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	Encyclopedia: East Timor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		It consists of the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecussi-Ambeno, an exclave of East Timor situated on the northwestern side of the island, surrounded by West Timor.
		East Timor is the eastern half of the island of Timor.
		East Timor is a member of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), also known as the Lusophone Commonwealth, and a member of the Latin Union.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/East-Timor (6130 words)

	OnlineWomen: East Timor
		East Timor is a territory of 19,000 km2, located between Australia and Indonesia.
		Timor voted for independence in 1999 and is now administered by the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor.
		East Timor made significant progress in establishing its institutions of democracy and governance; however, during its first full year of independence from Indonesia, reconstruction and recovery from the September 1999 violence that ravaged the territory was a central focus of activity, and numerous problems remained.
	www.onlinewomeninpolitics.org /etimor/timormain.htm (795 words)

	East Timor Questions And Answers
		East Timor differs from Indonesia in terms of religion, language, and several hundred years of colonial history.
		Any peacekeepers sent to East Timor will probably not be a UN force because the U.S. Congress has required that there be a 15-day delay before the U.S. government can approve any UN peacekeeping operation and has forbidden Washington from paying its authorized share of the costs of any such operation.
		For example, the current catastrophe in East Timor is directly attributable to the refusal of the United States and other Western powers to deter the atrocities there over a period of a quarter century, yet the UN will probably take the blame.
	www.zmag.org /CrisesCurEvts/Timor/qanda.htm (2925 words)

	Constitution of East Timor (English) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The territory of the Democratic Republic of East Timor comprises the land surface, the maritime zone and the air space demarcated by the national boundaries that historically comprise the eastern part of Timor Island, the enclave of Oecussi, the island of Ataúro and the islet of Jaco.
		The national symbols of the Democratic Republic of East Timor shall be the flag, the emblem and the national anthem.
		East Timorese citizens who are or live overseas shall enjoy protection by the State for the exercise of their rights and shall be subject to duties not incompatible with their absence from the country.
	www.constitution.org /cons/east_timor/constitution-eng.htm (13281 words)

	East Timor (05/04)
		East Timor is located in southeastern Asia, northwest of Australia and southeast of Indonesia.
		East Timor joined the United Nations on September 27, 2002, and is pursuing observer status in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and membership in the ASEAN Regional Forum.
		East Timor's nascent foreign policy has placed a high priority on its relationships with Indonesia; regional friends such as Malaysia and Singapore; and donors such as Australia, the European Union, Japan, Portugal, and the United States.
	www.state.gov /outofdate/bgn/e/26246.htm (1537 words)

	East Timor (09/05)
		East Timor is located in southeastern Asia, on the southernmost edge of the Indonesian archipelago, northwest of Australia.
		East Timor witnessed its largest and longest political demonstration in April and May 2005 when several thousand protestors took part in a demonstration led by the Catholic Church that lasted 20 days.
		East Timor's foreign policy has placed a high priority on its relationships with Indonesia; regional friends such as Malaysia and Singapore; and donors such as Australia, the European Union, Japan, Portugal, and the United States.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/35878.htm (2341 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Asia-Pacific \| Victory for Timor freedom party
		East Timor's veteran independence party, Fretilin, has won in the territory's first democratic election, the UN announced on Thursday.
		Carlos Valenzuela, the United Nations chief electoral officer in East Timor, called the vote "the most peaceful election I've ever been involved in, and the most consolidated and democratic election ever held under the auspices of the United Nations".
		Fretilin was formed as a radical left-wing pro-independence party in 1974 at the end of Portuguese rule and before East Timor was invaded by Indonesia.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_1526000/1526725.stm (431 words)

	Radio Australia - Asia Pacific - Programs - TIMOR: Minority views overridden on key constitutional clauses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		East Timor's Constituent Assembly is about to ratify the final draft of its new national constitution, which will be the foundation stone for independence in two months time.
		FITZGERALD: Although East Timor's various political factions were fairly unified way during their fight for independence from Indonesia, the drafting of their national constitution has brought out their differences.
		East Timor's smaller parties were also overruled in their attempt to limit the mandate of the Constituent Assembly.
	www.abc.net.au /ra/asiapac/programs/s505760.htm (749 words)

	Timor Relives Massacre Horror - Global Policy Forum - International Justice
		De Jesus said his father and 10 others were taken prisoner in August 1975 by members of the United Democratic Party of East Timor, which supported the Indonesian invasion.
		Since East Timor's independence in May 2002, former officials and army officers in East Timor have been tried in both Indonesian and East Timorese courts for crimes against humanity that took place before and after a 1999 referendum, in which East Timorese voted for independence.
		East Timorese courts have charged 367 people -- including at least 32 Indonesian commanders and the country's former militant chief Gen. Wiranto -- for the violence, and convicted 35.
	www.globalpolicy.org /intljustice/tribunals/timor/2003/1119horror.htm (697 words)

