East Timor has become a stable democracy after securing independence in 2002. But its finances are precarious, and nearly half of its people live in poverty. Vendors at the Taibesi market in Dili ...

the Australian-led and US-backed intervention in East Timor. Following the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998 and the collapse of the Suharto regime in Indonesia, Washington and Canberra shifted ...

Critics may question whether a small island nation such as East Timor could have an impact on a crisis as complex and seemingly intractable as Myanmar’s. This overlooks, however, the power of ...

During Indonesia's occupation of East Timor, thousands of children were separated from their families and taken to Indonesia. One project seeks to reunite these "Stolen Children." NGO worker Raisa ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia--East Timor is at an energy development crossroads ... it faces a looming economic crisis as the gas fields its economy depends on near depletion, hampering its ability to ...

East Timor's first year of freedom from Indonesia was largely devoted to recovery and reconstruction from the September 1999 violence that left the entire country a charred ruin. As they rebuilt ...

The Southeast Asian island nation of Timor-Leste, formerly known as East Timor, will celebrate ... Gusmao’s views on conflict- resolution proved instrumental in bringing peace to the country.

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Xanana Gusmão, the President of Timor-Leste and José Ramos Horta, then Minister for Foreign Affairs, made visits to France in 2003 and 2006. Timor-Leste’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, ...

Local officials say that 300,000 people, more than a fifth of the country's population, had registered to attend the Mass. With 42 percent of Timor-Leste’s population living below the poverty ...