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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.

Reuters

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

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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.

Reuters

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

Belfast Live

Rare solar eclipse to cross remote Australia, Indonesia

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

The Independent UK

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.

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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.

ABC News

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.

AAP

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

The Independent UK

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

Belfast Live

Aaron Kearney's 'lifetime in 400 days' on island odyssey

East Timor a place 'pure and strong of heart'.

Newcastle Herald

Francesc Vendrell obituary

Effective United Nations peace negotiator who brought about dialogue between warring parties in many international crises

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For East Timor president, ASEAN membership a lifelong dream

It was as a budding diplomat in the 1970s that Jose Ramos-Horta, a man who would go on to win the Nobel prize for his fight for East Timor's independence, first raised the idea of his country joining Southeast Asia's economic and political bloc.

Bangkok Post

East Timor gets the nod to join Asean grouping

PHNOM PENH: Southeast Asian leaders agreed on Friday to allow East Timor to join the 10-nation Asean regional bloc, according to a statement released by summit host Cambodia.

Reuters

ASEAN agrees in principle to admit East Timor as 11th member

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has agreed in principle to admit East Timor as the group's 11th member, the bloc said in a statement on Friday, more than a decade after the country requested membership.

The Independent UK

UN, abuse survivor groups seek Vatican investigation of Belo

The United Nations and advocacy groups for survivors of clergy sexual abuse are urging Pope Francis to authorize a full investigation into Nobel Peace Prize-winning Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo

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The Independent UK

East Timor's Catholics rally behind accused Nobel bishop

East Timor’s Catholics have reacted with shock but also expressions of support for revered independence icon and Nobel Peace Prize winner Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo following allegations he sexually abused boys decades ago in the impoverished Southeast Asian nation

Reuters

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.

Al Jazeera

Vatican affirms sanctioning Nobel-winning bishop over sex scandal

Holy See says it received allegations over Carlos Ximenes Belo’s behaviour in East Timor 2019, and then sanctioned him.

The Independent UK

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

ABC News

Former AFP officer and Bali bombings first responder reflects on the terror attack ahead of the 20th anniversary

Australian Federal Police officer Frank Morgan was in Bali for some rest from his duties as part of a peacekeeping mission in East Timor when the bombs went off. He sprang into action.

Al Jazeera

East Timor’s Ramos-Horta presses Australia on stalled gas fields

Exploration has stalled due to maritime boundary disputes and whether the gas would be refined in Darwin or East Timor.

The Independent UK

East Timor president pushes back on environmental criticism

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