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East Timor to deliver verdict on assassination bids
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP March 3, 2010 — An East Timor court is to deliver its verdict on Wednesday against 28 people including an Australian citizen charged over the attempted assassination of the president and prime minister in 2008.
Prosecutors have called for sentences of up to 20 years in jail against the defendants over the February 11 attack [...]
Australian cleared over E.Timor assassination bid
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP DILI March 2, 2010 — An East Timor court on Wednesday cleared an Australian woman of the attempted assassination of the president and prime minister in a 2008 attack, but jailed more than 20 rebel gunmen.
“Today is the most important day of my life. I have rightfully regained my freedom,” Angelita Pires, 43, said [...]
East Timor swears in new anti-graft boss
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP February 22, 2010 — East Timor’s first anti-corruption commissioner was sworn in Monday during a parliamentary ceremony that was broadcast live around the tiny nation.
The country’s government has faced multiple accusations of corruption, implicating senior officials including Justice Minister Lucia Lobato and Finance Minister Emilia Pires.
But on his first day in the job former [...]
Brutal bashing filmed as UN trainers watch
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP February 1, 2010 — THE brutal beating of a demonstrator by East Timorese police in front of UN officers raises serious questions about the world body’s training of the local force, an opposition lawmaker says.
Opposition Fretilin lawmaker Jose Teixeira said that a video of the assault that had appeared on the internet was indicative [...]
East Timor’s ticking AIDS timebomb
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP DILI December 30, 2009 — The tiny nation of East Timor could face a deadly AIDS epidemic, with promiscuity among youths, low condom use and general ignorance leading to a sharp increase in reported cases, doctors said.
“Most likely it will be a disaster in the near future,” said Dr. Daniel Murphy, founder of Bairo [...]
Timor opposition claims success in village polls
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP October 17, 2009 — EAST TIMOR’s opposition Fretilin party said yesterday there had been a “huge swing” against the government in recent village or suco elections, even though candidates were supposed to be independent.
“The suco elections, our community leaders elections, held across the country last Friday show that the (ruling coalition) parties’ votes have [...]
ETimor vote, fishing contest prove stability: president
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP DILI October 15, 2009 — Trouble-free local elections and an impending international sports fishing competition are proof of the stability of post-independence East Timor, President Jose Ramos-Horta said Thursday.
The Nobel Prize laureate talked up the “progress” that the tiny half-island nation was making as he promoted its latest foray into international sport, the November [...]
East Timor govt survives no-confidence vote
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP DILI October 12, 2009 — East Timor’s opposition stayed on the offensive Tuesday after the government survived a no-confidence vote over its decision to free an Indonesian militia leader accused of crimes against humanity.
Members of the opposition Fretilin party and its allies brought the motion before the house, accusing the government of Prime Minister [...]
ETimor lawmakers attack govt on militia leader
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP DILI October 11, 2009 — Lawmakers in East Timor shouted jibes at each other Monday in a fiery censure debate over a government decision to free an Indonesian militia leader accused of crimes against humanity.
Members of the opposition Fretilin party pushed the motion against the government of Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, accusing it of [...]
E.Timor votes in village polls
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP October 9, 2009 — EAST Timor voted on Friday in village elections seen as a test of the fledgling country’s stability a decade after its historic independence referendum which led to its bloody split from Indonesia.
Past elections in East Timor have been marred by tension and fighting and the United Nations mission is keen [...]