Dili – Somewhere in Indonesian West Timor, in a camp controlled by some of the most notorious militia thugs who fled East Timor after…

December 27, 2000

Christian Science Monitor - December 27, 2000

Dan Murphy, Jakarta – Shortly after Monitor contributor Sander Thoenes was killed in East Timor last year, it seemed as if justice would be served…

December 23, 2000

Agence France Presse - December 23, 2000

Jakarta – The Indonesian government has postponed the registration of some 100,000 East Timorese refugees still langishing in squalid camps in…

December 22, 2000

Sydney Morning Herald - December 22, 2000

Mark Dodd, Dili – Christmas brings out the best in the East Timorese. Last year, despite the misery and destruction inflicted by the militia and…

December 20, 2000

Sydney Morning Herald - December 20, 2000

Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – Australia has with held from United Nations prosecutors hundreds of hours of secret communication intercepts, which…

Agence France Presse - December 20, 2000

Jakarta – Former pro-Indonesia militia leaders from East Timor's Baucau district are preparing for a one-day visit to their homeland to see…

December 19, 2000

Jakarta Post - December 19, 2000

Jakarta – East Timor militia leader Eurico Guterres will open the new year unlike any other as he faces court proceedings against him…

December 18, 2000

The Age - December 18, 2000

Mark Dodd – East Timor independence leader Jose "Xanana" Gusmao has called for international support for a South African-style truth and…

December 15, 2000

Kyodo News - December 15, 2000

Jakarta – Eurico Guterres, a former pro-Jakarta East Timorese militia leader, has been charged in connection with the death of three…

December 14, 2000

Agence France Presse - December 14, 2000 (slightly abridged)

Jakarta – Anger over an international probe into last year's atrocities in East Timor on Thursday prompted Indonesia's parliament to review its…

December 13, 2000

Christian Science Monitor - December 13, 2000

Dan Murphy – A United Nations prosecutor in East Timor indicted 11 men Monday for crimes against humanity in what promises to be a first step on a…

December 12, 2000

Agence France Presse - December 12, 2000 (slightly abridged)

Jakarta – Indonesia's armed forces chief on Tuesday threw his support behind lawyers who have rejected UN attempts to quiz officers accused of…

Agence France Presse - December 12, 2000

Jakarta – The UN administration in East Timor said on Tuesday it has called on the Indonesian government to punish the perpetrators of an "…

Sydney Morning Herald - December 12, 2000

An Australian soldier was injured in a suspected militia attack in East Timor overnight, the East Timor Australian National Command…

December 9, 2000

Jakarta Post - December 9, 2000

Jakarta – The Army has vowed not to let the UN Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) question its soldiers over human rights abuses…

Associated Press - December 9, 2000

Dili – Four East Timor advisory Cabinet members who threatened to resign backed down Saturday after a meeting with the UN administration of the…

December 7, 2000

Jakarta Post - December 7, 2000

Jakarta – A joint investigation team, comprising of officials from the Attorney General's Office and the UN Transitional Administration in East…

December 6, 2000

Green Left Weekly - December 6, 2000

Jon Land – Australian domestic demand for natural gas is projected to steadily increase over the next decade, with the fields off the coast of…

December 4, 2000

Indonesian Observer - December 4, 2000

Jakarta – The Investigative Commission for Human Rights Abuses in East Timor [KPP HAM] yesterday confirmed the existence and validity of the…

South China Morning Post - December 4, 2000

Joanna Jolly, Dili – Arrest warrants could soon be issued for middle-ranking Indonesian military personnel suspected of involvement in crimes…

December 3, 2000

Sydney Morning Herald - December 3, 2000

United Nations troops searched yesterday near the East Timor border town of Balibo for suspected pro-Indonesia militia who shot and wounded an…

December 2, 2000

Sydney Morning Herald - December 2, 2000

Mark Dodd, Dili – The East Timorese independence leader, Xanana Gusmao, has resigned as president of the National Council over a dispute involving…

November 30, 2000

Jakarta Post - November 30, 2000

Jakarta – Some 134,000 East Timor refugees residing in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province will have to decide whether to stay or leave the country…

November 29, 2000

Green Left Weekly - November 29, 2000

Vanja Tanaja, Dili – Five women considered to be "indecently" dressed were chased by a mob of mainly young men near the Mercado Lama (Central…

Green Left Weekly - November 29, 2000

Jon Land – On November 21, some 400 East Timorese refugees were repatriated from West Timor. This was the first coordinated return of refugees…

November 28, 2000

Associated Press - November 28, 2000

Heather Paterson, Dili – Thousands of people rallied in Dili on Tuesday to mark the 25th anniversary of East Timor's initial declaration of…

November 27, 2000

Sydney Morning Herald - November 27, 2000

Mark Dodd, Kupang – Francisco Soares is finally going home. After drawn out negotiations the Indonesian Army has finally settled his salary…

Agence France Presse - November 27, 2000

Jakarta – Refugee repatriation agencies hailed the return to East Timor of a group of demobilised soldiers as a success, but refugee leaders in…

November 24, 2000

South China Morning Post - November 24, 2000

Vaudine England, Jakarta – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, yesterday offered to help Indonesia set up a special court to…