By Brian Padden Jakarta 13 October 2009 Although East Timor's government has survived a no-confidence motion in parliament, there still is considerable anger over the prime minister's decision to release a pro-Indonesia militia leader charged with w...
The television blares Chinese-language programmes across supermarket shelves stacked with noodles, bottles of bleach and bags of rice. Outside, in Dili's dusty commercial district（商业区）, the afternoon heat hangs limp and heavy. Loh Bee Choon sit...
The president of East Timor has urged Australian resources giant, Woodside Petroleum, to support its plan to base a multi-billion-dollar oil and gas plant in his impoverished nation rather than in the Australian city of Darwin. From Sydney, Phil Mer...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 17 April 2008 East Timor's president, Jose Ramos-Horta, has arrived home after more than two months of treatment in Australia for injuries he sustained in an assassination attempt. Doctors say his recovery has been exceptional....
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...
