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	Madison-Ainaro Sister-City Alliance Delegation: The Next Step
		Ainaro is the name of a district, a sub-district and a town in East Timor.
		Ainaro district is in the southwest of the country.
		Ainaro was once a center for specialist horticulture, with a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, spices and herbs grown in the area.
	aideasttimor.org /ainaro-rep2.html (3087 words)

	Ainaro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ainaro is one of 13 administrative districts of East Timor.
		Ainaro district is in the southwest of the country.
		Ainaro was also home to a large contingent of Indonesian military (TNI) backed militias in the months leading up to the August 30th, 1999 referendum on independence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ainaro (209 words)

	Ainaro -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ainaro is one of 13 administrative districts of (A former Portuguese colony that was annexed by Indonesia in 1976; voted for independence from Indonesia in 1999 and in May 2002 became an independent nation) East Timor.
		Historically, Ainaro played an important role during the brutal (A republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions) Indonesian occupation of East Timor, providing shelter for the mountain-based guerrilla resistance army.
		The town's main resources are its delicious (A fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter) organic (A beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans) coffee and aromatic (Close-grained fragrant yellowish heartwood of the true sandalwood; has insect-repelling properties and is used for carving and cabinetwork) sandalwood trees.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ai/ainaro.htm (284 words)

	TOP STORIES - page 1
		Ainaro, a town in southwestern East Timor, was among the hardest hit.
		"In Ainaro, a town in the mountainous southwest of the country, the Indonesian military-backed militia were numerous and ruthless in 1999," Madison-Ainaro Sister-City Alliance organizer Diane Farsetta said.
		Ainaro and the rest of the country now faced the extraordinary task of developing a government and rebuilding their country.
	www.madtimes.com /archives/nov2004_1/top_story1.htm (864 words)

	AidEastTimor: Madison-Ainaro Sister City Alliance
		Ainaro is a small mountain town in the southwest of East Timor.
		Unfortunately, Ainaro was also home to a large contingent of Indonesian military-backed militias in the months leading up to the August 30th, 1999 referendum on independence.
		A sister city relationship with Ainaro is needed to assist in the rebuilding of the community and to advocate for human rights and justice.
	www.aideasttimor.org /masa.html (1562 words)

	Audrey and Ranald visit East Timor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This town near the south coast is situated in the foothills of the mountains and is twinned with Madison, Wisconsin in the USA.
		In Ainaro, the health of the people of the town and the surrounding villages is looked after by Sister Else's church clinic and a government clinic.
		Medical facilities in Ainaro were pretty basic with a microscope for TB and malaria smears but no other blood tests like haemoglobin or electrolytes.
	bairopiteclinic.tripod.com /audrey.htm (1008 words)

	Dili, January 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		At today’s meeting the population of Ainaro was also consulted on the possible return of the militia leader Câncio Lopes de Carvalho and his brother Nemésio.
		The overall answer was that the district is ready to accept their return as long as both accept the results of 1999 popular consultation and face justice.
		Ainaro community leaders also expressed their desire to meet the former militia leaders at the border before they move back to the district.
	www.un.org /peace/etimor/DB/Db020201.htm (620 words)

	Red Cross Red Crescent - News
		The district is hemmed partially by rugged mountains facing the Timor Sea and is directly on the receiving end of the peripheral winds of the Australian weather disturbance.
		Initial reports from branch volunteers who ventured to the hamlets indicated that there could be at least ten upland and lowland villages affected by the aninbot.
		The house in the background was spared by the devastating winds that struck Ainaro District in Timor-Leste from January 16 to 19, 2006, but
	www.ifrc.org /docs/news/06/06012701 (594 words)

	Ainaro & Ballarat Friendship Schools (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The initiative to link all schools in Ainaro with schools in the Ballarat districts is supported by and is in direct support of the efforts of the Alola Foundation.
		An initial relationship between education representatives from the City of Ballarat and Ainaro was established during the 2003 delegation to Ainaro and further consolidated in 2004 with a mural exchange.
		Schools in the Ainaro District have virtually nothing in terms of resources, student requisites.
	www.lumen.balrt.catholic.edu.au /ainaro/friend.html (335 words)

