Alkatiri Speaks
East Timor’s Prime Minister Marà Alkatiri finally stood down on Monday after repeated calls for…More
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A New Cold War
‘New Neighbour, New Challenge,’ a paper released by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute in 2002,…More
Achievements of a 'Failed State'
The recent Australian intervention in East Timor has been accompanied by menacing suggestions of its…More
Who's Really Lighting the Fires?
Dili is a place of too many fires. Each year, during the dry season, the…More
INTERFET and After
In 1999 Anita Bell had written a break-out bestseller for Random House: Your Mortgage And…More
Invading Timor
Thirty years ago today, on 7 December 1975, nine US-supplied C-130 aircraft took off from…More
Balibo 5
In October 1975, five Australian-based journalists were sent by TV Channels 7 and 9 to…More
Women's Day 2005 – East Timor
In the southeast corner of East Timor lies a mountainous, well-forested region known as Iliomar.…More