Lindsay Murdoch, Semarang – Nersia Emaculada De Nercio sits on the edge of a bed in the dormitory of an orphanage she shares with dozens of other…
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October 25, 2000
The Age - October 25, 2000
South China Morning Post - October 25, 2000
Vaudine England, Surabaya – The first talks in months between East Timorese independence leaders and West Timor-based anti-independence groups…
The Age - October 25, 2000
Tony Parkinson – Australia's role in the emancipation of East Timor was an ill-considered "frolic" that could easily have led to military…
Green Left Weekly - October 25, 2000
Jon Land – While little has been revealed about the discussions during the first formal round of negotiations between the United Nations…
Green Left Weekly - October 25, 2000
In August 1975, as the Suharto dictatorship was preparing to invade East Timor, Australia's ambassador to Indonesia, Richard Woolcott, sent a…
October 24, 2000
Agence France Presse - October 24, 2000 (slightly abridged)
Jakarta – Human Rights Watch called Tuesday on Indonesia to stop registering East Timorese refugees for repatriation or resettlement, saying there…
South China Morning Post - October 24, 2000
Vaudine England, Surabaya – A court yesterday ordered the release of East Timorese militia leader Eurico Guterres, who was originally arrested…
October 22, 2000
Reuters - October 22, 2000
Michael Perry, Sydney – Pro-Jakarta militia in Indonesian West Timor have abandoned hit and run attacks on East Timor and begun infiltrating…
October 21, 2000
South China Morning Post - October 21, 2000
Joanna Jolly, Kupang and Vaudine England, Jakarta – Militia leaders fear betrayal in the ranks and suspect the Indonesian military will use other…
Jakarta Post - October 21, 2000
Jakarta – Dozens of East Timorese militia members rallied at The Habibie Center on Jl. Kemang Selatan, South Jakarta, on Friday, demanding that…
October 20, 2000
Sydney Morning Herald - October 20, 2000
Joanna Jolly, Kupang – East Timorese militia leaders in West Timor say they will meet all conditions set down by the United Nations, including…
October 19, 2000
Far Eastern Economic Review - October 19, 2000
John McBeth, Jakarta – Lenders are likely to have harsh words for Indonesia when they meet in Tokyo on October 17-18, if a promise to disarm and…
Agence France Presse - October 19, 2000
Jakarta – Scepticism ran high in the Indonesian capital on Thursday at a reported claim by East Timorese ex-militiamen that former president BJ…
South China Morning Post - October 19, 2000
Joanna Jolly, Kupang – Former Indonesian president Bacharuddin Habibie vowed to cleanse East Timor of "everything but ants" if it voted for…
Associated Press - October 19, 2000
Jakarta – An East Timorese militia leader claimed yesterday his life was in danger because he had threatened to expose details of the Indonesian…
October 18, 2000
Taipei Times - October 18, 2000
Andrew Perrin – Adriano Almeida da Carmo owns the most popular restaurant in the mountain town of Ainaro, in central west East Timor. There is…
Sydney Morning Herald - October 18, 2000
Lindsay Murdoch, Jayapura – Pro-independence leaders and militia in West Papua vowed yesterday to defy a government order to pull down the…
Jakarta Post - October 18, 2000
Jakarta – The last governor of East Timor Abilio Jose Osorio Soares said on Tuesday that he preferred an international tribunal to try human…
October 17, 2000
BBC - October 17, 2000
Prosecutors in Indonesia have admitted that six of the 22 suspects wanted for questioning in connection with human rights abuses in East Timor…
Agence France Presse - October 17, 2000
Jakarta – Four former leaders of pro-Indonesia militias who helped run a campaign of wholesale murder and looting in East Timor last year have…
October 16, 2000
Sydney Morning Herald - October 16, 2000
Hamish Mcdonald, Dili – A quarter century ago, just about the time most readers will open this newspaper at home or on the way to work, five young…
October 14, 2000
South China Morning Post - October 14, 2000
Agence France Presse in Jakarta – The Government yesterday moved to convince the international community, including Jakarta's main donors, of its…
Associated Press - October 14, 2000
United Nations – Indonesia rejected Nobel Peace laureate Jose Ramos-Horta's call for an international war crimes tribunal for East Timor, saying…
Sydney Morning Herald - October 14, 2000
Hamish McDonald, Dili – The United Nations refugee agency says Indonesian Government efforts to disarm militias controlling refugee…
October 13, 2000
Straits Times - October 13, 2000
Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Pressure is mounting as the Tokyo meeting of international aid donors takes place this month to decide whether to…
