East Timor News Archives

A man selling his carvings for US$20 each waits for customers in Dili, East Timor, on Wednesday.

Archaeologists have announced finding the largest-ever aquatic animal along the Jurassic Coast which lies between Dorset, United Kingdom and East Timor, according reports from Taiwan's "Today News" on Tuesday.

An Australian-made documentary film about soldiers in East Timor has won an award from a major US film festival.

Thursday, 29 October 2009, 4:44 pm Press Release: Sasha Uzunov Media Release: Sasha Uzunov, the director/producer of explosive Australian documentary film TIMOR TOUR OF DUTY, which reveals the Indonesian military's secret war against Australian and New Zealand troops and International peacekeepers in East Timor, says the farsighted actions of an ...

Samson and Delilah's young stars, Rowan McNamara and Marissa Gibson . Photo: Mark Rogers Karl Quinn October 28, 2009 - 12:39PM Samson & Delilah and Balibo lead the pack for nominations in the 2009 AFI awards announced today in Sydney.

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.

Former soldier Kevin Campbell features in a documentary that premiered at the New York International Film Festival over the weekend.

Commodore Mayer says East Timor is stable, but still faces challenges. The new Australian commander of the International Stabilisation Force in East Timor says there are many signs of progress in the country.

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Friday on the need to strengthen East Timor's capability to handle its own security before the UN mission there can be withdrawn.

MASON Edwards, the Commando killed in a training accident on Tuesday, was a consummate professional soldier who had completed two tours of duty in Afghanistan and another in East Timor.

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.

The East Timorese Government says a new responsible tourism campaign could help pull parts of the country out of poverty.

East Timor government survives no confidence vote Asia-Pacific News Oct 12, 2009, 14:22 GMT Talkback Your Talkback on this Story Note posts made on our older Talkback system will still show below.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao meets with Timor Leste's Prime Minister Jose Alexandre Xanana Gusmao in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Oct.

President of East Timor Dr. Jose Ramos Horta on Monday called on the United Nations Security Council to impose an arms embargo against the Burmese military regime, joining a host of countries calling for such action.

East Timor's first joint military exercise with the United States began Wednesday with the arrival of the USS Bonhomme Richard assault ship.

East Timora s government survived a no-confidence vote called after it met Indonesiaa s request to release an alleged militia leader accused of masterminding the church murder of women, children and priests a decade ago.

PACIFIC nations are overly dependent on trade with Australia and need to engage with the rest of the world to address rising levels of poverty and hunger, an AusAID report says.

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EAST Timor voted on Friday in village elections seen as a test of the fledgling country's stability a decade after its historic independence referendum which led to its bloody split from Indonesia.

A lack of political will to tackle corruption in East Timor is holding the country back, said Sebastiao Ximenes, East Timor's Ombudsman for Human Rights and Justice.

PAY hikes for lawmakers and high-level officials passed Thursday in East Timor are 'out of proportion with the economy", the opposition National Union Party said.

History , War & Conflict , International Relations , Politics Languages: Bahasa , English , Tetum Full Category List Excerpt On 4 October 2009 the Timorese online media TimorOhin [Tet.] [TimorToday], reported that an old border dispute between Indonesia and East Timor has flared up once again in the Oecusse Enclave.

East Timor s deputy prime minister abused his power by securing a plum UN job for his wife in which she was overpaid thousands of dollars, a leaked ombudsman s report alleges.

Defense & Security News - By Australian Department of Defence on October 1, 2009 at 5:57 am Loading ... The Minister for Defence, Senator John Faulkner, today met with his New Zealand counterpart, the Hon.

Governance , History , Human Rights , Media , War & Conflict Languages: Bahasa , English , Tetum Full Category List Excerpt The isolated district of Cova Lima, Timor-Leste has produced two major stories last month.

Members of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and the US Navy are due to be in East Timor from Oct 13 to 23 to hold joint military exercises with the Falintil-FDTL , said Hans Klem, the US ambassador to East Timor.

The Foreign Minister of Timor-Leste today paid tribute to the United Nations for the world body's role over the past decade and more in supporting the South-East Asian nation on its path to independence.