East Timor News

The Flankers would supplement and/or replace fleets of F-16A/B and F-5E/F Tiger II fighters, whose condition was harmed by a long arms embargo imposed in response to widespread repression and genocide in East Timor.

The Federal Government is sending a new ambassador to Afghanistan to observe the Karzai Government's promised crackdown on corruption.

Friday, 20 November 2009, 7:15pm Source: TV3 Treatable cataract blindness is the main cause of vision impairment in East Timor where around 10,000 are waiting for sight restoring surgery.

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The struggle for justice is not a contest between Indonesians and non-Indonesians. Rather, it is a contest between those around the world who want to justice to prevail and those who want to see impunity prevail.

John Schumann, the singer-songwriter famously known for his Vietnam veteran's anthem - I was only 19', will be touring to East Timor next month to entertain our Australian service men and women, performing the hit track after it was first recorded over John Schumann, the singer-songwriter famously known for his Vietnam veteran's anthem - I was only ...

A University of Ulster researcher is helping the Foreign Office seek justice in East Timor.

Shirley Shackleton was married to the late Channel Seven reporter Greg Shackleton, one of five Australian television journalists who were killed in Indonesiaa TMs invasion of East Timor in 1975.

The UAE issued last night a joint statement with East Timor, on establishing the diplomatic ties with effect from Friday.

THE Sydney Conservatorium of Music has been forced to withdraw a publication that allegedly claims credit for independently funded research.

Families in East Timor appealed on Thursday to their own government and Indonesian authorities to help recover the bodies of dozens of loved ones still missing 18 years after being gunned down in a cemetery during Jakarta's two-decade rule.

Wednesday, 11 November 2009, 2:11 pm Press Release: Australian Defence Force Headquarters Joint Operations Command will commemorate Remembrance Day with a service and the dedication of a memorial for the 29 Australian Defence Force personnel who have died and the many wounded on operations in the 10 years since the original headquarters was formed.

Return to Rai Ketak appeals to media, bloggers and government officials of Indonesia and East Timor to monitor and discuss the Timor Sea Drilling Spill .

A newly released film on East Timor in 1999 opens old wounds between Indonesia and Australia.

A former senior public servant will head a commission of inquiry into the recent oil spill in the Timor Sea.

Timor-Leste's capital city of Dili continues to receive only sporadic electricity supply, one year after the de facto Gusmao government boasted that all 13 of the nation's districts would have 24-hour power within one year.

Staff Reporter A team of 150 police members left Dhaka yesterday to join the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in East Timor.

Balibo is up for 13 awards at this year's AFI awards, including Best Original Music Score.

Now that we've got our freedom, wanna come over? A Reuters article published this weekend described the follow-up fight of the new Southeast Asian country East Timor , which emerged from 24 years of occupation to join the UN in 2002, to capitalize on its troubled past in attracting visitors.

A man selling his carvings for US$20 each waits for customers in Dili, East Timor, on Wednesday.