Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
Reacting to a report about the worsening pollution in Asia, Dili-gence notes that air quality in Dili, East Timor is better than in the whole region.
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
New Zealand's peacekeeping troops will stay in East Timor for as long as necessary, new Defence Minister Wayne Mapp said today. Mr Mapp was at Ohakea air base to see off the latest contingent of troops on their six-month tour of...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
East Timor's Constitutional Court decides that the government cannot vastly increase the budget by dipping into oil savings.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
Dili - Young people from around the world gathered this week in East Timor to participate in a conference to share ideas on identity, conflict and peace as the country, one of the most at-risk nations in Asia, tries to come to terms with long-standin...
Life in Chippendale (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
The Timor Leste Organic Fair Trade coffee beans are back at Toby's Estate . This product is often unavailable because of the under-reported civil conflict in East Timor. I hope its return means life is improving for our northern neighbours.
Health - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 02/11/2008
Doctors in New Zealand removed a tumor weighing more than 7 pounds from a 14-month-old boy from East Timor....
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 01/11/2008
MV Doulos, the world’s oldest passenger ship and largest floating bookshop will visit East Timor next week.
i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
The president of East Timor Jose Ramos Horta believes his country is vulnerable to becoming a staging ground for people smugglers unless the Australian government does more to help Timor's maritime police. Addressing the Northern Territory parliament last night he said his country's "weak and small" maritime police force recently stopped two people-smuggling boats that were headed for Australia
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 27/10/2008
UQ journalism lecturer Heather Stewart jumped at the chance to follow an Australian volunteer eye clinic team to East Timor earlier this year, and has recently published her first book about the experience.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 26/10/2008
Dili - Last Saturday, 16 Tamil men waited eagerly on the south coast of East Timor for a boat to take them to Australia. They were near the end of their journey and they'd spent the last of their money, but it didn't matter. They knew a better life w...
SiberNews (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
Authorities in East Timor have detained 16 Sri Lankans and four Indonesians who were trying to make their way to Australia by boat. Immigration authorities say the group of 20 men were arrested in Betano on East Timor's south coast as they prepared to board an Indonesian fishing boat. The deputy director of East Timor's Immigration Department, Boavida Ribeiro, says the men admitted they were planning...
Asia Times (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
A tenuous peace is holding on the streets of Dili, but the explosive conflicts of fractious East Timor still bubble behind closed doors. Political infighting, police factionalism, an east-west divide, intra-military animosities and staggering unemployment could erupt into the return of mass riots - a crisis the government is woefully unprepared to tackle. - Matt Crook (Oct 23,'08)
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
Oct 23, Colombo: Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry says that they have already started negotiations to get the country men who were arrested in the East Timor seas last week, released.
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
Australian troops arrive at Dili airport February 12, 2008. (Beawiharta/Reuters) East Timor Warns Against Stoking Tensions -- Yahoo News/Reuters CANBERRA (Reuters) – East Timor's government accused the opposition Fretilin party of stoking security tensions in the restive country Wednesday, as Australia announced plans for a limited troop withdrawal. Security strains similar to those that caused a surge...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
CANBERRA (Reuters) - East Timor's government accused the opposition Fretilin party of stoking security tensions in the restive country Wednesday, as Australia announced plans for a limited troop withdrawal.
