Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – As many as 48 East Timorese citizens sneaked into East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province seeking protection from the…
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October 18, 2003
Jakarta Post - October 18, 2003
October 17, 2003
Associated Press - October 17, 2003
Michael Casey, Jakarta – The prime minister of East Timor said Friday that his nation has little hope of overcoming its desperate poverty unless…
October 15, 2003
Washington Post - October 15, 2003
Alan Sipress, Dili – Joni Marques is in jail for his role in the ambush and murder of three Catholic priests, two nuns and their traveling…
October 14, 2003
Jakarta Post - October 14, 2003
Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – At least five of 14 regencies in East Nusa Tenggara have refused to give land for resettlement areas for thousands of…
The Guardian - October 14, 2003
Jonathan Steele – Australia, which led an international peace force to help East Timor become independent last year, has become the greatest…
October 13, 2003
Reuters - October 13, 2003
Jakarta – A former pro-Indonesia militia member in East Timor has been jailed for 10 B1/2 years for crimes against humanity including one count of…
October 12, 2003
Washington Post - October 12, 2003
Alan Sipress, Dili – "Turn around!" the police cadet barked. "Get on your knees! Cross your legs!" The suspect dropped to the hot asphalt and…
October 8, 2003
Melbourne Age - October 8, 2003
Paul Robinson – An Australian union official has been jailed in East Timor by United Nations police after a demonstration outside a local airline…
Radio Australia - October 8, 2003
A bitter industrial dispute in East Timor has taken a turn for the worse, with the arrest of an Australian trade union official by United Nations…
Washington Post - October 8, 2003
Alan Sipress, Laga – On a narrow road strung perilously along a rock ledge above the beach, Cornelio Gama stopped his jeep and motioned to the…
October 7, 2003
The Australian - October 7, 2003
Gel Wilson – Australian officials expect talks on a maritime boundary between Australia and East Timor to be "long and intricate".…
Agence France Presse - October 7, 2003
Dili – Prosecutors in East Timor on Tuesday charged 17 Indonesian and East Timorese members of the Indonesian army with murderous attacks on…
October 1, 2003
New Internationalist 361 - October, 2003
Quinton Temby – As development of the rich oil and natural gas reserves in the Timor Sea near East Timor takes off, the Government hopes that…
Jakarta Post - October 1, 2003
Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Hundreds of students and East Timorese refugees continued their demonstrations on Tuesday at the East Nusa Tenggara…
New Straits Times - October 1, 2003
Singapore – Timor Leste President Xanana Gusmao said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad would make a two-day visit to the country…
September 30, 2003
Associated Press - September 30, 2003
Singapore – East Timor, the world's youngest nation, is struggling to find ways to achieve economic survival and needs external investment,…
September 26, 2003
Reuters - September 26, 2003
Jakarta – East Timor prosecutors have indicted 18 people for crimes against humanity, including two Indonesian military officers, in connection…
September 23, 2003
Online opinion - September 23, 2003
Nick Ferrett – It may be that Australia fails in its bid to obtain chairmanship of the United Nations Human Rights Committee. That would make Greg…
September 17, 2003
Sydney Morning Herald - September 17, 2003
Jill Jolliffe, Dili – East Timor's chief prosecutor, Longuinhos Monteiro, has warned that the country could face internal problems if it drops…
SBS Dateline - September 17, 2003
East Timor's Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri is today travelling to China, an old ally from his years in exile. The Prime Minister's critics say he's…
Asia Times - September 17, 2003
Paulo Gorjao – East Timor is seen at the United Nations headquarters as one of its state-building success stories in the past few years. Even…
September 16, 2003
Antara - September 16, 2003
Kefamenanu, East Nusa Tenggara – East Timor should prevent illegal trade at the border between its Oecusse district and Timor Tengah…
September 15, 2003
Melbourne Age - September 15, 2003
Russell Thirgood – Four years after the East Timorese people voted overwhelmingly for independence from Indonesia, justice remains elusive for the…
September 11, 2003
Sydney Morning Herald - September 11, 2003
Jill Jolliffe, Dili – A bid by East Timor's President Xanana Gusmao to further his campaign for reconciliation with Indonesia came apart yesterday…
September 8, 2003
Associated Press - September 8, 2003
Dili – A top East Timorese commander said Monday it was time to put the country's troubled past behind it and endorse an offer from Indonesia, its…
Lusa - September 8, 2003
Dili – Ali Alatas, the former Indonesian foreign minister who negotiated East Timor's 1999 independence plebiscite, arrived in Dili Monday for a…
Jakarta Post - September 8, 2003
Fabiola Desy Unidjaja and Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Assets remain a thorny issue in Indonesia and East Timor relations, as neither of the countries…
September 7, 2003
Melbourne Age - September 7, 2003
And they are the passions of Kiam Lay and Toto Djumanto, developed over a decade of growing up in Melbourne.
