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Japanese, Timor Leste PMs to attend Indonesia's Bali Democracy Forum II: official

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:19:30 GMT

JAKARTA, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- Japanese and Timor Leste prime ministers Yukio Hatoyama and Jose Ramos Horta have confirmed their attendance in the upcoming democracy forum among Asian countries, Bali Democracy Forum II, set to be held in Bali on Dec. 1...
Source: Xinhua

Timor-Leste president: Children's right should be strongly upheld

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:22:51 GMT

DILI, Timor-Leste, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The President of Timor-Leste Jose Ramos Horta said on Friday that children's right should be strongly upheld while in reality under age children have to work in fields that are not fit to their capability.
Source: Xinhua

Disturbing Images Blogged on alleged Timor Assassin

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:20:43 GMT

On the 15th November Portuguese language blogger, Timor Lorosae Nacao, posted disturbing images of the corpse of Major Alfredo Reinado undergoing an autopsy in Dili in February 2008.
Source: Global Voices Online

10 Years After Independence, East Timor Still Rebuilding

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:27:00 GMT

Special correspondent Kira Kay of the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting examines East Timor's ongoing effort to rebuild itself, 10 years after winning independence from Indonesia.
Source: Online NewsHour

East Timor fears oil rig slick may pollute its shores

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:10:37 GMT

MARCH: The West Atlas oil platform is just 250 kilometres from East Timor's coastline. For two months, the rig spewed 400 barrels of oil a day into the Timor Sea.
Source: Radio Australia

East Timor wants compo for oil spill fallout

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:57:28 GMT

A former senior public servant will head a commission of inquiry into the recent oil spill in the Timor Sea.
Source: ABC Online

Timor Lures Tourists With Historic Independence Sites

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:24:21 GMT

DILI (Reuters) - East Timor's struggle against Indonesian occupation may soon become a tidy earner, with the government considering plans to promote key sites of the 25-year fight for independence as part of a tourism campaign.
Source: ABC News

A Plan for Afghanistan

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:07:29 GMT

By Jose Ramos-Horta President Barack Obama is currently wrestling with the question of troop escalation in Afghanistan, against an upsurge of violence in the country and enormous complexities obscuring a clear path of action.
Source: Wall Street Journal

Quoted in 'CSMonitor: '94 Peace Prize Winners All 'Have Blood on Their Hands''

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:30:58 GMT

said in Newsbusters:

The 1996 award of the peace prize to Cardinal Carlos Belo and politician Jose Ramos Horta — both prominent campaigners for East Timorese independence from Indonesia — put a spotlight on their cause and helped create the conditions that led to Indonesia’s pullout from the country in 1999.

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:20:11 GMT

East Timor's President Jose Ramos Horta (L) inspects Dili's new presidential palace, a gift from China, with China's ambassador Fu Yuancong August 27, 2009.

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 07:23:44 GMT

East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta (L) and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao (R) stand with Portuguese parliament President Jaime Gama during a ceremony marking the tenth anniversary of East Timor's vote for independence from Indonesia, in Dili August 30,...

Dr Jose Ramos-Horta - DTP 20th Anniversary Public Lecture (excerpt)

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:45:26 GMT