East Timor's president-elect Xanana Gusmao met Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri in Jakarta to personally invite her to attend his country's independence celebrations later thi
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May 2, 2002
April 20, 2002
Tim Dodd, Dili – With independence only a month off, how bad is the economic problem facing East Timor?
Tim Dodd, Dili – In Dili's old commercial heart is an Javanese bakso (meatball soup) restaurant that does a thriving trade at $US1 a bowl, proving the East Timorese have not lost their
April 19, 2002
Lee Kim Chew – East Timor's newly-elected President Xanana Gusmao, a poet and freedom fighter, loves the Portuguese language. It gives him a sense of identity.
Dan Murphy, Dili – Jose Alexandre "Xanana" Gusmao is a figure of such legendary stature here that no viable challenger ran against him for the presidency of the world's newest nation.
April 18, 2002
Jakarta – Indonesia's parliament speaker on Thursday urged President Megawati Sukarnoputri to snub next month's celebrations marking the formal independence of East Timor, which Jakarta
Hamish McDonald – On a roadside in rural Balibo, among knots of people lingering to chat after casting their vote in their country's first presidential election last Sunday, different t
April 17, 2002
Joanne Collins, Dili – Less than three years ago East Timor's seaside capital was a charred ruin, but now Britney Spears CDs, Singapore noodles and beauty salons are easily found in wha
April 15, 2002
Dili – The government buildings around it are gutted, but surviving intact as a minor miracle in the center of Dili is a billboard urging the locals to speak good Indonesian, the langua
April 10, 2002
Jon Land – Two-and-a half years after East Timor's referendum on independence, the effect of the Indonesian military and militia's post-ballot destructive rampage are painfully apparent
April 4, 2002
Hamish McDonald – It will stand on a hill overlooking Dili, the capital of newly independent East Timor: a massive flagpole entwined with the trunk and branches of a symbolic banyan tre
March 13, 2002
Kate Rope – On May 20, a new country will be born.
February 19, 2002
East Timor's transition government, with little more than three months left before independence, insists that international donors cover its budget deficit over the next three years, es
February 18, 2002
Christopher Hitchens – In a few weeks, East Timor will be able to celebrate both its independence as a country and its status as a democracy.
February 1, 2002
East Timor is due to become officially and fully independent on 20 May 2002.
November 28, 2001
Dili – With East Timor due to become the world's newest nation in six months, hundreds of people rallied Wednesday to mark the territory's first declaration of independence 26 years ago
Canberra – Indonesia and Australia will set up a tripartite consultative forum to help East Timor solve problems that may arise in its transformation into an independent state, Indonesi
Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – East Timor's charismatic leader Jose Alexandre "Xanana" Gusmao and former pro-Jakarta militia leader Joao Tavares agreed on Tuesday to end their hostility and
November 27, 2001
Jill Jolliffe, Dili – Indonesian authorities say they do not regard last year's Memorandum of Understanding between East Timor and Indonesia on transfer of prisoners as valid, East Timo
November 24, 2001
Don Greenlees, Jakarta – United Nations prosecutors in East Timor have lodged an indictment against 21 people, including senior Indonesian military, militia and government officials, ov
November 23, 2001
Paul Osborne Brisbane – The problems of East Timorese refugees in West Timor and the disarmament of militia should be resolved within three months, the emerging nation's foreign ministe
Kupang – A top military officer here said East Timorese refugees in East Nusa Tenggara province no longer feel they have leaders.
October 31, 2001
United Nations – The Security Council decided Wednesday that the UN-administered territory of East Timor should become independent on May 20 next year.
October 27, 2001
Presenter: The commemoration of East Timor's newly-gained independence has been scheduled for 20 May [2002], however, the chief minister of the provisional government, Mari Alkatiri, sa
October 3, 2001
[East Timor is finally on the road to independence but there is still a long way to go.
September 18, 2001
Seth Mydans, Dili – They are the new missionaries.
September 14, 2001
Ian Timberlake, Dili – Police officers in smart blue uniforms confidently direct traffic.
August 30, 2001
Rowan Callick – The emergence of democratic government in an independent East Timor is a miracle.
August 15, 2001
Mark Dodd, Dili – A former member of the independence movement Fretilin, Dr Abilio Araujo, expelled for his links with Indonesia, has returned to East Timor after 26 years' self-imposed
June 6, 2001
John Gauci, Sydney – "East Timorese must ask themselves, why are we still divided?
May 21, 2001
Richard Galpin, Dili – East Timor is celebrating becoming the world's newest country.
April 18, 2001
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March 30, 2001
Rita Uli Hutapea/Heather, Jakarta – East Timorese leader, Xanana Gusmao is unimpressed with the Indonesian government's handling of East Timor's transition to independence.
John Ruwitch, Jakarta – East Timor leader Xanana Gusmao will remain a key figure in the impoverished territory's painful transition to independence despite resigning as head of the de f
March 1, 2001
Ati Nurbaiti, Dili – Indonesians, who grew up believing they helped East Timor out of a civil war, must wake up to the fact that they are perceived as former colonizers.
February 14, 2001
Vanya Tanaja, Dili – Public hearings held here January 14-24 to discuss the timetable for East Timor's transition to independence have revealed sharply differing views among East Timore
December 29, 2000
Lely T. Djuhari, Banda Aceh – Tired of daily jeers and insults, Natalia Dewi has done what she never thought she would – she has started wearing a headscarf.
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 independence, giving a hero's welcome to the
November 14, 2000
Bronwyn Curran, Dili – UN Security Council envoys wrapped up a two-day mission to East Timor Tuesday, concluding that it was ready for independence but in dire need of international sup
November 9, 2000
[In these two articles we look at the problems of building a new East Timor, where many locals feel the United Nations is leaving them out of decisions on their future, and where past v
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 Baru, a village in the capital of Dili
September 7, 2000
Jakarta – A chronoloy of major events since East Timorese voted for independence from Indonesia on August 30, 1999.
September 4, 2000
Matthew Rothschild, Dili – On August 30, a huge crowd in Dili, East Timor, gathered to celebrate the first anniversary of the independence vote for this tiny nation.
August 31, 2000
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 and approved measures aimed at a smoot
Joanna Jolly, Dili – On a day tinged with sadness and joy, thousands of East Timorese yesterday celebrated the first anniversary of their independence from often brutal colonial rule by
July 24, 2000
Damian Milverton, Washington – The international effort to repair the devastation in East Timor is meeting with some success but at the same time is exposing many of the pitfalls in dev
July 15, 2000
Lisbon – East Timor's first transitional government was hailed yesterday as a crucial step forward by the pro-independence leader Mr Xanana Gusmao.
June 22, 2000
Jim Della-Giacoma – In one of the most courageous acts of self-determination in recent history, the people of East Timor went to the polls last August to reject an Indonesian offer of g
June 19, 2000
Twenty-four years of Indonesian occupation of East Timor ended last September in a frenzy of murder and destruction.
May 3, 2000
Acting for a speedy independence, the National Council of Timorese Resistance (CNRT) has proposed the creation of a joint commission with the territory's transitional United Nations adm