News Source: Scoop
| 9 months ago
No one was injured as a result of the incident but the tail shaft was badly damaged. The helicopter was landing at its International Stabilisation Force (ISF) base at Dili Airport when the incident occurred. The aircraft was operating in good weather...
News Source: Scoop
| 9 months ago
In late April 2006, fighting – attributed to differences between eastern and western regions – erupted when 600 striking soldiers, or one-third of the armed forces, were fired...Last February, President José Ramos-Horta sustained serious...
News Source: Japan Times
| 9 months ago
The United Nations should extend its peacekeeping operations in East Timor for at least another year to establish long-term security in the fledgling nation, a high-ranking U.N. official said in a recent interview in Tokyo. "Security has greatly...