As Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has stated, and I agree with him, the quicker we East Timorese resolve our own problems, the quicker the International Stabilisation Force and UN police force can leave the country 
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East Timorese (Timor Leste) President Xanana Gusmao gestures while discussing the state of his tiny nation during a stay in Sydney on August 26, 2008. Gusmao is in Australia on an official visit to promote education, training and employment initiatives, to find ways to employ the large number of jobless youth in Timor, and also to bolster the performance of governance institutions, such as the public service.
East Timorese (Timor Leste) President Xanana Gusmao gestures while discussing the state of his tiny nation during a stay in Sydney on August 26, 2008. Gusmao is in Australia on an official visit to promote education, training and employment initiatives, to find ways to employ the large number of jobless youth in Timor, and also to bolster the performance of governance institutions, such as the public service.
East Timorese (Timor Leste) President Xanana Gusmao ponders the state of his tiny nation during a stay in Sydney on August 26, 2008. Gusmao is in Australia on an official visit to promote education, training and employment initiatives, to find ways to employ the large number of jobless youth in Timor, and also to bolster the performance of governance institutions, such as the public service.
East Timorese (Timor Leste) President Xanana Gusmao admires the spectacular view from his penthouse suite overlooking Sydney Harbour on August 26, 2008. Gusmao is in Australia on an official visit to promote education, training and employment initiatives, to find ways to employ the large number of jobless youth in Timor, and also to bolster the performance of governance institutions, such as the public service.
East Timorese (Timor Leste) President Xanana Gusmao admires the spectacular view from his penthouse suite overlooking Sydney Harbour on August 26, 2008. Gusmao is in Australia on an official visit to promote education, training and employment initiatives, to find ways to employ the large number of jobless youth in Timor, and also to bolster the performance of governance institutions, such as the public service.
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...disputes, among others," Reske-Nielsen said. At a 21 November government retreat on closing IDP camps, Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao agreed, saying that not all the conflicts surrounding the crisis had been resolved. "It will ... be necessary that the government...
...disputes, among others," Reske-Nielsen said. At a 21 November government retreat on closing IDP camps, Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao agreed, saying that not all the conflicts surrounding the crisis had been resolved. "It will ... be necessary that the government...
...East Timor has ruled against the government in a key political battle. The government, led by former independence fighter Xanana Gusmao, got parliament's approval earlier this year for a vastly increased national budget. It planned to dip into East Timor's...
...has been a New Zealand presence in the country since it gained its independence from Indonesia in 1999. East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao visited Wellington in August and thanked the then prime minister, Helen Clark, for New Zealand assistance....
...professorial fellow in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne, and adviser to East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao. Mr Bracks said the Cbus role, if he accepted it, would absorb no more than one day a week of his time. According to research...
...been discussing the challenges posed by the large numbers of refugees now returning home. East Timor's prime minister, Xanana Gusmao, says land issues and a lack of job opportunities are among the problems that need to be addressed, now that more than half...
...ago, which left dozens dead. Violence flared again in February this year as rebel soldiers attacked Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao and President Jose Ramos-Horta. Both survived, and since the attacks, there has been no new unrest, yet the causes of East Timor's...
...to $US800 million, mostly in the name of peacemaking. "We had to make policies to buy peace," said the Prime Minister, Xanana Gusmao, in a recent interview. Most of the 100,000 refugees forced from their homes amid the 2006 violence have taken the Government's...
Quotes spotlight for "Xanana Gusmao"
Prime Minister (Xanana) Gusmao has written to me supporting this decision. He has thanked Australia for its assistance following the attacks and for our continuing support
said Kevin Rudd
in Malaysia Sun
Never before [has] Mr Alfredo Reinado told me anything about Mr Xanana Gusmao's involvement, with him, or with anyone, in inciting the crisis in 2006.
was said
in Malaysia Sun
I left New York within hours of hearing the terrible news that President José Ramos-Horta had been injured in a shooting incident early yesterday morning and that Prime Minister [Xanana] Gusmao had also been attacked
was said
in Keralanext
Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has asked if I could visit East Timor later in the week and I intend to take up his invitation to do so
was said
in Malaysia Sun
