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Indonesian soldier says Balibo journalists shot deliberately
Jakarta :: Indonesia | about 20 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
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
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
Censor praises Balibo Five film and then bans it
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 5 days ago
Credibility Dwelling on the past would only create "commotion'', he said. Organisers of the Jakarta International Film Festival, which had planned to show the film, said today they were still waiting for the LSF to officially explain its reasons for the ban. Balibo...
Tags: Indonesian, Indonesia, Jakarta, Balibo, Year of birth missing, Robert Connolly, films, Entertainment Culture, Yesterday, Indonesian occupation of East Timor, Roger East, Politics, Balibo Five, Westpac, Tickets, East Timor, Mark Bouris, Timor
Lady Lux smiles on Waterhouses
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 7 days ago
Credibility There was no love lost between the late Sydney crime figure George Freeman and disgraced bookmaker Bill Waterhouse , who once bought fresh bullets for his .38 Smith & Wesson after learning of a ''criminal plot'' by Freeman against him and his bookie son...
Tags: Indonesian, John Ibrahim, David Freeman, LSF, Sydney Metro, lady lux, George Freeman, East Timor, Indonesia, Jakarta, Balibo, Indonesian occupation of East Timor, One.Tel, Timor, Island countries
Free at last - but not to talk
Dili :: East Timor | 12 days ago
Credibility THE experiences of the two journalists held to ransom by Somali rebels are remarkable tales of survival in themselves. The pair's experiences of release from bondage are also worthy of note: they show the different ways Western countries respond to hostage-taking.
Tags: Timor Sea, East Timor, Dili, Timor, Environment, Australia ￢ﾀﾓ East Timor relations, Indonesian occupation of East Timor, Sunrise International Unitization Agreement, Timor Gap
Fishermen to sue over Timor oil spill
Kupang :: Indonesia | 13 days ago
Credibility Hundreds of fishermen and seaweed farmers are seeking compensation from the Federal Government and a Thai operator after the Montara oil spill in the Timor Sea. At least 500 million litres of oil from the Montara oil field spilled into the Timor Sea over...
Tags: Australian Army, Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Indonesian, oil spill, Timor Sea, compensation claim, Indonesia, Kupang, Fisheries, East Timor, Timor, Fishing, Island countries, Oil spills, Montara oil spill, Disaster Accident, Environment
John Schumann To Tour East Timor
Dili :: East Timor | 19 days ago
Credibility We’ve had so many requests from serving men and women of the Australian Defence Force that it’s nice to be able to finally go. We are all really looking forward to the tour and we hope to bring a bit of home to our troops in East Timor who will no doubt...
Tags: East Timor, John Schumann, Redgum, Dili, Behind the Lines, Timor, Protest songs, I Was Only Nineteen, Entertainment Culture
Indonesia hit by the Timor Sea spill
A massive oil spill off northwest Australia has hit the Indonesia, it has been killing fish and destroying livelihoods in the poor villages along the Timor Sea.About 7,000 fishermen in East Nusa Tenggara province have been affected by the spill from the...
Australian Army Helicopter Damaged
Dili :: East Timor | 9 months ago
Credibility 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...
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