East Timor

Portuguese-Speaking Sports Ministers Meet in Brazil

allafrica.com     15 hrs ago          

Luanda The meeting of Sports and Youth ministers of the Portuguese-speaking Countries Community (CPLP) will take place on Friday in Rio de Janeiro city, Brazil, and may confirm Macau and East Timor as new members. Angola might...                

Alexander the OK

news.com.au     21 hrs ago          

Mike Steketee, National affairs editor | July 24, 2008 SAVOURING his record as Australia's longest serving foreign minister, Alexander Downer offers as his greatest achievement the creation of a free and independent East Timor....                

Demoralised troops used as a police force

news.com.au     15 hrs ago          

FURTHER to Paul Kelly’s article ("Stop playing games, start fighting for real”, Opinion, 23/7), mention needs to be made of the terrible damage the present modus operandi of military deployment is doing to the morale of the...                

Ex-spy chief wins $375,000 defamation (AAP)

yahoo.com     yesterday   6 related          

A former head of the secretive Defence Intelligence Organisation (DIO) has been awarded $375,000 in damages after successfully suing the publishers of the now defunct Bulletin magazine for defamation. Frank Lewincamp had taken...                

E Timor calls for forgiving Indonesia

vietnamnews.net     yesterday          

RECONCILIATION: East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta dismissed pushing for a international tribunal against Indonesian troops, saying he wanted reconciliation East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta has called on his people to...                

Kuwaiti PM embarks on Asian tour Thursday

zawya.com     yesterday   8 related          

By Adnan Al-Failkawi KUWAIT, July 23 (KUNA) -- His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah will embark on an Asian tour on Thursday -- taking him to Brunei, Japan, South Korea, Cambodia, Laos,...                

ATA International Projects Group seeking donations of equipment

ata.org.au     yesterday          

The ATA International Projects Group is seeking donations of equipment for its 2008 projects. We are lucky enough to be setting up a workshop in East Timor and we are seeking good quality tools and work surfaces to put in it....                

Non-lethal weapon training programme by US Marines ends

ittefaq.com     yesterday          

Staff ReporterAt least 100 security personnel of the country achieved a non-lethal weapons practical demonstration on how to control angry civilians without causing fatal injuries by the group of trainers of the US Marine...                

Ramos-Horta urges East Timor to move on (AAP)

yahoo.com     Jul 20, 2008   3 related          

East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta has called on his people to accept that Indonesians who committed human rights abuses against them will never be tried, so the nation can move forward. The oil-rich country could escape...                

EAST TIMOR: East TImor: Report blames Indonesian military for atrocities

greenleft.org.au     Jul 20, 2008   2 related          

The East Timor and Indonesian Commission for Truth and Friendship (CTF), created by the Timorese and Indonesian governments, submitted its final report on July 14. The report concluded that Indonesian military and civilian...                

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