Brussels – United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan assured East Timor Thursday that the UN would likely maintain a presence in the country…
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January 29, 2004
Lusa - January 29, 2004
Agence France Presse - January 29, 2004
The military chief in Indonesian West Timor has promised that members of an opposition group in neighbouring East Timor, an independent state,…
January 28, 2004
Asia Times - January 28, 2004
Jill Jolliffe, Bobonaro – As the world's youngest nation battles to repress rebel groups, the harshness of the crackdown risks provoking the very…
Jakarta Post - January 28, 2004
Kupang – Wirasakti military commander Col. Moeswarno Moesanif accused an East Timor opposition group on Tuesday of infiltrating the…
January 27, 2004
East-West Center (Hawaii) - January 27, 2004
Honolulu – Although East Timor leaders know that building a constructive relationship with Indonesia is essential for a more secure future, the…
January 26, 2004
Antara - January 26, 2004
Atambua – The people living in border areas shared by Indonesia's province of East Nusa Tenggara and East Timor did not care about the UN…
January 24, 2004
Melbourne Age - January 24, 2004
Jill Jolliffe, Bobonaro – There is a palpable fear in the town of Bobonaro, which sits on the Timorese side of the border with Indonesia.
It…
January 22, 2004
Agence France Presse - January 22, 2004
Jakarta – East Timor's top prosecutor says he will ask an appeals court for help in securing arrest warrants for Indonesian presidential candidate…
Lusa - January 22, 2004
Jakarta – A senior Indonesian army officer denied Wednesday that Jakarta had any "concrete plans" to station security forces on an…
January 21, 2004
ETAN Press Statement - January 21, 2004
The East Timor Action Network (ETAN) today urged the United Nations and United States to strongly condemn Indonesia's use of military force in a…
January 20, 2004
Jakarta Post - January 20, 2004
Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – The Indonesian Military (TNI) says it will soon deploy troops to the disputed island of Batek, which is close to East…
Radio Australia - January 20, 2004
A UN assessment team returns to New York this week from East Timor amid speculation there may be an extension of its presence there.
On May…
January 19, 2004
The Australian - January 19, 2004
Sian Powell – A delegation of senior Australian diplomats last week toured an Indonesian region considered by the UN to be more dangerous than…
Voices Unabridged - January 19, 2004
Sophie Boudre – As violence against women is recognized as a major health concern worldwide, Timor-Leste is struggling to overcome domestic…
January 18, 2004
Agence France Presse - January 18, 2004
Ian Timberlake, Jakarta – Thousands of former East Timorese refugees have been given homes of their own in Indonesian West Timor after more than…
January 17, 2004
Jakarta Post - January 17, 2004
Yemris Fointuna, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara A senior Navy officer denied on Friday that a military exercise, held recently on Batek island that…
Sydney Morning Herald - January 17, 2004
Jill Jolliffe, Dili – A headless skeleton discovered by workmen digging in the yard of East Timorese Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri is believed to…
January 16, 2004
Jakarta Post - January 16, 2004
Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – A senior Indonesian Military (TNI) commander in Kupang denied on Thursday recent reports in several local media that 78…
Antara - January 16, 2004
Atambua – Indonesian immigration officers in Mota'ain, a town on the Indonesia-East Timor border, on Friday turned away a group of UN lawyers who…
Antara - January 16, 2004
Kupang – The struggle of factions in East Timor to grab power in the government and political elite are viewed as having made the pro-integration…
Radio Australia - January 16, 2004
Australia and East Timor are set to begin tough negotiations over marine boundaries this year, although Australia has refused to set a deadline.…
January 15, 2004
Lusa - January 15, 2004
Dili – Foreign Minister Josi Ramos Horta said Thursday he was "convinced" the United Nations would extend its engagement with East…
Agence France Presse - January 15, 2004
Jakarta – East Timor has expressed concern after Indonesian troops fired on an uninhabited island whose ownership has not yet been determined, a…
Jakarta Post - January 15, 2004
Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Pessure has been placed on the relevant authorities to investigate alleged irregularities in the use of Rp 53 billion (…
January 14, 2004
