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Indonesian soldier says Balibo journalists shot deliberately
Jakarta :: Indonesia | about 17 hours ago
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A retired Indonesian army colonel has admitted for the first time that five foreign reporters killed in East Timor in 1975 were shot by Indonesian troops, a report said on Monday. Gatot Purwanto, a former special forces commando and veteran of the Timor...
Tags: Indonesian, East Timorese, Gatot Purwanto, Balibo, Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesian occupation of East Timor, Balibo Five, War Conflict, East Timor, Indonesian invasion of East Timor, Australia, Yunus Yosfiah, Politics, Robert Connolly, Year of birth missing, Timor, Dili, Roger East, films, Josￃﾩ Ramos-Horta, The Redundancy of Courage, Wiranto, Kopassus, Entertainment Culture
Four-wheel high as nuns receive unexpected helping hand
Darwin :: Australia | 1 day ago
Credibility Much of the money was donated by readers of the Herald after a report in August about Madalena, a 16 year-old girl who weighs just 13 kilograms, with thin, twisted arms and legs. Until now, Sister Florencia has had to walk the seven kilometres to massage...
Tags: Madalena, Mr Stewart, Dili, Sister Florencia, disabled children, Australia, Darwin, Balibo, East Timor, Nun, Social Issues, films, Mother Teresa
U.N. hands back control in Timor-Leste
Viqueque :: East Timor | 1 day ago
Credibility The United Nations has returned control of the largest district in Timor-Leste to the country's police force, officials said Saturday. Atul Khare , special representative of the secretary-general for Timor-Leste, and Deputy Prime Minister Jose Luis Guterres...
Tags: Timor-Leste, East Timor, Viqueque, Atul Khare, Politics, National Police of East Timor, Manatuto, Timor Leste Defence Force, Districts of East Timor, Timor
Failure to beat Vietnam may cost Malaysia a place in the semis
Petaling Jaya :: Malaysia | 1 day ago
Credibility Malaysia�s hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals in the SEA Games men�s football competition would very much depend on the outcome of the clash against Vietnam at the Main Stadium of the National Sports Complex in Vientiane today (4pm). A win should...
Tags: Malaysia, Vietnam, Petaling Jaya, East Timor, allnews, Mohd Helmi Eliza Elias, ASEAN Football Championship, Malay Malaysians, Tiger Cup, Mohd Farizal Marlias
International Crisis Group Calls for the UN Police in East Timor to Step Back
Dili :: East Timor | 3 days ago
Credibility The International Crisis Group issued a report calling for the United Nations police force in East Timor to "step back" and hand control over to the local government. The UN has been providing security in East Timor since 2006 when political violence...
Tags: East Timor, U.N., International Crisis Group Calls, timorese policing, policing force, Jim Della-Giacoma, United Nations, Dili, Indonesian occupation of East Timor, Politics, East Timor ￢ﾀﾓ Portugal relations, Timor, War Conflict
A class act amid the chaos
Canberra :: Australia | 3 days ago
Credibility Their class is unusually large, crowded together in the lecture theatre...A big class, indeed. ''I bet you think the world is chaos,'' says the woman standing at front, an unmistakable twinkle marking her voice and pose. A nod ripples across the gathered...
Tags: Nancy Viviani, White Australia, Australian, Indonesian, Asian, Don Willesee, Gough Whitlam, Asialink, South-East Asia, East Timor, Australia, Canberra, Prime Ministers of Australia, Vincenzo Viviani, G20 nations, Members of the Australian House of Representatives, Liberal democracies, Island countries
Girls forgo schoolies to make a difference
Dili :: East Timor | 3 days ago
Credibility Gabby Condello, 18, and Jessie Lopez, 17, with children in Dili. Lucie Kovarik, 18, drove with her fellow students from the airport into the East Timorese capital, Dili, she glimpsed things she had never seen before. In shanty towns next to the river,...
Tags: Dili, Lucie Kovarik, Jessie Lopez, East Timorese, East Timor, Education, Baucau, Districts of East Timor, Tetum
Heavyweights give Rajagopal the jitters
Petaling Jaya :: Malaysia | 3 days ago
Credibility Malaysia’s avalanche of goals against Timor Leste (11-0) made headlines. But it was the nail-biting battle between heavyweights Thailand and Vietnam to share the spoils (1-1) that stole the thunder in the opening round of the SEA Games men’s football...
Tags: Malaysia, Petaling Jaya, East Timor, allnews, Baddrol Bakhtiar, Anouvong, Malay Malaysians, Malaysia national football team
Timorese leaders to attend Generations for Peace
Amman :: Jordan | 3 days ago
Credibility The organization uses sport and peace education as a means to inspire and empower young leaders from regions of conflict to act as “agents for change” in their own communities. Between December 5-17, 2009, in Amman, these young Timorese will participate...
Tags: Timor-Leste, Jordan, Amman, Xanana Gusmￃﾣo, East Timor, Politics, National Parliament of East Timor, Prime Ministers of East Timor, Culture of East Timor, Religion Belief
Indonesian journalists plan to screen East Timor war movie despite official ban
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 4 days ago
Credibility An Indonesian journalists' group said Thursday that it will screen a movie portraying military atrocities during the 1975 invasion of East Timor despite a ban by censors. Indonesia's censorship board has told organizers of the Jakarta International Film...
Tags: Indonesian, East Timor, Jakarta International Film Festival, Indonesia, Jakarta, Australia￢ﾀﾓIndonesia relations, Balibo, Indonesian occupation of East Timor, Robert Connolly, films, Year of birth missing, Entertainment Culture, Island countries, Indonesian invasion of East Timor
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