	Asia 6
		The August ballot in East Timor was preceded by systematic terrorization of independence supporters by Indonesian army-backed militia and local police and military.
		Even in late September, after a scorched earth campaign had left East Timor a smoking ruin, some of Indonesia's major donors were reluctant to press too hard for an international investigation into possible crimes against humanity for fear that the military would mount a coup against a weak and discredited civilian leadership.
		A House-Senate Congressional delegation visited East Timor in late July, and the House passed a strongly-worded resolution on September 28 urging the MPR to ratify the August 30 vote and expressing support for U.S. participation in the multilateral force, although not with combat troops.
	www.hrw.org /wr2k/Asia-05.htm (5611 words)

	East Timor
		East Timor is located in the eastern part of Timor, an island in the Indonesian archipelago that lies between the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean.
		East Timor's resistance movement was violently suppressed by Indonesian military forces, and more than 200,000 Timorese were reported to have died from famine, disease, and fighting since the annexation.
		East Timor's offshore gas and oil reserves promised the only real hope for lifting it out of poverty, but a dispute with Australia over the rights to the oil reserves in the East Timor Sea thwarted those efforts.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0902237.html (1119 words)

	Online NewsHour Update: East Timor Elections -- August 30, 2001
		Officials with the United Nations, which has headed East Timor's transitional government since the bloody 1999 end to its 24 years as an Indonesian territory, say 93 percent of East Timorese voters headed to the polls today.
		The party was the main freedom-fighting body during East Timor's 24 years under Indonesian rule.
		East Timor's transition from Indonesian province to free nation was bloody and bitterly fought.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/updates/august01/timor_8-30.html (463 words)

	East Timor -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
		officially Democratic Republic of East Timor Bounded by the Timor Sea and by the western half of Timor, it also includes the enclave of Ambeno (surrounding the town of Pante Makasar on the northwestern coast of Timor) and the islands of Atauro (Kambing) and Jaco.
		It is bounded by the Timor Sea to the southeast, the Wetar Strait to the north, the Ombai Strait to the northwest, and western Timor (part of the Indonesian...
		Carlos Belo, bishop of East Timor, was a vocal advocate for the human rights of the people of East Timor, one half of a tiny Southeast Asian island that suffered under Indonesian military rule for more than 20 years.
	concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9363346 (1094 words)

	Witnesses recount 25 years of massacres
		Felismina da Conceicao told how her brother died in her arms, wounded in the neck by Indonesian soldiers who invaded the tiny nation of East Timor in 1975.
		Their emotional testimonies - aired live on national television and radio - marked the start yesterday of a three-day hearing in East Timor on massacres and executions from 1974 until Indonesia's brutal occupation ended in 1999.
		East Timorese courts have charged 367 people - including at least 32 Indonesian commanders and the country's former military chief General Wiranto - for the violence, and convicted 35.
	www.etan.org /et2003/november/16-22/20witn25.htm (598 words)

	PM - East Timor prepares for first democratic elections
		ANDREW WHITLEY: It's clear that Fretilin is the historic party of independence, the party that has been associated with the independence struggle, and many people would simply say we are Fretilin and Fretilin is the people.
		MARK BOWLING: On August the 30th, East Timor's new parties will be vying for 88 seats in a Constitutional Assembly which will have the task of drawing up the new nation's Constitution.
		Parties like the Timor Social Democrats, the ASDT, are taking their campaign to East Timor's remote highland villages where traditional music is more usual than pop music, and very little is still understood about this vote and what it's really for.
	www.abc.net.au /pm/stories/s347712.htm (800 words)

	Free East Timor! (dsp.org.au site)
		It reports that 260,000 “are now languishing in squalid refugee camps in West Timor under the effective control of the militias after either fleeing or being forcibly removed from their homes,” and that another 100,000 have been relocated to other parts of Indonesia.
		Touring camps in East and West Timor, US Assistant Secretary of State Harold Koh reported that the refugees are “starving and terrorized,” and that disappearances “without explanation” are a daily occurrence.
		Although the East Timorese have paid a huge price, and now face a great challenge to rebuild their country in a world where the strong typically oppress and exploit the weak rather than helping them, this is a truly historic victory.
	www.dsp.org.au /etimor (935 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- East Timor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		East Timor declared itself independent from Portugal on 28 November 1975 and was invaded and occupied by Indonesian forces nine days later.
		Timor comes from the Malay word for "East"; the island of Timor is part of the Malay Archipelago and is the largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands
		In late 1999, about 70% of the economic infrastructure of East Timor was laid waste by Indonesian troops and anti-independence militias, and 300,000 people fled westward.
	www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/tt.html (1162 words)

