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Factbox-East Timor, Asia's youngest nation, goes to the polls

East Timor, also known as Timor Leste, holds the second and final round of its presidential election on Tuesday, with frontrunner and Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta running against incumbent leader Francisco "Lu Olo" Guterres.

East Timor votes for president in runoff amid political feud

East Timor votes for president in runoff amid political feud

Voters in East Timor are choosing a president in a runoff Tuesday between former independence fighters who've blamed each other for years of political paralysis

The Independent UK

Case against SAS soldier accused of mistreating corpses in East Timor collapsed after New Zealand witnesses were denied identity protections

Case against SAS soldier accused of mistreating corpses in East Timor collapsed after New Zealand witnesses were denied identity protections

Australia's only prosecution of an elite SAS soldier for crimes in combat collapsed because special forces witnesses were denied "standard" identity protections, the New Zealand military reveals.

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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.

Juliana was kidnapped and taken from Timor Leste as a 'war trophy'. Two decades later, she made a daring dash for freedom

As she fled her captor of two decades, Juliana was chased though the jungle by soldiers. When she reached the croc-infested river that separated her from the safety of Timor Leste, she had no choice but to get in.

Factbox-East Timor, Asia's youngest nation, goes to the polls

East Timor, also known as Timor Leste, will hold its fifth presidential election on Saturday, with Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta, incumbent leader Francisco "Lu Olo" Guterres, and 14 other candidates in the running.

Court documents claim Alexander Downer called Timor-Leste an 'open book' in 2000 – years before bugging scandal

A court filing claims that then-foreign minister Alexander Downer boasted to a Labor staffer that Timor-Leste was an "open book", as allegations emerge that Australia may have been monitoring the nation's leaders before the 2004 Witness K bugging scandal.

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Alexander Downer called Timor-Leste an ‘open book’ for Australia in 2000, tribunal hears

Alexander Downer called Timor-Leste an ‘open book’ for Australia in 2000, tribunal hears

Former foreign affairs department officer says Downer made comment in private conversation years before bugging scandal

The Guardian - AU

Motorcyclist injured during head-on collision in Upper Hunter

Motorcyclist injured during head-on collision in Upper Hunter

NSW Ambulance tasked the Westpac Rescue Helicopter to a scene near Timor just after 9am, where a 57-year-old male motorcyclist had collided with a utility head-on.

Newcastle Herald

Australia accused of ‘disgraceful’ bid to keep Timor-Leste bartering negotiations secret

Australia accused of ‘disgraceful’ bid to keep Timor-Leste bartering negotiations secret

Senator Rex Patrick says release of decades-old cabinet papers won’t further damage Timor relationship after spying and prosecution of Witness K and Bernard Collaery

The Guardian - AU

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