Jakarta Post - October 13, 2000
Jakarta – Speakers of the country's two legislative bodies urged the government on Thursday not to allow the extradition of former militia leader…
Jakarta Post Editorial - October 13, 2000
Jakarta – Reactions by top politicians to last week's arrest of East Timor militia leader Eurico Guterres underscored Indonesia's policy…
October 12, 2000
South China Morning Post - October 12, 2000
Vaudine England, Jakarta – Authorities in East Timor have issued an arrest warrant for Eurico Guterres, the militia leader held by police in…
Indonesian Observer - October 12, 2000
Jakarta – Four members of the House of Representatives Commission I yesterday paid a visit to former pro-Jakarta militia chief Eurico…
October 11, 2000
South China Morning Post - October 11, 2000
Vaudine England, Jakarta – Despite government claims that pro-Indonesian militias have been disarmed in West Timor, United Nations staff fear the…
October 10, 2000
Sydney Morning Herald - October 10, 2000
Mark Dodd, Dili – East Timor is facing an acute shortage of qualified teachers, with teacher-pupil ratios in some schools as high as…
October 9, 2000
Agence France Presse - October 9, 2000
Canberra – The Labor Party and Australian Democrats are urging Australia to change its national boundaries with East Timor to help the struggling…
Agence France Presse - October 9, 2000 (abridged)
Jakarta – In a meeting marked by blood and tears, detained East Timorese militia leader Eurico Guterres wept Monday as he accused the Indonesian…
Kyodo News - October 9, 2000
Pro-Indonesia East Timorese militia leaders in West Timor told two key Indonesian ministers Sunday they would tell the United Nations how the…
Sydney Morning Herald - October 9, 2000
Mark Dodd, Dili – Indonesian authorities have told the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees that thousands of refugees are likely to be…
October 7, 2000
NZPA - October 7, 2000
Dili - A small group of New Zealand soldiers shot and killed an armed militia member near Suai, East Timor, last night. The New Zealand Defence…
South China Morning Post - October 7, 2000
Vaudine England, Jakarta – Eurico Guterres, the well-connected militia leader, was questioned by four Indonesian prosecutors yesterday about his…
October 5, 2000
South China Morning Post - October 5, 2000
Vaudine England, Jakarta – Timorese militia leader Eurico Guterres was arrested yesterday, two days after being named as a suspect in the violence…
October 4, 2000
The Age - October 4, 2000
Mark Dodd, Malibaka – It is only 8am but the sun is scorching, and the 23 East Timorese refugees squat in the shade at the Malibaka River…
Green Left Weekly - October 4, 2000
Jon Land – Nothing can highlight more the failure of the Indonesian government to rein in the pro-Jakarta militias operating in West Timor than…
Green Left Weekly - October 4, 2000
Max Lane – The release of Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) documents on East Timor for the period 1974-76 has provoked former Labor…
October 3, 2000
Agence France Presse - October 3, 2000 (abridged)
Jakarta – Under international pressure to rein in troublesome militias, Jakarta extended security operations to disarm the West Timor population…
Agence France Presse - October 3, 2000
Jakarta – Former leader of East Timor's Aitarak militia Eurico Guterres warned here Monday that his supporters in West Timor could try to take…
October 2, 2000
Straits Times - October 2, 2000
Chong Chee Kin, Dili – In a soft, quavering voice, Mr Jose Armando pleaded for a job in front of a group of journalists who had stopped at Kampung…
September 30, 2000
South China Morning Post - September 30, 2000
Associated Press at the United Nations – Britain joined the United States in warning overnight that Indonesia risked losing foreign aid if it…
South China Morning Post - September 30, 2000 (abridged)
Associated Press in Kupang – A notorious militia leader surrendered a handgun to police on Saturday after Indonesia's president…
South China Morning Post - September 30, 2000
Vaudine England and Associated Press in Kupang – Two days after the start of what was supposed to be a campaign to forcibly disarm East Timorese…
September 29, 2000
Sydney Morning Herald - September 29, 2000
Mark Dodd, Suai – Dead men tell no tales, according to the adage, but the body of a dead militiaman can reveal a bounty of information. For the…
Agence France Presse - September 29, 2000
United Nations – The UN official running East Timor, Sergio Vieira de Mello, reiterated on Friday that he was "skeptical" about the ability of the…
Straits Times - September 29, 2000
Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – Indonesia yesterday failed to meet its deadline to disarm Timorese militias, despite increasing international pressure…