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East Timorese flock to seaside park for Pope Francis' Mass at site of John Paul II's historic visit

Tens of thousands of East Timorese are streaming toward a seaside park for Pope Francis’ big Mass

The Independent UK

Mardi Gras float honours Timorese heritage and struggle

A Timorese-Australian artist blends cultural heritage with Mardi Gras flair in a lovingly crafted float to parade through the streets of both Sydney and Dili.

AAP

Delhi to Dili | India to open embassy in Timor-Leste

PM Modi announces opening of India's embassy in Dili, Timor-Leste. India was one of the early countries to establish diplomatic relations with Timor-Leste. MOU signed in 2003.

The Hindu

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‘Not in the spirit of our friendship’: Penny Wong concedes past Australian wrongs in Timor-Leste

Foreign minister says previous governments have treated the country in ‘disappointing’ ways during visit to Dili

The Guardian - AU

East Timorese vote for parliament, hoping for end to political deadlock

Dili (East Timor) (AFP) - Voters in East Timor flocked to polling stations on Sunday to cast their ballot in parliamentary elections, hoping for an end to years of political deadlock in Asia's youngest country.

AFP

As Timor-Leste heads to the polls, Armanda Ferriera remembers the cost of the country's independence

When 63-year-old Armanda Ferriera talks about Timor-Leste's bloody struggle for independence, tears spill from her eyes.

ABC News

Shirley Shackleton will be remembered as the fearless woman who campaigned for justice for the Balibo Five and East Timor

Shirley Shackleton, who has died aged 91, spent decades campaigning for justice for her husband, one of the Balibo Five group of Australian journalists killed in Timor-Leste in 1975.

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Vatican disciplined Nobel-winning bishop over alleged abuse of minors

The Vatican on Thursday acknowledged that it had secretly disciplined East Timor bishop and Nobel Peace Prize winner Carlos Ximenes Belo two years ago, responding to allegations that he sexually abused boys in East Timor decades before.

Reuters

Bishop who won Nobel for work in Timor accused of sex abuse

A Dutch magazine has reported that a Nobel Peace Prize-winning Catholic bishop has been accused of sexually abusing boys in East Timor in the 1990s

The Independent UK

China's FM pens agreements in East Timor on final Pacific stop

Dili (East Timor) (AFP) - China's foreign minister signed a series of agreements in East Timor on his final stop of a 10-day diplomatic blitz of the South Pacific on Friday, boosting ties between Beijing and Southeast Asia's youngest country.

AFP

East Timor looks to new president for generational change

Ramos-Horta, 72, is the latest independence hero to take the reins but could be the one to empower younger leaders.

Al Jazeera

6.1-magnitude quake strikes off East Timor

Dili (East Timor) (AFP) - A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of East Timor on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, with tremors felt as far as the Australian city of Darwin, although there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

AFP

6.4-magnitude quake hits East Timor, tsunami ruled out

An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck off the coast of East Timor on Friday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, prompting some people in the capital Dili to flee buildings, though a tsunami was ruled out.

Bangkok Post

Twenty years on, Timorese-Australians look back on the struggle for independence

To mark the anniversary, photographer Alex Soares spoke to three cousins who lived through Indonesia’s brutal occupation

The Guardian - AU

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Young Timorese celebrate diversity after historical trauma

Those born after bloody separation from Indonesia see strength of ethnic heritage and dream of economic progress.

AFP

Nobel laureate sworn in as East Timor leader on independence anniversary

Dili (East Timor) (AFP) - Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta was inaugurated as East Timor's president on Friday, pledging to break a longstanding political deadlock in Southeast Asia's youngest country as it celebrated its 20th independence anniversary.

ABC News

East Timor's coral reefs are the most biodiverse in the world. Why are they surviving climate change?

Fringing a remote East Timorese island, this reef is the most biodiverse in the world and holding up against climate change. What are its secrets? And can it be protected as the former war-torn state opens up to tourism?

Bangkok Post

East Timor expected to join Asean in 2023: president-elect Ramos-Horta

DILI: East Timor's president-elect Jose Ramos-Horta said on Thursday he expects his country to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in 2023 when Indonesia chairs the 10-member bloc.

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East Timor's Ramos-Horta and 'Lu Olo' face off in presidential poll

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ABC News

An Australian soldier was accused of kicking corpses in East Timor. What the NZ SAS witnessed went much further

Secret documents reveal eyewitness accounts from New Zealand soldiers who said an Australian SAS operator brutalised corpses in East Timor in 1999.

ABC News

'Australia's shortest and longest international flights' now departing Darwin, with new service to Dili launched

Darwin is now home to "Australia's shortest and longest international flights", with the first of Qantas's new regular passenger flights to Dili departing the NT capital.

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