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5 hrs ago | XtraMSN Real Estate

UN critical of East Timor human rights

Complaints of human rights abuses by East Timor 's fledgling national police have shown a "notable increase" over the past year, the United Nations says.

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Related Topix: Indonesia, World News, Southeast Asia

Wed Aug 20, 2008

News.com.au

East Timor wants guest workers scheme

AUSTRALIA should allow East Timorese guest workers into the country, a Timorese government official said.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News

Tue Aug 19, 2008

Peak Oil

Rice and Circus in East Timor

But how and why has East Timor - a land of subsistence agriculturalists and one of the world's poorest nations- been turned into a net food importer? And what is the future of East Timor's agriculture? The ...

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Agriculture, Science

Mon Aug 18, 2008

The Age

Doubt over Timor shooting

EVIDENCE has emerged that challenges the belief that East Timor President Jose Ramos Horta was shot by a member of rebel leader Alfredo Reinado's gang.

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Related Topix: Jose Ramos-horta, Southeast Asia, World News, Indonesia,

Sun Aug 17, 2008

Inter Press Service

East Timor/Indonesia: 'Restorative Justice' is Justice Denied?

"The process of creating the CTF did not follow the Constitution of Timor-Leste because the agreement signed by the presidents of Timor-Leste and Indonesia was not ratified by the national parliament of ...

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia

Sat Aug 16, 2008

The Austrailian

Autopsy doubt on rebels

QUESTIONS have been raised as to whether rebel leader Alfredo Reinado was lured down from the mountains of East Timor to be executed after it emerged he was shot dead at almost point-blank range inside the home ...

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Jose Ramos-horta

Thu Aug 14, 2008

Associated Content

What Happens in East Timor Stays in East Timor

Between the Beijing Olympics, Russia's impromptu invasion of Georgia, and the Zimbabwean presidential crisis, it's easy for lesser-known countries to fall through the cracks of mainstream media.

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Wed Aug 13, 2008

Tvnz.co.nz

Peters, Goff await E.Timor briefings following new report

The Defence and Foreign Affairs Ministers are awaiting briefings on new and possibly dangerous developments in East Timor.

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Related Topix: Jose Ramos-horta, Southeast Asia, World News

Tue Aug 12, 2008

Manila Bulletin

Welcome His Excellency President Jose Ramos-Horta of Timor Leste

The President of Timor Leste, His Excellency, Jose Ramos-Horta, arrived for a four-day state visit.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, World News, Indonesia, Jose Ramos-horta, Southeast Asia, Philippines

Sun Aug 10, 2008

Manila Bulletin

Swiss, Timor Leste Presidents arrive

By RONNIEL C. DE GUZMAN Swiss Federation President Pascal Couchepin and Timor Leste President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta arrived yesterday at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on ...

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Jose Ramos-horta, Pascal Couchepin

Sat Aug 09, 2008

The Straits Times

Army not spared from battle for talent

EAST Timor was in turmoil when Colonel Neo Kian Hong led 250 Singapore soldiers to help a multinational force restore order on the island.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong

Thu Aug 07, 2008

Reuters

U.N. urges East Timor not to drop violence probe

DILI - The United Nations urged on Thursday East Timor not to let those responsible for bloodshed surrounding Dili's 1999 independence vote from Indonesia off the hook, pledging to provide support ...

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Related Topix: Indonesia, World News, Southeast Asia

Wed Aug 06, 2008

The Age

Work lifeline for East Timor

EAST Timor could win a last-minute place in an Australian pilot program for guest workers after Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao wrote to his Australian counterpart urging that his country be included.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Kevin Rudd

Tue Aug 05, 2008

International Herald Tribune

East Timor's president defends pardoning killer

CANBERRA, Australia : East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta has defended his decision to pardon a notorious Timorese militia leader, saying it was unfair to keep him in prison while Indonesians responsible for ...

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

Mon Aug 04, 2008

The Age

Gangster nets key Dili project

AN OFFER by a notorious Jakarta gangster to develop the site of a refugee camp in Dili has been accepted by the East Timor Government.

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Related Topix: World News, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Jose Ramos-horta

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

East Timor opens first national park

East Timor has inaugurated its first ever national park in a move to protect and preserve 123,000 hectares of land and sea on the eastern tip of the island.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News

Sun Aug 03, 2008

The West Australian

Balibo film shows suffering of Timorese

Australian Paul Stewart was just 15 when Indonesian soldiers murdered his cameraman brother in East Timor.

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Related Topix: World News, Indonesia, Southeast Asia,

Sat Aug 02, 2008

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

East Timorese refugees

Organisers say the Uplift Fiji program gives women dignity Audio: Charity bra program under the spotlight A charity program sending bras to women in developing nations has provoked debate about what is ...

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Related Topix: World News, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Oceania, Southeast Asia

Fri Aug 01, 2008

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Trek remembers E Timor's help to WWII diggers

A trek through East Timor to commemorate the experiences of Australia's World War II commando forces and remember the role East Timorese locals played has just been completed.

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Related Topix: Papua New Guinea, Oceania, World News, Travel, East Timor Travel, Southeast Asia

Thu Jul 31, 2008

The West Australian

Dili shuts down for Balibo movie

Streets in East Timor's sleepy capital Dili were closed today for a movie recreation of Indonesia's bloody 1975 invasion.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Indonesia,

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