Jon Land – Speculation is increasing that, after the stalemate that occurred at the first round of talks in October, the federal government and…
East Timor
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January 24, 2001
Robyn Marshall, Dili – Aurora Ximenes, the coordinator of the East Timor Women's Network, which comprises 15 grassroots organisations, is angry…
Peter Johnston, Darwin – "We expect over 50% of the first elected parliament – definitely", Estanislau da Silva reassured trade…
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
Hamish McDonald – Next month the legendary guerilla army Falintil, an acronym for Armed Forces of the Liberation of East Timor, will cease to…
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
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
Maggie O'Kane – The discovery of the bodies of four women murdered with machetes in different parts of the country last summer passed almost…
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
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 – 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
Chris McCall, Jakarta – Sitting in jail waiting to hear his fate, feared East Timor militia chief Eurico Guterres is accusing his nemesis Xanana…
Catharine Munro, Jakarta – An unlikely gathering of Indonesian rock stars, criminals and retired soldiers yesterday converged on a Jakarta…
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
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
Kupang – Following a clash between East Timorese refugees and local residents, hundreds of East Timorese refugees were returned to…
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
Compatriots! Timorese!
This is not intended to be an exclusive message; the time for exclusive leaders playing the ungrateful role of…
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…
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
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
Jakarta – The Indonesian government has postponed the registration of some 100,000 East Timorese refugees still langishing in squalid camps in…
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
Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – Australia has with held from United Nations prosecutors hundreds of hours of secret communication intercepts, which…
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 – East Timor militia leader Eurico Guterres will open the new year unlike any other as he faces court proceedings against him…
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
Jakarta – Eurico Guterres, a former pro-Jakarta East Timorese militia leader, has been charged in connection with the death of three…
December 14, 2000
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
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
Jakarta – Indonesia's armed forces chief on Tuesday threw his support behind lawyers who have rejected UN attempts to quiz officers accused of…
Jakarta – The UN administration in East Timor said on Tuesday it has called on the Indonesian government to punish the perpetrators of an "…
An Australian soldier was injured in a suspected militia attack in East Timor overnight, the East Timor Australian National Command…
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…
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 – A joint investigation team, comprising of officials from the Attorney General's Office and the UN Transitional Administration in East…
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
Jakarta – The Investigative Commission for Human Rights Abuses in East Timor [KPP HAM] yesterday confirmed the existence and validity of the…
Joanna Jolly, Dili – Arrest warrants could soon be issued for middle-ranking Indonesian military personnel suspected of involvement in crimes…
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
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 – 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
Vanja Tanaja, Dili – Five women considered to be "indecently" dressed were chased by a mob of mainly young men near the Mercado Lama (Central…
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
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
Mark Dodd, Kupang – Francisco Soares is finally going home. After drawn out negotiations the Indonesian Army has finally settled his salary…
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
Vaudine England, Jakarta – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, yesterday offered to help Indonesia set up a special court to…