Contributor ReportsEast Timor wants compo for oil spill fallout
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Dili :: East Timor | updated Thu Nov 05 05:48:52 -0800 2009 | political-news
East Timor wants compensation from the Australian Government for any environmental damage caused by an oil leak from a rig in the Timor Sea. The Montara oil rig, which is 250 kilometres from East Timor's coastline, was expelling 400 barrels...
John Schumann To Tour East Timor
Source: Scoop
Dili :: East Timor | updated Tue Nov 17 16:58:55 -0800 2009 | entertainment-news
We’ve had so many requests from serving men and women of the Australian Defence Force that it’s nice to be able to finally go. We are all really looking forward to the tour and we hope to bring a bit...
HMAS Adelaide to become a diving site
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Dili :: East Timor | updated Wed Nov 11 21:51:42 -0800 2009 | business-news
Adelaide has passed another milestone on its way to becoming a diving site on the NSW Central Coast. Thirteen metres of the ship's mast were removed in a semi-formal ceremony in Sydney on Thursday morning, as the ship is prepared...
TIMOR-LESTE: Bird flu worries as awareness remains low
Source: IRIN
Dili :: East Timor | updated Mon Nov 23 00:45:48 -0800 2009 | green-news
Ask Afonso de Jesus what he knows about avian influenza (H5N1) and the answer is worrying. “What’s that?” the 27-year-old chicken vendor asked, holding a bird he hopes to sell on the open market in Dili, the Timorese capital. “I...
Timor Tour of Duty
Source: Indonesia Matters
Dili :: East Timor | updated Mon Nov 02 12:38:37 -0800 2009 | political-news
Indonesia still remains a hotbed of anti-western sentiment as witnessed by terrorist bombings in recent times. And Sasha Uzunov, an Australian film maker and former soldier who served in East Timor believes that the United States was the “good guy”...
Candles and prayers for victims of Timor massacre
Source: The Boston Globe
Dili :: East Timor | updated Thu Nov 12 18:27:08 -0800 2009 | political-news
East Timor— Thousands of mourners lit candles, sang hymns and prayed in East Timor on Thursday, honoring the victims of a massacre of pro-independence demonstrators by Indonesian troops 18 years ago. Many called on the tiny nation's leaders to seek...
Honour the fallen on Remembrance Day
Source: Labor Herald
Dili :: East Timor | updated Wed Nov 11 05:48:35 -0800 2009 | political-news
In 2009 we also said farewell to our last living link to the First World War, John 'Jack' Ross, and the last Victoria Cross recipient of the Second World War, Edward 'Ted' Kenna...At 11 am on 11 November 1918 fighting...
Balibo wins two prestigious awards
Source: The Daily Telegraph (Australia)
Dili :: East Timor | updated Mon Nov 02 05:53:00 -0800 2009 | entertainment-news
Balibo has already impressed the critics, now the music from the film has been honoured with two prestigious awards. The film's music was recognised with the awards at the 2009 Screen Music Awards in Sydney last night. East Timorese-born composer...
Dare Contrives Unlikely High School Character Arcs
Source: Village Voice
Dare :: East Timor | updated Tue Nov 10 16:50:08 -0800 2009 | entertainment-news
This last figure aside, unexpected character arcs are the order of the day in Adam Salky 's stilted drama, though the film's tripartite structure, which fatally divvies up its already limited screen time between its central trio, ensures that these...
Movie Review | 'Dare': Drama of High School, Starring Eros and ...
Source: The New York Times
Dare :: East Timor | updated Thu Nov 12 22:05:52 -0800 2009 | entertainment-news
Image Entertainment Zach Gifford and Emmy Rossum play students who do a scene from “A Streetcar Named Desire” in their drama class. “Dare,” written by David Brind, directed by Adam Salky and based on their short film of the same...
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