By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 22 June 2006 East Timor President Xanana Gusmao has increased the pressure on his political rival, Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri, threatening to resign if Mr. Alkatiri refuses a call to step down. Mr. Gusmao, the country's re...
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 05 July 2006 An Australian soldier salutes after receiving an M-16 assault rifle handed over by a rebel soldier in Gleno, East Timor Rebel soldiers in East Timor have turned in a handful of weapons to international peacekeep...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Dili 31 May 2006 Tens of thousands of people displaced by the violence wracking East Timor are facing a humanitarian crisis, with food, water, and medicine in short supply at dozens of camps that have sprung up around the cap...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Dili 30 May 2006 East Timorese President Xanana Gusmao speaks to reporters at presidential palace in Dili The East Timorese president has taken over direct control of the armed forces and declared a state of crisis in an atte...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Dili 29 May 2006 Leaders of East Timor's fractured leadership agreed to continue talks Tuesday on stopping a wave of violence between rival gangs and factions of the armed forces. The violence appears to be easing, as interna...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Dili, East Timor 27 May 2006 East Timorese Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri has said the violence engulfing the capital, Dili, is part of a coup plot to unseat him. Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri As ethnic fighting raged across Dil...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 24 May 2006 East Timorese soldiers secure an area after a gunfight which killed one soldier and wounded seven others outside Dili, May 23, 2006 Australia and New Zealand have agreed to send troops to East Timor after...
By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 05 June 2006 East Timor's defense minister has met with disgruntled soldiers in a tentative step toward settling a dispute that has plunged the country into violent unrest. Au...
By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 19 May 2006 East Timor's Prime Minister, Mari Alkatiri, left, and Foreign Minister Jose Ramos-Horta, during a visit to Sydney, Australia, Jan. 2006 On the eve of its fourth in...
IN THE NEWS – May 25, 2002: New Nation of East Timor By Caty Weaver This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. A new nation was born this week. On Monday, East Timor offi...