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Yesterday | United Nations

Timor-Leste takes over further security responsibilities from UN

UNMIT empowers local police force in, Dili, East Timor [File Photo] The United Nations handed over further policing responsibilities to Timor-Leste today as part of the gradual transfer of the security functions it assumed in 2006 after dozens of people were killed and 155,000 others - 15 per cent of the population - were driven from their homes in ...

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

Fri Dec 18, 2009

Scoop

Pre-Christmas Concert For Troops In East Timor

Saturday, 19 December 2009, 1:40 pm Press Release: Australian Defence Force DEFENCE MEDIA RELEASE Australian and New Zealand military personnel serving on overseas deployment in East Timor have taken time out from their normal tasks to enjoy performances by leading entertainers.

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Thu Dec 17, 2009

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Fears cane toads have hitched to E Timor

A number of suspicious-looking, large, yellow toads have been spotted in East Timor.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News

Tue Dec 15, 2009

The Irrawaddy Newsmagazine

Indonesian Journalists Fight Censorship

JAKARTA, Indonesia-A journalists' group threatened on Tuesday to fight a ban on the war movie " Balibo " with a constitutional court challenge if the Indonesian government enforces its countrywide prohibition.

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Sun Dec 13, 2009

The Age

Tale of teens in love is the toast of film awards

Photo of Cast and Crew of Samson&Delilah, arriving to the 2009 AFI awards in Melbourne on Saturday, December 12, 2009.

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Orange Co. Register

Indonesia 'Bans' Film On Journalists' Deaths

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.

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Related Topix: Indonesia, World News, Southeast Asia

Fri Dec 11, 2009

Scoop

Dear friend and supporter of ETAN,

I have long admired the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network , a clear, effective, and very much needed voice in support of justice, human rights, and accountability.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Indonesia,

Thu Dec 10, 2009

Global Voices Online

East Timor: Police performance

Authors, please log in>> Name Email Website Subscribe to comments on this post via email Guidelines All comments are moderated .

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Tue Dec 08, 2009

The Age

True culprits in sight as silence over Balibo killings breaks

A former Indonesian commander's claims may be pay back. T HE emergence of retired colonel Gatot Purwanto as a whistleblowing Indonesian officer in the Balibo five case has revealed the first cracks in Jakarta's military monolith after 34 years of stubborn silence over the true cause of the deaths of the ill-fated reporters - Greg Shackleton, Gary ...

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Indonesia, Opinion

Mon Dec 07, 2009

The West Australian

UN handover 'too slow' for E Timor cops

The UN mission in East Timor needs to hand over formal control of the country's national police force as soon as possible, a new report says.

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Sun Dec 06, 2009

Stuff

Crocodile recruit assigned duties

Izzy the crocodile is joining the army, as mascot for 5 Movements Company. Personnel from the Linton-based company will attend a ceremony at the National Aquarium in Napier tomorrow to adopt their new mascot.

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Fri Dec 04, 2009

Voice of America

International Crisis Group Calls for the UN Police in East Timor to Step Back

U.N. sent in an international police force in 2006 after internal disputes between factions of East Timor police and military led to violence in the streets.

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Thu Dec 03, 2009

The Victoria Star

Indonesian journalists plan to screen East Timor war movie despite official ban

An Indonesian journalists' group said Thursday that it will screen a movie portraying military atrocities during the 1975 invasion of East Timor despite a ban by censors.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Indonesia,

Wed Dec 02, 2009

ContactMusic.com

Indonesia Bans Balibo

Officials in Indonesia have banned critically acclaimed new movie BALIBO over the film's politically sensitive subject matter.

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Related Topix: Without a Trace, Action TV, Crime TV, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Anthony LaPaglia, Southeast Asia, World News, Indonesia,

Tue Dec 01, 2009

Inter Press Service

East Timor: Cross-Country Ties an Obstacle to Justice

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.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Indonesia bans Balibo screening

Balibo depicts Indonesian soldiers murdering five Australia-based newsmen in East Timor in 1975.

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Mon Nov 30, 2009

Illawarra Mercury

Wideform's rise as major industry force

From humble beginnings as Wollongong Formwork in 1974 with three employees, the Unanderra-based Wideform Group of Companies grew to find a regular place on the BRW list of the top 500 privately owned companies in Australia.

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Sat Nov 28, 2009

Newsday

NGC hosts Timor-Leste's NPA

REPRESENTATIVES of The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste's National Petroleum Authority , accompanied by representatives of the Norwegian Petroleum Assistance Programme, were recently hosted by NGC.

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Thu Nov 26, 2009

The Otago Daily Times

Dunedin cop a UN hero

The United Nations is awarding a Dunedin police officer a hero's accolade after he saved an elderly man from drowning in East Timor.

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New Vision

Uganda population now at 33 million

BY RAYMOND BAGUMA UGANDA'S population is soon clocking 33 million people and the country will hit over 90 million people in the next 40 years.

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