	Situation Reports: Timor-Leste: Flash Floods - Feb 2006, Timor-Leste: Strong Winds & Flash Floods Information ...
		In some of the districts, such as Ainaro, damage to houses from strong wind is chronic.
		On 18 January the Cruz Vermelha de Timor-Leste (CVTL) disaster management coordinator was informed that the Ainaro district town was lashed by a windstorm.
		In Ainaro it provided shelter material and in Oecussi food, family kits, and plastic sheeting.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EGUA-6LVMLJ?OpenDocument (1139 words)

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		In Ainaro, the PKF has launched Op Crocodilo to restore the confidence of the local population.
		There are still about 266 IDPs in the district and the PKF hope that they will be able to convince them that it is safe to return to their villages, as they had successfully done in Manufahi District.
		In Cova Lima, Bobonaro, Ainaro, Ermera, Manufahi and Aileu districts, the dates are 11 November and 9 December.
	www.who.int /disasters/repo/5874.doc (1483 words)

	Newsfront - United Nations Development Programme (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Friday, 29 November 2002: With spectacular mountains and breezy seashores, Ainaro district is one of the more scenic places in newly independent Timor-Leste, formerly known as East Timor.
		The Government of Japan is providing US$5 million for the initiative through the UN Trust Fund for Human Security.
		Agricultural production in Ainaro can easily become more diversified, and farmers can grow citrus and other fruit, tropical herbs and spices, and coffee.
	www.undp.org /dpa/frontpagearchive/2002/november/29nov02 (365 words)

	Background: The Indonesian Army and Civilian Militias in East Timor (April 1999)
		In late 1998, according to Yayasan HAK, a local human rights organization, pro-government youths were summoned by the district military command in Ainaro and requested to form the basis of an unarmed civilian militia that would help provide security in the run-up to the June 1999 parliamentary elections, in line with a national directive.
		Because local arrangements for this national militia were not yet finalized, however, the youths in question joined together in Ainaro town to form Mahidi, ostensibly to defend the district from guerrilla attacks.
		In the latter part of January, the militia was reported to be working with the subdistrict military command in operations in Zumalai, Covalima district.
	www.hrw.org /press/1999/apr/etmilitia.htm (1400 words)

	Friendship Partners (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Ainaro Public Secondary School is in the township of Ainaro.
		The school is one of only two secondary schools in the whole district of Ainaro, in which there are more than 53,000 people.
		All of the other 15 teachers, including the principal, at Ainaro Public Secondary School are untrained volunteers who receive payment from any school fees which students bring.
	www.lumen.balrt.catholic.edu.au /ainaro/sebas.html (231 words)

	Inside Indonesia - Claiming justice amid the ruins
		As the sun drew up the last of the dew, crowds could be seen pouring into town for the big day.
		Ainaro was among the worst affected by the destruction.
		But those who were involved have to be taken to court,' says Aniceto Neves, a Yayasan HAK staff member whose older brother was killed in Ainaro by a Mahidi militia group.
	www.insideindonesia.org /edit71/hilmar1.htm (1564 words)

	East Timor Effort Applauded - City of Ballarat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The future of the Ainaro Community Centre in Ballarat’s East Timor Friendship City is a little more secure, following two recent initiatives in Ballarat which raised more than $8,000.
		Approximately 700 people heard Mr Ramos Horta speak at Her Majesty’s Theatre on Friday afternoon, while a hundred guests paid $100 a head to attend a cocktail party at which Mr Ramos Horta was the special guest.
		City of Ballarat Chief Executive Officer, Richard Hancock said Council was pleased that the people of Ballarat continued to support Ainaro, and that the $8,000 raised last week would help extend the vital work of the Community Centre.
	www.ballarat.vic.gov.au /page/page.asp?Page_Id=887&h=0 (235 words)

