Oz to maintain defence, aid spending on Pacific
Source: The New Zealand Herald
Dili :: East Timor | updated 2013-05-15 12:41:58 -0700 | business-news
Australia's aid and defence spending in the Pacific has escaped the sweeping cuts to Government programmes announced in the latest Budget. Reflecting the nation's concerns for stability, crime and violence in the region, Australia will pump more than A$1.2 billion...
Inquiry into East Timor deaths stalls
Source: The Age
Dili :: East Timor | updated 2013-05-05 07:23:24 -0700 | sports-news
A war crimes investigation into the killing of five Australian journalists in East Timor appears in danger of stalling, with a key witness feared dead and investigators saying they are unable to obtain key information from overseas authorities. For the...
For the former first lady, a new battle begins at home
Source: The Age
Dili :: East Timor | updated 2013-05-04 07:37:17 -0700 | sports-news
Though treatment continues until August, her prognosis is good. ''It's a hideous process, but there's not a day goes by that I don't count my lucky stars,'' she says. Were she a simple villager in East Timor, with no means...
More veterans to get mental health help
Source: The Courier-Mail
Dili :: East Timor | updated 2013-05-02 19:14:44 -0700 | health-news
THE government will spend an extra $25.3 million on mental health services for the growing number of veterans from more than a decade of operations in East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan...As a key initiative, Veterans Families Counselling Service coverage will...
Levies from times past
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Dili :: East Timor | updated 2013-04-29 21:22:42 -0700 | business-news
Medicare levy Medicare is the scheme that gives Australian residents access to health care. To help fund the scheme, most taxpayers pay a Medicare levy of 1.5% of their taxable income...Queensland flood levy The federal government introduced a temporary flood...
Profile of Timor-Leste raised through activities in the USA
Source: Scoop
Dili :: East Timor | updated 2013-04-25 23:26:18 -0700 | political-news
Meetings in Washington D.C. over the past week have raised the profile of Timor-Leste and established better partnerships for international support. The Minister of Finance, Her Excellency Emilia Pires and the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, His Excellency...
ADB to Help Timor-leste Deliver Quality Vocational Training
Source: Scoop
Dili :: East Timor | updated 2013-04-18 21:39:23 -0700 | political-news
The Government of Timor-Leste, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Don Bosco Training Center at Comoro today marked the first steps towards upgrading an automotive skills training facility that will provide vocational qualifications and help develop a skilled workforce.
Woodside ditches next expansion plan
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Dili :: East Timor | updated 2013-04-17 18:19:26 -0700 | business-news
Woodside Petroleum has shelved another significant growth option, revealing it has ceased talks with other gas-field owners to expand its Pluto LNG venture, a week after abandoning expensive plans to build a new plant at James Price Point. The start-up...
Alias Ruby Blade: Tribeca Review
Source: Hollywood Reporter Film
Dili :: East Timor | updated 2013-04-17 16:04:24 -0700 | entertainment-news
The quest for independence in East Timor is recounted by a foreigner who wound up playing a central role in it. Presenting a surprising and privileged viewpoint on the climax of East Timor's long struggle for independence, Alex Meillier 's...
Aust must do more for East Timor: senator
Source: The Courier-Mail
Dili :: East Timor | updated 2013-04-15 20:25:44 -0700 | political-news
East Timor, Democratic Labor Party (DLP) Senator John Madigan says Australia must counter the rising influence of China in the country. Senator Madigan said the amount of development funded by China was obvious during his tour last week. "Anybody who...
Shuttlers Deng, Riichi win New Zealand Open
Source: NewKerala
Dili :: East Timor | updated 2013-04-14 16:12:19 -0700 | sports-news
Eleventh seed Takeshita beat Xue Song of China 21-16, 16-21, 21-17 in one hour and two minutes at the North Shore Events Centre. Among the women, Song's third seeded compatriot Deng overcame unseeded Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in a marathon...
Bridging the cultural and language divide with hip-hop
Source: The Age
Dili :: East Timor | updated 2013-04-04 23:15:03 -0700 | sports-news
For two weeks in February, students Joseph Richardson, Chris Parkinson and Bryan Phillips delivered an engagement project working with in-country community organisation Arte Moris and a group of local youth to teach breakdancing, digital music production and photography skills.
DLP Senator on way to East Timor
Source: The Courier-Mail
Dili :: East Timor | updated 2013-04-04 23:07:57 -0700 | political-news
S only Democratic Labor Party (DLP) Senator John Madigan is off to East Timor on a fact-finding visit to get a better understanding of the problems facing fledgling nation. The privately organised and funded trip is the Senator's second venture...
Timor-Leste new President Taur Matan Ruak to deepen bilateral ties to China
Posted by: shiela marie martinez
Dili :: East Timor | updated 2012-07-25 23:57:13 -0700 | political-news
China has another Asian nation ally with Timor-Leste as new elected President Taur Matan Ruak on Sunday willing to deepen the bilateral ties of the two nation. Ruak who meet the Chinese envoy Wang Zhizhen expressed his satisfaction after the...
Timorese General's Election Threats Undermine Democracy, Rule of Law
Posted by: East Timor and Indonesia Action Network ETAN
Dili :: East Timor | updated 2012-04-13 06:56:13 -0700 | political-news
Contact: John M. Miller +1-917-690-4391, etan@etan.org April 12 - The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) is concerned by military threats to kill people who disrupt the electoral process in Timor-Leste. The U.S.-based solidarity network condemns last week's public...
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