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Timor Leste should form its anti-corruption commission soon to support the economy and maintain people's trust in the half-island nation, President Jose Ramos-Horta said on Saturday. The Nobel laureate said at a military event that fighting graft was an important...

WaterAid Australia estimates more than 1000 children die from diarrhoea in East Timor each year and poor sanitation is a reason for this. Its chief executive, Adam Laidlaw, says diarrhoea rates can be cut by more than a third when...

After all, journalists enjoy no greater protection from attack than other civilians. One answer to this question must be that journalists played a crucial role in the independence struggle. Another answer is that in East Timor itself, Sander Thoenes is...

A cynical political maneuver manufactured to defuse public opinion, prevent broad coalitions...As effective in modern politics as it was in the age of Sun Tzu: "All warfare is based on deception." Whether it be Indonesia's Truth and Friendship Commission to...

The celebrated Australian journalist, author and filmmaker will be presented with the Sydney Peace Foundation award on Wednesday. In announcing the award in August, Sydney Peace Foundation Professor Stuart Rees said the jury was impressed by Mr Pilger's courage as...

Pramono Edi Wibowo – to obtain visas to accompany President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to the Sept. 23-Oct. 1, 2009 Group of 20 Summit in Pittsburgh, the United States, was a slap in our government’s face, as it was unable to...

Since formal independence in 2002, Timor-Leste's post-occupation generation has struggled to find work. While most of the population of 1.1 million is engaged in subsistence farming, unemployment in urban Dili peaks at about 40 percent among the youth, according to...