Dili, Indonesia News

East Timorese commemorate two anniversaries this week. Yesterday, December 7, was the 20th anniversary of the full-scale invasion of their country when Indonesian marines stormed in.

Monday, 7 December 2009, 2:15 pm Press Release: Pacific.scoop Original Article JAKARTA : Indonesia has banned the Australian-made film Balibo, which depicts the deaths of six foreign journalists in East Timor, the head of the foreign correspondents club said.

The Indonesian government should rescind its censorship of a film depicting a military atrocity prior to Indonesia's 1975 invasion of East Timor, Human Rights Watch said today.

JAKARTA : Indonesia has banned an Australian-made film on the alleged murder of six Australian-based journalists by Indonesian troops during the 1975 invasion of East Timor, an official said Wednesday.

East Timor's leaders say bringing to justice perpetrators of atrocities committed during the Indonesian army's occupation would sour relations between the neighbouring countries, but not everyone is so keen to forgive and move on.

Ask Afonso de Jesus what he knows about avian influenza and the answer is worrying.

Tuesday, 17 November 2009, 11:24 am Press Release: West Papua Media Alerts 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.

DILI, Timor-Leste President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Jose Ramos-Horta is piped aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard .

Hundreds of cyclists have criss-crossed the country's rugged and beautiful scenery in the inaugural Tour de Timor.

They have already clocked 18,000 kilometres since April 2008 and until now have cycled 1,000 hours.

Photo: James Morgan The Australian boy who led the opening-night performance of Billy Elliot in Melbourne last New Year's Eve is set for the best Christmas present imaginable - playing the lead in the Broadway production of the show.

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.

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.

Dryden recounted in the same letter the close relationship she had with her son, who she had brought up almost single-handedly. She later committed suicide in 1982 at Bendigo Hospital in loneliness and despair that nothing was done about the deaths of the five journalists in Balibo.

The European Union concurred with the United Nations Friday on the need to strengthen East Timor's capability to handle its own security before the UN mission there can be withdrawn.

If you order a beer, sit back and relax at one of the expat bars dotted along the coastal Pantai Kelapa road in this capital, you cannot help but notice the view: the stony beach, the swimming children and the grounded fishing boats.

Timor-Leste born Indonesian citizens living in Atambua-Kupang-Indonesia, have threatened to set up checkpoints or sweeps vehicles with Timor-Leste white registration number plates because of the detention of the former Laksaur Militia Commander, Maternus Bere who is still detained at the Indonesian Embassy in Dili.

DILI: Timor Leste's government survived a raucous no-confidence vote in parliament over its decision to free an Indonesian militia leader accused of crimes against humanity, officials said on Tuesday.

East Timor's government faced a no-confidence vote Monday over the release at Indonesia's request of an alleged militia leader accused of war crimes in the slayings of women, children and priests in a church a decade ago.