	Australian University Sport
		In addition to the goodwill set to be generated from the donation, AUS recognises that sporting opportunities not only provide a pathway for a healthy community but can also bring a community together in unstable times.
		Officially recognised in July 2005 by Ballarat City Council, the Friends of Ainaro Community Committee was formed as a result of a Friendship Relationship between the City of
		Ainaro is the name of a district, a sub-district and a small mountain town located in the South West of East Timor.
	www.unisport.com.au /newsitem.asp?id=119&orgID=1 (508 words)

	Solidarity
		It was the first time any of us had been to Ainaro, a beautiful, isolated region in the country’s mountainous interior.
		It was easy to understand this sentiment: nearly half the houses in Ainaro remain uninhabitable; many schools are without roofs, windows, doors, desks, chairs, and supplies; health clinics are few and lack medicines or trained personnel; and many residents have yet to return from Indonesian West Timor (see refugee article).
		Local youth, women’s and Church groups were about to open Centro Comunidade Ainaro, to provide community space, sports activities for youth, and training in computers, language and technical skills.
	www.etan.org /estafeta/02/winter02/6ainaro.htm (597 words)

	4 injured in Ainaro reportedly without medical assistance
		Lisbon, Jan 5 (Lusa) - The lack of medical assistance in a hospital in Dili could endager the lives of four young East Timorese civilians shot by pro-Indonesian militiamen in Ainaro on Sunday, a representative of the Timorese National Resistance Council (CNRT) has told Lusa in Lisbon by telephone from Dili.
		Leandro Isaac, CNRT's co-ordinator in East Timor, said that "hundreds" of civilians had recently fled to Dili, capital of East Timor, because they feared attacks by the pro-Indonesian militia movement Sukarelawan operating in the Ainaro area.
		According to CNRT reports, 12 East Timorese civilians were shot by the militia movement near Ainaro on Sunday, resulting in the immediate death of two of the victims.-Lusa nnnn
	www.etan.org /et/1999/january/1-7/054inj.htm (157 words)

	[MAPC-Announce] Tour de Timor May 23 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		More information, pledge sheets and a flash movie promoting the ride can be found at http://www.aideasttimor.org.
		The Common Council unanimously declared Ainaro, East Timor an official sister city of Madison in February 2001.
		The delegation met with Ainaro residents and community groups to discuss potential future projects, including support for agriculture and community radio.
	lists.madimc.org /pipermail/mapc-announce/2004-May/002126.html (306 words)

	Green Left - Cover Story: East Timor: Indonesian troops out now!
		The attacks then spread through Viqueque on to Ainaro and the south-west in the Covalima and Zumalai subdistricts near Suai.
		The most significant was a group we saw in a town called Cassa in the south of Ainaro district.
		This group was responsible for brutal killings of six villagers in Covalima district.
	www.greenleft.org.au /1999/349/19464 (1406 words)

	East Timor Action Network
		NEW YORK - February 21 - Just after 7 p.m., Tuesday, February 20th the Madison Common Council voted unanimously to to establish the first official U.S.-East Timor sister city relationship between Madison, Wisconsin, and Ainaro, East Timor.
		Ainaro, a mountain town in the southwest of the country, was especially hard hit by the violence.
		Over 95 percent of the buildings in Ainaro were levelled, including the only hospital and all the town's schools.
	www.commondreams.org /news2001/0221-03.htm (286 words)

	Madison Independent Media Center: newswire/14135
		On Sunday, September 28, the third "Tour de Timor" bike ride fundraiser will start at 1:00 pm at the corner of John Nolen Drive and Williamson Street (between Machinery Row and Monona Terrace) in Madison.
		The delegation met with Ainaro residents and community groups for a month, discussing potential future projects.
		Madison-Ainaro Sister City Alliance coordinator Diane Farsetta explained, "Our first delegation to Ainaro allowed us to bring tools, medicines and thousands of dollars in small grants for community reconstruction efforts.
	madison.indymedia.org /newswire/display_printable/14135/index.php (354 words)

	Blood-drinking Oaths In Ainaro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Remark: Here is an example of how the forces of occupation are
		in the Ainaro football stadium in the presence of a thousand
		This form of ceremony is regarded as sacred.
	www.hamline.edu /apakabar/basisdata/1993/01/05/0002.html (379 words)

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