	East Timor Revisited
		The Indonesian invasion of East Timor in December 1975 set the stage for the long, bloody, and disastrous occupation of the territory that ended only after an international peacekeeping force was introduced in 1999.
		Besides confirming that Henry Kissinger and top advisers expected an eventual Indonesian takeover of East Timor, archival material shows that the Secretary of State fully understood that the invasion of East Timor involved the "illegal" use of U.S.-supplied military equipment because it was not used in self-defense as required by law.
		Fears that an independent East Timor could be used as a base by unfriendly governments or spur other secessionist movements in Indonesia had convinced hardliners in the military to press for annexation of the territory.
	www.gwu.edu /~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB62 (3542 words)

	Maubere Democratic Party (East Timor)
		Centered on the blue stripe a (darker?) yellow sun with 32 rays (like in the flag of KOTA), and, at the bottom, the lettering "PDM" in dark blue, light blue rimmed, dark red drop shadowed sans capitals.
		Presentation of P.D.M. got 1788 votes in the 2001.08.30 elections (0,49%), failing to elect any member of parlament; it was the party with less votes, ranking only above the five independent candidates.
		This is one of the few parties with its name officially in Tetum, not in Portuguese.
	www.1uptravel.com /flag/flags/tl}pdm.html (130 words)

	East Timor Glossary
		FRETILIN declared the independence of the Democratic Republic of East Timor on November 28, 1975 on the verge of a full-scale Indonesian invasion of East Timor.
		Golkar finished second, behind the Indonesian Democratic Party, in last June's general elections.
		SARET will be (at least temporarily) the official name of East Timor if the vote favors autonomy instead of independence.
	www.motherjones.com /news/special_reports/east_timor/reference/glossary.html (692 words)

	The Democratic Party - Peace, Progress, Prosperity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The party welcomes the arrival of the 'Young Democrats' the party's youth movement.
		The Democratic Party is pleased to support this most noble effort.
		We are appealing to all peace loving Seychellois in Seychelles and all over the world to join with the Democratic Party in making Seychelles the paradise it really deserves to be, for all its people and for the generation to come.
	www.dpseychelles.org (614 words)

	Xanana Gusmao (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Then, in 1974, when the Portuguese government decolonized East Timor, Xanana became a member of ASDT or the Social Democratic Party of East Timor; this party later changed to FRETILIN or the Revolutionary Front for Independence in East Timor.
		On 7th December 1975, Indonesia invaded East Timor and Xanana with all the members of FRETILIN and most of the population of East Timor escaped to the mountains to resist the invading troops.
		The East Timorese Resistance still recognise Xanana as leader of the Resistance although he is imprisoned.
	www.freedom.tp /people/xanana.htm (512 words)

	East Timor -- Constitution of the Democratic Republic of East Timor (English) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The preparation and adoption of the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of East Timor is the culmination of the secular resistance of the Timorese People intensified following the invasion of the 7th of December 1975.
		The collective judicial instance existing in East Timor, integrated by national and international judges with competencies to judge serious crimes committed between the 1st of January and the 25th of October 1999, shall remain operational for the time deemed strictly necessary to conclude the cases under investigation.
		The Constitution of the Democratic Republic of East Timor shall enter into force on the 20th of May of 2002.
	www.elaw.org /resources/text.asp?ID=1065 (13374 words)

	WashingtonPost.com: Indonesia Report
		The government takeover of Indonesian Democratic Party's East Timor headquarters in July of that year triggered serious rioting in Jakarta.
		Within days, Habibie pledged to lift restrictions on political parties and hold open elections as part of a package of reform measures intended to liberalize life in Indonesia and revive political activity that had been stifled for more than four decades.
		Violence proved to be particularly bad in East Timor, the impoverished Portuguese colony invaded by Indonesia in 1975 and annexed the following year.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/inatl/longterm/indonesia/overview.htm (1085 words)

	CNRT leaders form new social democratic party
		DILI — The newest addition to East Timor's political landscape was declared formally at the National Council of Timorese Resistance headquarters on September 20: the Social Democratic Party (PSD).
		Carrascalao, founder of the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and formerly governor of East Timor under Indonesia, is chairperson of the PSD.
		The Timor Post reported that the secretary general of the Socialist Party of Timor (PST), Avelino da Silva, attended the PSD founding ceremony, welcoming the PSD because the formation of many parties was an indication of democracy in East Timor.
	www.greenleft.org.au /back/2000/422/422p21b.htm (719 words)

	Human Rights Watch: Asia : East Timor
		East Timor's Parliament should exclude serious human rights crimes from a general amnesty law now under consideration, Human Rights Watch said today.
		The acquittal of five Indonesian officials implicated in the 1999 massacre of civilians in an East Timor church underscores the need for a United Nations mechanism to bring to justice those responsible for atrocities in East Timor, Human Rights Watch said today.
		A proposed amnesty law in East Timor could undermine due process and equal protection of the law and allow those responsible for some of the most serious rights abuses to go unpunished, Human Rights Watch said today.
	www.hrw.org /asia/easttimor.php (1142 words)

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