Paul Daley, Canberra – Paul Keating has launched another attack on John Howard's handling of the East Timor crisis, repeating his allegation that…
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March 30, 2000
The Melbourne Age - March 30, 2000 (abridged)
Washington Post - March 30, 2000
Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Dili – Louis Nkopipe spent last week in the sweltering Dili courthouse conducting a crash course on elementary legal…
March 25, 2000
Agence France Presse - March 25, 2000
Jakarta – Three hundred East Timorese crossed the border to return home from West Timor yesterday, a week before Jakarta cuts off all…
March 23, 2000
Sydney Morning Herald - March 23, 2000
United Nations – The United States, Britain and other Security Council members have urged Indonesia to keep its pledge to disarm militias that…
March 22, 2000
Associated Press - March 22, 2000
Dili – The success of East Timor's struggle to become an independent country is crucial in promoting stability throughout neighboring…
Green Left Weekly - March 22, 2000
Dili – The small, unassuming office of the CPD-RDTL (Council in Defence of the Democratic Republic of East Timor) in Balide belies the debate that…
Green Left Weekly - March 22, 2000
Jon Land – The recent spate of pro-integration militia incursions along the western border of East Timor highlights the failure and unwillingness…
Green Left Weekly - March 22, 2000
Vanya Tanaja, Dili – Frustration and discontent spilt over into another demonstration here on March 7 as 300 job seekers gathered…
March 21, 2000
Washington Post - March 21, 2000
Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Dili – UN peacekeepers have concluded that the Indonesian military has been involved in a recent spate of attacks by…
Sydney Morning Herald - March 21, 2000
Mark Dodd – Five ex-militiamen who crossed into East Timor from Indonesia have been arrested by New Zealand United Nations peacekeepers and face…
Canberra Times - March 21, 2000
Lincoln Wright – The United States freighted state-of-the-art intelligence equipment directly to Canberra during the East Timor crisis, providing…
March 20, 2000
Time Magazine - March 20, 2000
Xanana Gusmmo, East Timor's de facto leader, discusses the past and looks to the future. John Stanmeyer/Saba for Time. An enthralled crowd greets…
Straits Times - March 20, 2000
Jakarta – Some 10,000 East Timorese repatriated by international agencies have returned to refugee camps in Indonesia because of uncertainties at…
Time Magazine - March 20, 2000
Terry McCarthy, Dili – The woman in black is waiting for him. Xanana Gusmao, East Timor's poet-revolutionary and de facto leader, is working his…
March 17, 2000
Asiaweek - March 17, 2000
Anastasia Vrachnos, Ailieu – In the mountains south of Dili, men with long hair and guns stand in the pre-dawn mist. They introduce themselves to…
March 16, 2000
South China Morning Post - March 16, 2000
Joanna Jolly, Jakarta – The respect of East Timorese for the United Nations transitional administration's work is waning and it is in danger of…
March 15, 2000
The Melbourne Age - March 15, 2000
Scott Burchill – Indonesia would not have been able to illegally occupy and terrorise East Timor for a quarter of a century without the support it…
Green Left Weekly - March 15, 2000
Vannessa Hearman, Dili – Activities to mark International Women's Day on March 8 here included performance art and a public forum on…
March 14, 2000
UNTAET - March 14, 2000
Dili – The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) Thursday established East Timor's first customs and tax…
Associated Press - March 14, 2000
Dili – Elements of the Indonesian military are providing direct support for armed pro-Jakarta militiamen infiltrating into East Timor, a senior US…
Japan Economic Newswire - March 14, 2000
Dili – The United Nations peacekeeping force in East Timor has confiscated a number of weapons smuggled by ship from Indonesia's West Timor and…
March 13, 2000
Sydney Morning Herald - March 13, 2000
Mark Dodd, Dili – Infighting involving senior United Nations staff is threatening East Timor's transition to independence, a senior official says…
March 11, 2000
Sydney Morning Herald - March 11, 2000
Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – Indonesia's President, Mr Abdurrahman Wahid, responded quickly yesterday to protests from Australia and the United…
March 8, 2000
Green Left Weekly - March 8, 2000
Vanya Tanaja, Dili – Whilst independence from Indonesian rule has been won, some things in East Timor have changed little. After the militia…
Green Left Weekly - March 8, 2000
Peter Johnston, Dili – On arriving in East Timor, one is struck by how little has been repaired in the months since the militia destruction. Very…
