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	Travel to East Timor, Tourism in East Timor, Tours of East Timor, Tourist attractions in East Timor, tourist ...
		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.
		The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor) is in Southeastern Asia, northwest of Australia, at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago.
		East Timor includes the eastern half of the island of Timor, the Oecussi-Ambeno enclave (separated from the rest of East Timor by West Timorese territory) and the islands of Pulau Atauro and Pulau Jaco.
	www.tourismeasttimor.org (419 words)

	Mercy Corps > Countries > East Timor > Program Details: East Timor
		In addition, East Timor is still coping with the legacy of a generation of Indonesian occupation and the vicious violence of 1999 that followed their decision to vote for independence.
		Timor Aid is a registered East Timorese non-profit charitable and non-governmental organization (NGO) founded in 1998 by East Timorese and long-term East Timor supporters who worked closely with Nobel Peace Laureate Dr. José Ramos-Horta, the current Prime Minister of East Timor.
		Timor Aid was a prominent provider of relief during the national emergency period of 1999-2001, and is currently implementing 12 long- and short-term development projects in the areas of health, education, capacity building, the advancement of women, microcredit, community development, and income generation.
	www.mercycorps.org /countries/easttimor (860 words)

	Travel Advice for East Timor - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
		East Timor is in an active seismic zone and is subject to earthquakes.
		Australians intending to travel to East Timor for shorter periods are at much lower risk of infection but should discuss the risk of avian influenza with their doctor as part of their routine pre-travel health checks.
		Australians in East Timor should monitor the travel advice and bulletin for updated information and advice, and ensure that their travel documents, including passports and visas for any non-Australian family members, are up to date in case they need to depart at short notice.
	www.smartraveller.gov.au /zw-cgi/view/Advice/East_Timor (3710 words)

	East Timor - MSN Encarta
		East Timor was a Portuguese colony from the early 16th century until 1975 and was claimed as a province of Indonesia from 1976 to 1999.
		The estimated population of East Timor in 2006 was 1,062,777.
		East Timor is one of the least economically developed countries in the world and depends heavily on foreign aid.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_461510929/East_Timor.html (820 words)

	East Timor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia comprising the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecussi-Ambeno, an exclave of East Timor on the northwestern side of the island, surrounded by Indonesian West Timor.
		Timor Sea petroleum resources were divided between Indonesia and Australia by the Timor Gap Treaty in 1989 [19] which established guidelines for joint exploitation of seabed resources in the area of the "gap" left by then-Portuguese Timor in the maritime boundary agreed between the two countries in 1972.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/East_Timor (3707 words)

	East Timor Factsheet
		East Timor is the eastern part of the island of Timor, which lies between the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean.
		East Timor became a Portuguese colony in the 16th century, while much of the rest of the region was controlled by the Dutch, and known as the Dutch East Indies.
		East Timor's struggle for independence was brutally repressed by Indonesian military forces for over 25 years.
	www.infoplease.com /spot/easttimor1.html (664 words)

	East Timor - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		East Timor is about half of a pissant little island on the edge of Indonesia.
		The East Timorese are proud of the start they've made on their economic development, however, and proudly post their GDP on the national flag at the end of each financial year.
		East Timor is pretty much in a somewhat parlous state economically, especially since Australia pocketed the gigantic Timor Gap natural gas reserves as protection money.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/East_Timor (1490 words)

	east timor map and map of east timor information page
		East Timor is a stunning sight (especially from the air) as it's ringed by miles of sandy beaches and a deep bluish-green sea.
		East Timor occupies approximately 50% of the island of Timor.
		East Timor must deal daily with a lack of natural resources and a poor infrastructure, one that was almost totally ignored by Indonesia for years.
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/asia/etimor.htm (836 words)

	East Timor - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about East Timor (Site not responding. Last check: )
		However troops from neighbouring Indonesia invaded the territory, declaring East Timor, as Timor Timur, the 27th province of Indonesia in July 1976.
		In the same month the East Timor Defence Force was established, and drew its first batch of 650 recruits from former Falintil troops, who were trained by the Australian and Portuguese armies.
		East Timor held its first democratic elections on 30 August 2001, drawing a turnout of 91%.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /East+Timor (1230 words)

