Australia sees no need to intervene in the dispute between oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum Ltd and East Timor over how to…

The young nation's application to join Asean should be approved despite the problems it may cause to the grouping's integration plan

Finally…

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – The government has said that Indonesia would support Timor Leste's full membership in ASEAN – despite opposition from…

Jakarta, Indonesia – East Timor has applied for a membership in the Association of Southeast Asia Nations. Its application was…

Karlis Salna – East Timor's main opposition party has reaffirmed its objections to Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's regional refugee…

Canberra – Malaysia's prime minister said Thursday he remained undecided on supporting Australia's plan to make East Timor a regional hub for…

Adam Gartrell – Malaysia's support for Prime Minister Julia Gillard's proposed East Timor asylum seeker processing centre could hinge on who's…

Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono voiced support Thursday for East Timor's bid to join the Association of Southeast Asian…

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – The United Nations Security Council has urged East Timor to stop granting impunity for serious crimes as it extended the…

Drew Ambrose, Dili – The United Nations has said it will extend its mandate for peacekeepers in East Timor for another year.

Since gaining…

New York – The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations mission in Timor-Leste for another year so that it can continue…

United Nations – The UN Security Council on Thursday called on East Timor to take action to strengthen the "credibility" of its police force as it…

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Amnesty International and the Judicial System Monitoring Programme (JSMP) expressed their disappointment…

Yemris Fointuna – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who led the 774/Satya Yudha Bakti (SYB) infantry battalion from 1986 to 1988, appeared moved…

Mark Dodd – East Timor's defence chief has blasted Australia for its tardy response in helping the half-island state develop a patrol boat fleet…

A coalition of groups in Timor-Leste is urging the United Nations Security Council "to take concrete, effective actions to end impunity for those…

8 February 2011

Excellencies, Members of the United Nations Security Council
United Nations, New York, New York, 10017 USA

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Dalih Sembiring – East Timor, officially known as Timor-Leste, is experiencing an economic boom. The problem is that it's only happening in the…

Paul Maley and Peter Alford – Failed asylum-seekers processed under Julia Gillard's East Timor plan would be transferred to partner countries who…

Adam Gartrell – The federal government's plan for an asylum seeker processing centre in East Timor has come under fresh attack after a document…

Jakarta – Twenty five families or 67 people of Indonesian citizens from East Timor who had lived in East Nusa Tenggara for 11 years…

Erik Jensen – East Timor would be responsible for the legal processing and resettlement of asylum-seekers trying to reach Australia, using its…

East Timor is seeking to become the 11th member of the Association of Southeast Asia Nations.

The country plans to submit an official letter…

Greg Sheridan, Foreign editor – Julia Gillard's proposal for a regional refugee processing centre in East Timor has been dealt a crippling blow by…

Lindsay Murdoch – A Victorian charity has hired architects to design a hotel in the ruins of the centuries-old Balibo fort in East Timor – where…

Sara Everingham – A bitter dispute between East Timor's Government and the Australian-based oil and gas company Woodside is continuing…

Sydney – East Timor has again rebuffed Canberra's proposal that it host an immigration detention centre where asylum seekers arriving in Australia…

Lindsay Murdoch – Another senior East Timor leader has questioned Prime Minister Julia Gillard's plan to build a regional centre to process asylum…

Dili, East Timor – East Timorese police evicted more than 1,000 long-term squatters from a former Indonesian barracks in Dili Thursday, sparking a…

Jia You – Many things could come to mind when one imagines a hospital; but could livestock be one of them?

Visit East Timor's national…

Matt Crook, Lautem – The nuns were creating an almighty din. In one room there was a sister getting down with a keyboard, while in another there…

The East Timorese government has hit out at the United Nations Development Program saying it's culturally insensitive about issues in the country…

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – East Timor's leaders have objected to large sections of a crucial United Nations agency report on the country only weeks…

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – A proposal has emerged for Woodside to supply gas for East Timor's domestic consumption as a way to break a deadlock in…

Rory Callinan – Australia should set a date for withdrawing its forces from East Timor as the situation has improved and Dili is disregarding UN…

Rory Callinan – Indonesian soldiers have been linked to the alleged trafficking of crystal methamphetamine and other illegal drugs into East Timor…

The Australian Defence Force says the security environment in East Timor has been calm for the past two years and that has allowed troop numbers…

Greg Roberts – Life in East Timor is as good as it's ever been but that does not mean Australian troops should leave, according to an expert on…

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao wants Australia's 400 troops deployed in his country to leave.

Mr Gusmao…

The opposition has called on the federal government to release the details of its proposal for a regional processing centre in East Timor.

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Philip Dorling and Nick McKenzie – The Australian government has quietly blacklisted a prominent Indonesian political figure implicated in the…

Sydney – The United Nations should cut the number of foreign police in East Timor to encourage one of world's newest countries to manage its own…

Dili/Brussels – The size of the policing contingent of the UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) should be sharply reduced to…

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – The construction of two second-hand Chinese power plants in East Timor is an escalating environmental and safety…

Lindsay Murdoch – East Timor has renewed its criticism of Woodside over its plans to build a floating liquefied natural gas platform above the…

Ross Kelly, Sydney – Three big oil companies have met a request by East Timor to submit different development concept studies for the Greater…

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono conveyed his government's full support for Timor Leste's intention to join the…

Singapore – East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta said Wednesday it would be symbolic if his fledgling country gained ASEAN membership next year…

Thin Lei Win, Dili – East Timor, one of the world's youngest nations, is attempting to enact laws on land ownership eight years after gaining full…

A High Court judgment has raised questions over whether the government can successfully process refugee claims quickly and efficiently, Acting…