East Timor News

War heroes and heroines are East Timor's leaders. .. the former head of the armed struggle for independence, Xanana Gusmao, is prime minister.

East Timor or Timor-Leste on Wednesday sought Thailand's assistance and support in its quest for membership of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or Asean.

The Timorese-born Australian Angelita Pires recently declared her nomination in East Timor's Presidential election and is now preparing to begin her campaign.

Timor activist Wesley-Smith says he would be very surprised if Ceu da Silva Lopes wins the Timor election.

Mr. Ramos-Horta yesterday denied the claims and told The Age that Belo failed to provide proof the money had been spent distributing the papers.

ISF Troops head home from East Timor Around 325 Australian Defence Force personnel serving with the Australian-led International Stabilisation Force in East Timor will begin returning home to Australia this month following a four to eight month deployment.

The United Nations Integrated Mission in East Timor has less than 1,000 police and military advisors in the poor Southeast Asian nation, bolstered by about 460 Australian troops and 75 soldiers from New Zealand.

An East Timorese refugee family gathers around their camp in Dili, February 18, 2008.

Public Information Notices form part of the IMF's efforts to promote transparency of the IMF's views and analysis of economic developments and policies.

East Timorese presidential hopeful Francisco Guterres has called for peaceful elections that will avoid the violence which broke out five years ago when the young country last went to the polls.

The inquiry comes after a decade-long boom in the number of officials posted overseas to support the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, stabilisation missions in East Timor and the Solomon Islands, the fight against Islamic extremism and to tackle people smuggling.

East Timor president Jose Ramos-Horta said Tuesday he will seek another term in March polls, as the young nation votes for the first time since an assassination bid that almost killed him.

ARMY Reserve soldiers who recently finished training in central Victoria have been farewelled at an official parade ahead of their mission to East Timor.

JAKARTA: Nobel peace prize-winner Jose Ramos-Horta is expected to announce today that he is in the running for another five-year term as President of East Timor.

NOBEL peace prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta is expected to announce today that he is in the running for another five-year term as president of East Timor.

MANILA, Philippines - A member of the Philippine Military Academy "Dimalupig" Class of 1981 who is currently the chairman of the Government Ad Hoc Joint Action Group , Brig.

TAREE High School graduate and local butcher Dan Murray was in his Army Reserve uniform last month and singing carols in East Timor.

Prime Minister and Minister of Defence and Security of East Timor Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao visited Barwa Group to discuss co-operation and investment in real estate, the group announced yesterday.

There are 10 candidates so far in the coming elections in East Timor. Centru Jornalista Investigativu Timor-Leste is one of the media networks monitoring the polls There are 10 candidates so far in the coming elections in East Timor.

Qatar and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste signed several agreements here yesterday following official talks co-chaired by HE the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor al-Thani and Timors Prime Minister and Minister of Defence and Security Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao.