Security
Road repairs a boon to villages
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010DILI, 22 November 2010 (IRIN) – Timor-Leste’s government is engaging rural communities to improve the country’s road network, which is almost 60 percent unpaved, to create jobs and develop vital infrastructure.
The TIM-Works Project, being implemented by the Secretariat of State for Vocational Training and Employment, with technical assistance from the International Labour Organization (ILO), is [...]
Tense Times in Timor-Leste
Sunday, July 11th, 2010The Irrawaddy
Tense Times in Timor-Leste
By MATT CROOK
JULY, 2010 – VOLUME 18 NO.7
Ozorio Leque stands accused of inciting a riot in Dili, the East Timorese capital, on April 28, 2006, when he publicly berated the government before a mob went on the rampage, attacking the government palace. The crisis that followed over the next two months [...]
Ramos-Horta says East Timor finds peace at last
Thursday, May 20th, 2010DILI, May 20 (AFP) — East Timor has finally achieved peace after a series of violent domestic upheavals, President Jose Ramos-Horta said ahead of ceremonies Thursday to celebrate eight years of independence from Indonesia.
The festivities will begin with a simple flag-raising ceremony outside the presidential palace in Dili, a seaside city scarred by massacres and [...]
Timor police declare war on mysterious ‘ninjas’
Monday, April 5th, 2010AFP DILI, April 6, 2010 — East Timor police have declared war on mysterious “ninjas” accused of murder and subversion in a new twist to the young country’s struggle to establish security.
The latest whispers of ninjas to transfix the nation emerged after the murders of a 15-year-old girl in the western district of Bobonaro on [...]
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 [...]
Freedom’s Legacy in East Timor
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP August 29, 2009 — Ravaged by 24 years of military occupation and threatened with reprisals by vengeful militias, the people of East Timor went to the polls 10 years ago to vote for independence from Indonesia.
Now a festive mood is taking hold as the tiny half-island of about 1.1 million people prepares to celebrate [...]
East Timor at crossroads 10 years after historic vote
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP August 26, 2009 — Ravaged by 24 years of military occupation and threatened with reprisals by vengeful militias, the people of East Timor went to the polls 10 years ago to vote for independence from Indonesia.
A festive mood is taking hold as the tiny half-island of about 1.1 million people prepares to celebrate the [...]
East Timor tries to buy some time
Friday, April 2nd, 2010Asia Times Online, October 24, 2008
DILI – The streets of Dili are quiet – for now. Clashes between rival gangs have subsided and thousands have finally returned to their homes after fleeing the fighting that erupted in East Timor in 2006. But behind the veneer of calm, the entrenched conflicts that sparked that street violence [...]
Thai PM pledges peace in Deep South
Thursday, April 1st, 2010Amana Media Initiative November 2006 Thai PM pledges peace in Deep South PDF
Quayle calls for better tourist safety
Thursday, April 1st, 2010Phuket Gazette June 7, 2008 Quayle calls for better tourist safety PDF