Melbourne Age - January 14, 2004
Jill Jolliffe, Dili – East Timor's chief prosecutor has accused the United Nations of blocking an arrest warrant for war crimes against Indonesia'…
ABC News - January 14, 2004
Indonesia's highest court has confirmed the acquittal of a senior policeman accused of human rights abuses in the last days of…
January 12, 2004
Radio Australia - January 12, 2004
By May, the last United Nations troops stationed in East Timor are due to hand over responsibility for security to the local army and police. But…
Associated Press - January 12, 2004
Dili – East Timor called on the United Nations Monday to extend its mandate in the country as the leader of a UN team arrived to assess whether…
Herald Sun - January 12, 2004
Mark Dodd and Ian McPhedran – In a dramatic show of military muscle, an Indonesian warship has blasted a contested island near East Timor with…
January 10, 2004
Antara - January 10, 2004
Atambua – The Indonesian Defence Forces (TNI) is mulling the reopening of traditional markets on the Indonesian-East Timor border, a local…
Herald Sun (Melbourne) - January 10, 2004
Gerard McManus – Don't run over the chooks or goats ... that's unofficial rule No. 1 in the Australian Defence Co-operation Group's manual for…
January 6, 2004
Australian Financial Review - January 6, 2004
Allesandra Fabro – The sustainability of Australian aid activities in East Timor is at risk despite the significant contribution made by bilateral…
The Australian - January 6, 2004
Australia has made a huge investment in East Timor for which the nation can be proud, but now is not the time to give up on it. From a position…
January 3, 2004
The Australian - January 3, 2004
Patrick Walters – From the rocky, tree-shaded summit of "Mount Everest", 1980m up in the cool, moist highlands of the Bobinaro ranges in East…
Radio Australia - January 3, 2004
Hundreds of people have marked the death of the East Timor independence activist Andrew McNaughtan at a memorial service in the…
January 2, 2004
Melbourne Age - January 2, 2004
[Obituary - Dr Andrew Ian, McNaughtan, campaigner for East Timorese Independence, 21-2-1953 – 22-12-2003.]
John Martinkus – Dr Andrew…
January 1, 2004
Human Rights Watch - January 1, 2004
December 27, 2003
Associated Press - December 27, 2003
East Timorese freedom campaigners are mourning the death of a leading Australian human rights activist, Dr Andrew McNaughtan.
The 50-year-…
December 26, 2003
Herald Sun (Melbourne) - December 26, 2003
Andrew Hewett – Governments from around the world gathered in East Timor recently to hear news of a looming economic crisis facing the world's…
December 22, 2003
Lusa - December 22, 2003
Dili – President Xanana Gusmco challenged East Timor's parliament Monday to make 2004 "the year of stability" for the newly…
December 21, 2003
Antara - December 21, 2003
Atambua – Indonesian military and police personnel assigned to the border regions shared by Indonesia and East Timor have shown reformed attitudes…
December 20, 2003
The Age - December 20, 2003
Jill Jolliffe, Dili – The minister known as the strongman in East Timor's Government wept like a child as he confessed publicly to beating a…
December 18, 2003
The Australian - December 18, 2003
Patrick Walters – East Timor is calling for the United Nations to deploy a 400-strong paramilitary force at least until 2006 to bolster its tiny…
Radio Australia - December 18, 2003
As East Timor continues to delve into its painful past, there's been a suprising confession from Timor's last European governor. During this week'…
December 17, 2003
Associated Press - December 17, 2003
East Timor's tiny military has discharged 27 soldiers and will soon fire more than 60 others for being absent without leave or…
December 16, 2003
Australian Associated Press - December 16, 2003
Rob Taylor – An East Timorese human rights crimes court today sentenced a former member of Indonesia's military to 11 years in jail for murder and…
Melbourne Age - December 16, 2003
Jill Jolliffe, Dili – In the hope that the seasonal spirit will prevail, East Timor's Truth and Reconciliation Commission is asking…
December 15, 2003
The Australian - December 15, 2003
Australia will leave some 50 to 60 troops to assist with training of the East Timorese military once the peacekeeping force comes home, defence…
Radio Australia - December 15, 2003
Since gaining independence in 2002, the people of East Timor have struggled with the legacy of violence of Indonesia's 24-year occupation. Now…
December 13, 2003
Sydney Morning Herald - December 13, 2003
Cynthia Banham – East Timor has accused Australia of dragging its feet in talks over billions of dollars in oil and gas rights under the Timor Sea…