8 hrs ago | The Age
High food prices 'will hit Pacific'
“It is very hard to say (how many) because we don't know how governments are going to react. I wouldn't put it in the hundreds of thousands, but I would put it in the tens of thousands of people that really are at serious risk in 2008”
High food and oil prices will put thousands in the Pacific at risk this year and could spark fresh violence in East Timor, an economist has found. via The Age
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East Timor Forum & PollsYesterday | Progressive.org
“I've always been surprised that people say it's a hopeful program because we deal with such difficult subjects”
Amy Goodman is one of the leading journalists of our time. -She is executive producer and host of Democracy Now, a daily, independent radio and television news program broadcast on 650 stations around the ... via Progressive.org
Friday May 9 | Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Gusmao intent on stamping out corruption
“I think you can see now a government that is intent on having robust public institutions to root out any potential corruption in the future”
East Timor Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has revealed his plans to tackle corruption in the fledgling nation. via Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Wednesday May 7 | Green Left Weekly
Review: Women sing for East Timor
“I Am Woman". Then Liz Cavanagh in "Midnight Blue”
The theme of the latest CD, with 16 different tracks from women performers, is to assist women's health projects - particularly ante and post-natal - as Timor now has one of the fastest growing populations in ... via Green Left Weekly
Monday May 5 | International Herald Tribune
Asian Development Bank rejects charges its lending practices neglect poorest countries
“Asian policy-makers aren't dumb: Who would turn down cheap, subsidized AAA-rated financing backed by the U.S. and Japan?”
MADRID, Spain : The Asian Development Bank fended off criticism that it is neglecting the region's poorest countries by lending heavily to cash-rich emerging powerhouses like China and India. via International Herald Tribune
Sunday May 4 | Reuters
Indonesia extradites East Timor army rebels
“When we arrive in Dili today we will question them immediately to decide on their detention status”
Indonesia on Monday extradited four rebel soldiers from East Timor wanted for alleged involvement in attacks on the tiny nation's president and prime minister in February. via Reuters
Sunday May 4 | The National
The lessons of aceh and e timor for the deep south
The outcome of the peace process in Aceh and the independence struggle in East Timor should provide Thailand with some "dos" and "don'ts" for forming an appropriate strategy to restore normalcy and end the ... via The National
Friday May 2 | Prensa Latina
Jakarta, Apr 30 Timor Leste Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao held talks in Jakarta on Wednesday with Indonesian President Susilo Banbang Yudhoyono at Merdeka Palace during his 24-hour official visit to Indonesia. via Prensa Latina
Wednesday Apr 30 | New York Sun
East Timor Leader Meets His Would-Be Assassin
DILI , East Timor - The alleged triggerman in an assassination attempt on East Timor's president, Jose Ramos-Horta , wept yesterday after surrendering with 11 other mutinous troops and handing over their ... via New York Sun
Wednesday Apr 30 | Stuff
“The Bush administration was using the National Security Agency's Echelon system to spy on UN Security Council members so it could more easily swing them in favour of an invasion.”
The group responsible for an attack on Waihopai Spybase this morning said it did so to stop the war on terrorism. via Stuff
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