Mark Dodd, Dili – After a 24-hour session, East Timor's main independence umbrella group has reaffirmed support for Mr Xanana Gusmao as its leader…

Joanna Jolly, Dili – On a day tinged with sadness and joy, thousands of East Timorese yesterday celebrated the first anniversary of their…

Mark Dodd, Dili – East Timor independence leaders have accused the United Nations of failing to uphold its mandate to provide security for the…

Heather Paterson, Aileu – They fought a desperate jungle war against Indonesia's occupation for a quarter of a century. Now, one year after East…

Jon Land – August 30 is the first anniversary of East Timor's courageous act of self-determination, when, after 24 years of occupation, 78.9% of…

Paul Daley – A small group of Australian politicians and military chiefs still shudder when they recollect receiving a top-secret report from the…

Tim Dodd, Dili – "When the UN pulls out, the whole system's going to crash," says Mr Kirk MacManus, the manager of Hello Mister, Dili's only…

Francesca Davis, Dili – Its 4.45pm and the heat is stifling. There is a crowd of students at the door, smiling at me hopefully. Some have…

Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – It had been a bad few hours. Tempers were starting to fray. Some people wept. As gunfire echoed around the besieged…

Daniel Nelson, Dili – Economic and social rights are as important as traditionally defined human rights, UN Human Rights Commissioner Mary…

Vanja Tanaja, Dili – Speaking at a meeting of the just weeks-old East Timor Press Club on August 12, Jose Ramos Horta, vice-president of the…

Vaudine England, Jakarta – Government ministers admit they were caught off guard by a constitutional amendment which appears to provide legal…

Jakarta – Suspected militiamen attacked a UNHCR mission in Indonesia bringing aid to a refugee camp in West Timor on Tuesday, badly beating up…

Mark Dodd, Dili – Almost a year since voting to end Indonesian rule, East Timor is about to launch into open politicking about the shape of its…

Mark Dodd, Aileu – Fighters from the former guerilla resistance force Falintil, in their first move out of forced cantonment since the United…

Vaudine England, Jakarta – The upsurge in fighting on the border between East and West Timor is the latest sign that the Indonesian military's…

Jakarta – Indonesian Foreign Minister Alwi Shihab on Saturday said some soldiers might have encouraged the pro-Jakarta militias in the border area…

Andrew Perrin, Ainaro – Fearing UN peacekeepers cannot guarantee their safety, villagers in East Timor's mountainous central south-west have fled…

Jon Land – Pro-Jakarta militia operating out of refugee camps and other bases in West Timor show no sign of scaling down their attacks upon…

A group of prominent East Timorese leaders, spanning the territory's historical political spectrum, are organizing a new center-right…

Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – Indonesia yesterday denied responsibility for intensified attacks by militias on international forces inside East Timor…

Tomi Soetjipto, Jakarta – Indonesia conceded on Friday it could not fully control its border with East Timor where another UN soldier was killed…

Brian Toohey – Well-trained soldiers dressed in Indonesian battle fatigues, and carrying Indonesian semi-automatic rifles, are trying extremely…

Joanna Jolly, Dili – With its chrome chairs and international menu, the City Cafe could be in any modern capital around the world. But it is in…

Jakarta – Two UN agencies on Saturday pulled most of their foreign staff out of the West Timor border town of Atambua, a day after pro…

Dili – The head of the UN peacekeeping mission in East Timor has demanded that Indonesia arrest and disarm militia leaders responsible for an…

Joanna Jolly in Dili and Agencies – United Nations peacekeepers are gearing up for further trouble from pro-Jakarta militiamen as the anniversary…

Dublin – UN Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, will start a three day visit to East Timor tomorrow to monitor developments there since…

Jon Land – Despite the announcement on July 31 by Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid that refugee camps in West Timor controlled by the pro-…

Joanna Jolly, Dili – Ethnic-Chinese businessmen trying to re-establish East Timor's economy have become a target for hostility and extortion by…

Dili – UN peacekeepers in East Timor are now facing a well trained and disciplined anti-independence militia force that continues to use…

The Timor Gap Treaty signed between Australia and Indonesia during the rule of former president Suharto is illegal, and is not recognised by…

Mark Dodd, Dili – The United States Ambassador to Indonesia has condemned Jakarta's "lamentable and inexcusable" failure to disarm militias…

Jakarta – Indonesian authorities plan to register all East Timorese refugees still on Indonesian soil and make a last offer, to either stay or…

Jon Land – The confrontation on July 24 between pro-Jakarta militia forces from West Timor and a detachment of New Zealand soldiers from the…

Lindsay Murdoch, Dili – Former guerilla fighter Mr Xanana Gusmao will become the first president of independent East Timor. After insisting for…

Denis Peters and Linda McSweeny, Canberra – Australian unions and a prominent law firm have warned that workers rebuilding East Timor could be…

Don Greenlees, Jakarta – The Harco Hotel in central Jakarta is a dreary resting place for people travelling on the cheap. For 100,000 rupiah ($20…

Lisbon – East Timorese youth rejected the foreign military base. It is one point of declaration of East Timorese Youth Congress that…

Mark Dodd in Suai and David Lague in Bangkok – A price has been put on the heads of Australian and New Zealand peacekeepers in East Timor, with…

Jakarta – Just hours after the UN Security Council called on Jakarta to crack down on anti-independence gangs conducting raids in East…

Jon Land – As East Timor moves towards full independence under the jurisdiction of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (…

Vanja Tanaja, Dili – On July 19, an Indonesian investigation team arrived here to interview witnesses to the worst atrocities that took place from…

The killing and mutilation of a New Zealand peacekeeper in East Timor threatens further damage to Australia's fragile ties with Indonesia after…

Mark Riley, New York – The United Nations had begun closed-door discussions with key diplomats to bring forward the withdrawal of peacekeepers…

Damian Milverton, Washington – The international effort to repair the devastation in East Timor is meeting with some success but at the same time…

Jakarta – A respected legal aid activist says the government must guarantee the security of witnesses who are scheduled to testify later this year…

East Timor – The United Nations High Commission for Refugees announced Friday that it has withdrawn its personnel from the Betun…

Mark Dodd, Dili – An Indonesian judicial team in East Timor to investigate violence by Jakarta's military and its local allies last year faced a…

Mark Dodd, Dili – The United Nations mission in East Timor yesterday said it had no plans to arrest notorious pro-Jakarta militia leader Eurico…