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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.

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Who is Prabowo Subianto, the man likely to be Indonesia’s next president?

A general once feared across Indonesia and banned from the United States, has reinvented himself as a cute grandpa.

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Kissinger was the definition of impunity

Can a war criminal really be a “noted statesman”?

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Economic empowerment heals trauma wounds in Timor-Leste

For women in East Timor, gaining economic independence with the support of the Alola Foundation has helped recover from the trauma of occupation.

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A classical espionage novel with shades of Le Carré, The Idealist explores the tumultuous path to East Timorese independence

The Idealist is the eighth novel by respected Australian writer and academic Nick Jose. Set in the turbulent period leading up to the referendum for East Timorese self-determination in 1999, the novel has the form of a political thriller, albeit one that remains restrained and meditative.

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Small island makes big effort in caring for environment

Pristine coral reefs in East Timor are naturally buffered due to their location, but residents on a small island are also doing their bit for the environment.

AAP

Concern China help would spark 'over-reaction': Timor

East Timor's president says China expressed concern that helping the island nation develop military infrastructure would spark an "over-reaction" in Australia.

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Q&A: East Timor’s ASEAN membership and the Myanmar conflict

President Jose Ramos-Horta insists East Timor is on track to join ASEAN, which seeks to resolve the crisis in Myanmar.

Al Jazeera

‘Severe stress’: Myanmar, South China Sea push ASEAN to breaking point

As week of key meetings gets under way, Indonesia’s foreign minister tells counterparts the group must prove its worth.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar expels East Timor's diplomat in retaliation for supporting opposition forces

Myanmar’s military government has ordered East Timor’s diplomat to leave the country in retaliation for the East Timorese government holding meetings with Myanmar’s main opposition organization

The Independent UK

East Timor's independence hero Xanana Gusmao returns to power as prime minister

Former East Timor independence fighter Xanana Gusmao has been sworn in as prime minister of Asia’s youngest country after his party won the parliamentary election in May

The Independent UK

Gusmao looks set for return as opposition wins East Timor poll

Independence hero could return to front-line politics after his CNRT party won about 42 percent of the vote.

Al Jazeera

East Timor's opposition party won most seats in parliamentary election

A final count of votes shows East Timor’s opposition party won Sunday's parliamentary election

The Independent UK

East Timor opposition wins most votes in parliamentary election - state media

The party of East Timor independence hero Xanana Gusmão has won most votes in a parliamentary election, preliminary results in state media showed on Tuesday, boosting his chances of his return as premier and a new phase of opposition rule.

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East Timor's main opposition party leads in parliamentary poll - state media

East Timor independence hero Xanana Gusmão's party was leading with two-thirds of votes counted in a parliamentary election, state media showed on Monday, heralding a possible return to power for the former rebel after nearly a decade in opposition.

The Independent UK

East Timor votes in parliamentary election aiming to break political impasse

Vote counting is underway in East Timor’s parliamentary election with two former independence fighters considered for the post of prime minister

Reuters

East Timor heads to the polls in parliamentary election

East Timorese voters headed to the polls on Sunday in a parliamentary election that analysts said would likely see two resistance-era figures battle to be prime minister.

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Polling stations set up in Dungannon for East Timor elections

Over 2,500 East Timor nationals are expected to cast their vote at the designated polling station on the Hill of the O’Neill

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Rare solar eclipse to cross remote Australia, Indonesia

A rare solar eclipse will cross over remote parts of Australia, Indonesia and East Timor

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Woodside seeks to progress Sunrise gas project

Woodside Energy chief Meg O'Neill says the Sunrise project involving Australia and East Timor is complex but she is committed to getting it done.

ABC News

Veteran Shaun Spain, who took his life, blamed Department of Veterans' Affairs

Shaun Spain spent 15 years in the army and completed five tours in East Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq. Before he died, he left a note.

ABC News

This official history of Australia's role in the 1999 Timor-Leste crisis unpacks our 'military myths'

In 1999, Australian troops were sent to Timor-Leste. This "official history" sheds light on the decision.

AAP

Prime ministers focus talks on massive gas project

A major gas project considered crucial to the development of East Timor has been discussed in Canberra during a visit by prime minister Taur Matan Ruak.

The Independent UK

Pope opens up on sex abuse cases, says church must do more

Pope Francis has shed light on the Catholic Church’s handling of sex abuse allegations against East Timor’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning independence hero

Belfast Live

Co Tyrone multicultural dance group bringing together kids from all over the world

Dancers at the group come from Portugal, East Timor, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary and France

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