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East Timor

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Corruption claims in East Timor

Corruption in East Timor politics has reached fever pitch with the corruption body investigating donations to Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao's...

by Ted McDonnell in East Timor on 18/05/2012

Politics

Taur Matan Ruak lead the provisional polling results in Timor-Leste

Official National Provisional Results show Independent presidential candidate Taur Matan Ruak leading Fretilin's Francisco "Lu-Olo"...

by Spencer Chumbley in East Timor on 16/04/2012

Politics

Presidential Run-Off tests Democracy in Timor-Leste

Citizens of the island nation of Timor-Leste head to the polls to cast their vote in the presidential run-off election. Fretilin candidate Francisco...

by Spencer Chumbley in East Timor on 16/04/2012

18/05/2012 - Corruption claims in East Timor - East Timor - Corruption in East Timor politics has...
16/04/2012 - Taur Matan Ruak lead the provisional polling results in Timor-Leste - East Timor - Official National Provisional Results...
16/04/2012 - Presidential Run-Off tests Democracy in Timor-Leste - East Timor - Citizens of the island nation of Timor-...
10/04/2012 - Taur Matan Ruak rallies support for presidential bid in Timor-Leste - East Timor - Taur Matan Ruak supporters flooded the...
31/03/2012 - Francisco Guterres campaigns in Maubisse for president in Timor-Leste - East Timor - Timor-Leste presidential candidate...
21/03/2012 - Last of the Bloodsports - Cockfighting in East Timor - East Timor - Cock fighting is the National Sport of...
09/03/2012 - Unity in East Timor Presidential race - East Timor - File images: Angela Freitas, outspoken...
28/02/2012 - East Timor language debate heats up - East Timor - East Timor's language debate...
18/02/2012 - East Timor children starving due to 'corruption', says FRETILIN leader - East Timor - A report issued by Save the Children...

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Corruption claims in East Timor

Politics

Corruption claims in East Timor

Corruption in East Timor politics has reached fever pitch with the corruption body investigating donations to Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao's CNRT Party worth more than $2 million i...
by Ted McDonnell, on 18th of May 2012
Last of the Bloodsports - Cockfighting in East Timor

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Last of the Bloodsports - Cockfighting in East Timor

Cock fighting is the National Sport of East Timor. Across the country and in its capital Dili, cockerel fighting is a daily event and a major National past time with hundreds of men and...
by Ted McDonnell, on 21st of March 2012
Taur Matan Ruak lead the provisional polling results in Timor-Leste

Politics

Taur Matan Ruak lead the provisional polling results in...

Official National Provisional Results show Independent presidential candidate Taur Matan Ruak leading Fretilin's Francisco "Lu-Olo" Guterres 119,177 votes to 67,879 votes...
by Spencer Chumbley, on 16th of April 2012
Presidential Run-Off tests Democracy in Timor-Leste

Politics

Presidential Run-Off tests Democracy in Timor-Leste

Citizens of the island nation of Timor-Leste head to the polls to cast their vote in the presidential run-off election. Fretilin candidate Francisco "Lu-Olo" Guterres is runni...
by Spencer Chumbley, on 16th of April 2012
Francisco Gutteres wraps up presidential campaign with rally in Dili

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Francisco Gutteres wraps up presidential campaign with ...

Francisco 'Lu-Olo' Guterres holds the last rally of his campaign for president of Timor-Leste at Kampu Baru in the capitol of Dili ahead of the April 16th vote. The rally was ...
by Spencer Chumbley, on 13th of April 2012
Taur Matan Ruak rallies support for presidential bid in Timor-Leste

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Taur Matan Ruak rallies support for presidential bid in...

Taur Matan Ruak supporters flooded the streets of Dili on a convoy of trucks in support of the presidential candidate. The event ended at a rally in Campa Demokrasia featuring live musi...
by Spencer Chumbley, on 10th of April 2012
Francisco Guterres campaigns in Maubisse for president in Timor-Leste

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Francisco Guterres campaigns in Maubisse for president ...

Timor-Leste presidential candidate Francisco "Lu-Olo" Guterres campaigns in the mountain village of Maubisse in preparation for the Timor-Leste presidential run-off election.
by Spencer Chumbley, on 31st of March 2012
Unity in East Timor Presidential race

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Unity in East Timor Presidential race

File images: Angela Freitas, outspoken leader of East Timor political party, Partido Trabalhista, has joined with Fretilin Presidential candidate, Francisco 'Lu Olo' Guterres,...
by Ted McDonnell, on 9th of March 2012
East Timor language debate heats up

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East Timor language debate heats up

East Timor's language debate heated up as the Prime Minister's wife, Kirsty Sword Gusmao, allegedly dismissed the importance of English language as being an important economic...
by Ted McDonnell, on 28th of February 2012
East Timor children starving due to 'corruption', says FRETILIN leader

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East Timor children starving due to 'corruption', says ...

A report issued by Save the Children has found children in East Timor are the Asia Pacific's hungriest children, resulting in stunted growth. The Frente Revolucionária do Timor Les...
by Ted McDonnell, on 18th of February 2012
Amnesty International calls for inquiry into East Timor Massacre

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Amnesty International calls for inquiry into East Timor...

Amnesty International called for a judicial inquiry into the Santa Cruz massacre in East TImor in which more than 200 people were killed by Indonesian troops during a peaceful processio...
by Ted McDonnell, on 12th of November 2011
Farmers in Timor-Leste market coffee Internationally

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Farmers in Timor-Leste market coffee Internationally

Cooperativa Café Timor, which has grown to include 19,600 members from 16 base cooperatives and 494 small-scale farmer groups, provides an opportunity for farmers to market their coffee...
by Spencer Chumbley, on 28th of July 2009

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