By Brian Padden Jakarta 13 October 2009 Although East Timor's government has survived a no-confidence motion in parliament, there still is considerable anger over the prime minister's decision to release a pro-Indonesia militia leader charged with w...
The television blares Chinese-language programmes across supermarket shelves stacked with noodles, bottles of bleach and bags of rice. Outside, in Dili's dusty commercial district(商业区), the afternoon heat hangs limp and heavy. Loh Bee Choon sit...
The president of East Timor has urged Australian resources giant, Woodside Petroleum, to support its plan to base a multi-billion-dollar oil and gas plant in his impoverished nation rather than in the Australian city of Darwin. From Sydney, Phil Mer...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 17 April 2008 East Timor's president, Jose Ramos-Horta, has arrived home after more than two months of treatment in Australia for injuries he sustained in an assassination attempt. Doctors say his recovery has been exceptional....
By Marianne Kearney Jakarta 05 April 2008 Indonesia's Supreme Court has overturned the conviction of a former pro-Jakarta militia leader, ruling that he did not commit gross human rights violations during East Timor's vote for independence in 1999. M...
By Phil Mercer Darwin 28 March 2008 East Timor's president has criticized Australian-led forces for failing to capture the rebels who shot him outside his home in Dili last month. For the first time, Jose Ramos-Horta has described how he walked into...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 12 March 2008 East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta, who was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt in February, has spoken publicly for the first time about the attack. Mr. Ramos-Horta said he would not issue a politic...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 21 February 2008 The East Timorese President, Jose Ramos-Horta, has regained consciousness from a drug-induced coma 10 days after he was shot in an assassination attempt. Doctors at the Australian hospital where Mr. Ramos-Horta...