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Timor Leste Red Cross exludes homosexuals from HIV-AIDS Reduction Program ETLJB 19 September 2009 Before the undemocratically-formulated Constitution was adopted in East Timor in 2002, constitutional protection for homosexuals in East Timor was expunged from an early draft. The then...

[The following letter to the UN Security Council was signed by 65 individuals, representing nearly 50 organizations worldwide. Because of a short deadline, more are expected to join the list. A complete list of signers can be found at http://www.etan.org/news/2009/10unsc.htm.]...

State budget generally passes in the Parliament Timor Post 19 January 2009 - The proposed general state budget which is currently being debated in the Parliament has generally passed with 39 votes in favor, against 21 and five abstentions. LABEH...

MINISTRY OF SOCIAL SOLIDARITY PRESS RELEASE 6 January 2008 MSS assists 492 families from six IDP camps to return home During December 2008, MSS assisted more than 492 families from six IDP camps in Dili to return home. On 2...

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_juqB-R1zC4c/Sk9WGytwDNI/AAAAAAAACIo/hpFvMdT9OHI/s320/timor_animal_2.JPG ETLJB 4 July 2009 SYDNEY - These images of the carcasses of several protected cuscus apparently for sale at a market place in the eastern town of Los Palos in East Timor were published on...

Saharan Africa and has launched a five-year campaign to raise $100 million. To help reach that target, it is asking Canadians to raise pledge money by challenging themselves or a friend to a dare, beginning Oct. 17...Hundreds of Canadians, famous...

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...

Europe, according to the Australian Toilet Organisation, offers gold class public facilities in which to spend a penny (or euro). "If you compare our public toilets to countries overseas, our public toilets are quite good (and) there are a reasonable...

East Timor Justice Minister Lobato attends inquiry Radio Televisaun Timor Leste 14 January 2009 - The Minister for Justice, Lucia Lobato, has attended an inquiry on Tuesday (13/1) at the Public Prosecution regarding allegations of corrupt conduct made by the...

ETLJB 5 April 2009 SYDNEY There has been a dramatic debate in East Timor over recent weeks about the provisions of the new draft penal code pertaining to abortion. The draft article 144 of the penal code deals with “interruption...