East Timor elections: what's at stake
DILI — Crammed atop the roofs of honking buses, bare-chested and hands free, hundreds of young men are tearing through Dili’s streets. Doused in face paint and draped in flags, it feels like the mob...
View ArticleEast Timor is changing, but not fast enough
DILI — Ten years since its violent struggle for independence ended, East Timor’s population is swelling, with hundreds of families returning from overseas. However, re-adapting to the new East Timor is...
View ArticleEast Timor’s stolen children
DILI, East Timor, and JAKARTA, Indonesia — Not until she was at the deathbed of the man presumed to be her father did Alexhia Cordova da Silva’s life start to make sense. read more
View ArticleEast Timor has many challenges after 10 years of independence
SINGAPORE – This has been a big year for Timor Leste, with one of the world’s smallest and most impoverished countries passing a series of important milestones. read more
View ArticleUN peacekeepers leave East Timor after 13 years
UN peacekeepers arrived in East Timor in 1999, when the Timorese voted for independence, putting an end to 24 years of occupation by Indonesia, Agence France-Presse reported. read more
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