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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...

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...

On 24 October, 2008, de facto Prime Minister Gusmao issued a media release titled "East Timor to Electrify the Nation". It read: "Today marked the official signing of the Government contract to build the Nation Wide Electrical Grid and Power...

East Timor’s struggle against Indonesian occupation may soon become a money maker. The government is considering plans to promote major sites of the 25-year fight for independence as part of a tourism campaign. East Timor, a former Portuguese colony, was...

Timor Tour of Duty also briefly touches upon the gruesome murder of New Zealand soldier Private Leonard Manning at the hands of the militia on 24 July 2000. Pte Manning's patrol was ambushed near the border town of Suai and...

It was late 1975, the Indonesian special forces had just murdered five Australian newsmen in Balibo and Jakarta was poised to invade East Timor, the tiny country on Australia's doorstep. Balibo , the movie, depicted the veteran journalist East as...