Djumanto, 21, a manager at…
September 5, 2003
Associated Press - September 5, 2003
Dili – A high-level delegation led by Indonesian Foreign Minister Hasan Wirayuda arrived Friday in East Timor, its former possession, to discuss…
September 4, 2003
Agence France Presse - September 4, 2003
Jakarta – Indonesia will seek compensation for its nationals who lost property in East Timor when ministers from both countries meet in Dili for…
Antara - September 4, 2003
Kupang – Former deputy commander of pro-Indonesian fighters in East Timor Eurico Guterres on Thursday denied that he would attack East Timor.
…September 3, 2003
Green Left Weekly - September 3, 2003
Vannessa Hearman, Melbourne – Zito da Costa, president of the East Timor Confederation of Trade Unions (Konfederasaun Sindikatu Timor Leste – KSTL…
September 2, 2003
South China Morning Post - September 2, 2003
Aderito Soares – A car bomb exploded at the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta on August 5, killing 12 people. That same day, across town, a man…
Antara - September 2, 2003
Kupang – The Indonesian government has reiterated the five options offered to former residents of East Timor who have continued to stay in…
September 1, 2003
Antara - September 1, 2003
Atambua – A cultural festival to be held in Timor Tengah Utara district in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province on September 22,…
Lusa - September 1, 2003
Dili – East Timor's leaders met Monday to discuss "urgent" measures to control the activities of a militant nationalist group that has been…
August 30, 2003
New Zealand Herald - August 30, 2003
Eugene Bingham – Indonesia's military, from the top brass down to regular soldiers and members of the militia, have gone unpunished for the…
August 26, 2003
Lusa - August 26, 2003
Dili – East Timor's attorney-general's office has granted immunity from detention to about 150 former anti- independence militias and pro-…
Antara - August 26, 2003
Kupang – About 700 members and civil servants who worked for the Indonesian Defence Forces (TNI) when East Timor was an Indoneisn…
August 25, 2003
ABC News - August 25, 2003
The President of East Timor, Xanana Gusmao, has held the first in a series of reconciliation talks with former militia leaders near…
Redpepper - August 25, 2003
Jeffrey Smith and David Webster – Four years ago this month, East Timor voted for independence following a quarter-century of brutal foreign…
August 22, 2003
Antara - August 22, 2003
Kupang – Indonesia and East Timor have agreed to set up nine gateways and seven markets at their border.
The markets are…
August 21, 2003
Laksamana.Net - August 21, 2003
Joao da Silva Tavares, widely regarded as one of the most feared and hated pro-Jakarta militia leaders of East Timor, is these days enjoying…
August 20, 2003
Jakarta Post - August 20, 2003
Aboeprijadi Santoso, 'Radio Netherlands', Amsterdam – A mere three years' imprisonment was the controversial verdict for Maj. Gen. Adam Damiri for…
August 19, 2003
Lusa - August 19, 2003
Dili – Civil and military officials in East Timor have recently exhumed the bodies of over 250 people who died during new nation's…
August 15, 2003
Jakarta Post - August 15, 2003
Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – Indonesia should not be obliged to meet international standards in prosecuting the human rights abuse cases in East…
Straits Times - August 15, 2003
William J. Furney – Spare a thought for the judges who heard cases of atrocities at Indonesia's special crimes tribunal for the former East Timor…
August 12, 2003
Agence France Presse - August 12, 2003
A court in East Timor jailed a former pro-Jakarta militiaman for eight years and eight months for crimes against humanity during the territory's…
August 11, 2003
The Australian - August 11, 2003
Nigel Wilson – Australia has agreed to begin talks with East Timor before the end of the year on changing the maritime boundaries between the two…
Sydney Morning Herald Editorial - August 11, 2003
It was overshadowed by the Jakarta bombing. But the conviction last week of a senior Indonesian general for crimes against humanity should not be…