Lusa - March 8, 2000 (slightly abridged)
Dili – The UN Transition Administration of East Timor (UNTAET) has denounced the "disinformation campaign" waged by militia groups in…
Sydney Morning Herald - March 8, 2000
Mark Dodd – United Nations peacekeepers have captured a suspected pro-Jakarta militiaman after a gun battle in highland country deep inside East…
March 7, 2000
Sydney Morning Herald - March 7, 2000
Mark Dodd, Dili – Heavily armed intruders from across the Indonesian border are believed responsible for a weekend attack in which one person was…
Source unknown, posted on the ETISC web site - March 7, 2000
Eric Wright, Dili – The former colonial power of East Timor, Portugal, is creeping back through an open door, more than 25 years after fleeing…
Sydney Morning Herald - March 7, 2000
Mark Dodd, Dili – In the local Tetum language it is known as Uma Mutuk, or Burnt House, restaurant. It is arguably Dili's most popular eatery, and…
March 6, 2000
Lusa - March 6, 2000
Dili – A vice president of the National Council of Timorese Resistance (CNRT), Jose Ramos Horta, said Friday he was "amazed" by a news…
March 4, 2000
Straits Times - March 4, 2000
Dili – More than 600 people are known to have been killed in East Timor last year , but the actual toll is likely to be higher, the…
Sydney Morning Herald - March 4, 2000
Mark Dodd, Dili – Australian and New Zealand peacekeepers based along East Timor's border with Indonesia have come under sustained fire from…
March 3, 2000
Agence France Presse - March 3, 2000
Jakarta – A visiting senior US official Friday called the prevailing situation in camps holding tens of thousands of East Timorese in Indonesian…
March 1, 2000
Green Left Weekly - March 1, 2000
James Balowski – "In a forest west of Dili, Filomena Amaral is about to learn the details of how her husband, a village schoolteacher and church…
Green Left Weekly - March 1, 2000
Chris Latham – One hundred and fifty East Timorese refugees refused to leave the East Hills army barracks in Sydney on February 22. The government…
Green Left Weekly - March 1, 2000
Jackie Coleman spent January working at the Maubere Cultural Institute (MCI) in Dili, East Timor. Her visit, on behalf of Action in Solidarity…
February 29, 2000
The Australian - February 29, 2000
Michael Ware – The capture of a militia reconnaissance team inside East Timor just one day after Major-General Peter Cosgrove's departure marks a…
Australian Financial Review - February 29, 2000
Wilson da Silva, Dili – An impost on coffee exports in East Timor, among tax measures to be announced by the governing United Nations authority…
Australian Associated Press - February 29, 2000
John Martinkus, Salale – Indonesian military and New Zealand troops mix freely on the bridge that forms the border here. It is hot, isolated and…
Agence France Presse - February 29, 2000
Dili – Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid made a historic visit to East Timor Tuesday, braving the wrath of the population over 24 years of…
February 28, 2000
Sydney Morning Herald - February 28, 2000
Mark Dodd, Ermera – The coffee trees in this prime highland growing area are laden with berries, promising aficianados of arguably the world's…
February 25, 2000
Australian Associated Press - February 25, 2000
Sharon Labi, Sydney – At least 100 police officers were called in to disperse a blockade formed by East Timorese refugees refusing to leave Sydney…
February 23, 2000
The Melbourne Age - February 23, 2000
Paul Daley – Operatives from Indonesia's special forces, Kopassus, made extraordinary efforts to implicate Australia in illegal spy flights in…
Green Left Weekly - February 23, 2000
Jon Land, Dili – The Socialist Party of Timor (PST) held its first national congress here on February 10-11. The event marked an important stage…
Green Left Weekly - February 23, 2000
Jon Land, Dili – East Timorese workers at the floating Hotel Olympia and Amos W. complex have won better wages and conditions following a 24-hour…
February 22, 2000
South China Morning Post - February 22, 2000
Reuters, Dili – World Bank president James Wolfensohn yesterday signed over its first US$21.5 million in reconstruction aid for East…
February 21, 2000
Freedom Forum Online - February 21, 2000
Arnold Zeitlin, Dili – In impoverished, war-devastated East Timor, the most urgent needs are food, water, shelter, clothing – and a printing press…
South China Morning Post - February 21, 2000
Reuters in Dili – Australian troops in East Timor have been accused of sexual harassment of local women, the second such incident…
February 20, 2000
Agence France Presse - February 20, 2000
Mota'ain – Indonesian troops fired in the air yesterday to halt fighting that broke out among East Timorese refugees and residents at an informal…