	East Timor travel guide - Wikitravel (Site not responding. Last check: )
		East Timor (Portuguese: Timor Leste) (Tetum: Timor Lorosa'e) (Indonesian: Timor Timur) is a country in Southeast Asia.
		East Timor includes the eastern half of the island of Timor, the Oecussi (Ambeno) region on the northwest portion of the island of Timor, and the small islands of Pulau Atauro and Pulau Jaco.
		The island of Timor is a former Portuguese colony that declared itself independent from Portugal on 28 November 1975.
	wikitravel.org /en/East_Timor (1205 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)

	The EU's relations with East Timor - Overview
		The people of East Timor were given the opportunity to exercise their right to self-determination in a UN supervised referendum on 30 August 1999.
		Timor Leste is one of the poorest countries in the world and the poorest nation in Asia.
		The strategy for East Timor is focused on two sectors: (1) basic health services provision at appropriate levels of technology in civil society and infrastructure; and (2) rural development including encouragement of capacity building in civil society and public institutions.
	ec.europa.eu /external_relations/east_timor/index.htm (858 words)

	Timor-Leste - East Timor - Timor Lorosae (Site not responding. Last check: )
		East Timor has a common boundary with West Timor, which is part of Indonesia, the former Dutch East Indies.
		East Timor is extremely mountainous, so the majority of East Timorese had always lived in isolation, far from towns and foreign influences, tied to their fields and animistic practices.
		East Timor celebrates as a nation is born.
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/east_timor.htm (401 words)

	JURIST - East Timor: Timorese Law, Legal Research, Human Rights
		In a "popular consultation" of the East Timorese people organized by the UN Secretary-General in August 1999, the people rejected a special autonomy for East Timor within the unitary Republic of Indonesia and chose to begin a process of transition toward independence.
		The Constituent Assembly and a new East Timorese Government were to govern East Timor during the remaining transitional period before its independence as a democratic and sovereign State.
		East Timor's Constituent Assembly signed into force the Territory's first Constitution on 22 March 2002 and following presidential elections on 14 April, Xanana Gusmao was appointed president-elect of East Timor.
	jurist.law.pitt.edu /world/easttimor.htm (1619 words)

	East Timor Genocide in East Timor
		The U.S. role in the recent catalog of horrors in East Timor is deep and far reaching, the culmination of over three decades of nurturing the Indonesian fascist regime.
		Another militia in East Timor, Besi Mara Rutih, was said to be responsible for massacring dozens of people in a church in Liquica in April.
		Now that the recent horrors in East Timor have finally pricked the world's conscience, it is the height of hypocrisy for Clinton and Cohen to condemn the bloodbath that was the end result of a policy of protecting U.S. interests and investments in Indonesia at all costs.
	www.thirdworldtraveler.com /Asia/GenocideEastTimor_Z.html (1749 words)

	East Timor Travel Information \| Lonely Planet Destination Guide
		The border with West Timor has been temporarily shut; travellers should check news services before attempting to enter East Timor via this frontier.
		East Timor doesn't yet have a tourist season, so there's no time of year when you're going to be overrun by crowds.
		Bluelist it › If you want your list to be considered for the East Timor book, use the keyword 'highlight'.
	www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/asia/east-timor (389 words)

	UNTAET
		n 30 August 1999, the people of East Timor voted by means of a direct, secret and universal ballot to begin a process leading towards independence.
		UNTAET was established on 25 October 1999 to administer the Territory, exercise legislative and executive authority during the transition period and support capacity-building for self-government.
		Also that day, UNTAET was succeeded by the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) established by Security Council resolution 1410 of 17 May 2002 to provide assistance to core administrative structures critical to the viability and political stability of East Timor.
	www.un.org /peace/etimor/etimor.htm (134 words)

	Crisis in East Timor - Global Issues
		East Timor was ruled by Portugal for about 3 centuries.
		East Timor was then invaded by Indonesia shortly after Portugal abruptly left, in 1975.
		Much of East Timor was destroyed and at some points there were estimates from 200,000 to 300,000 refugees created with up to 600,000 people displaced.
	www.globalissues.org /Geopolitics/EastTimor.asp (954 words)

	NationMaster - Statistics on East Timor. 635 facts and figures, stats and information on Timorese economy, crime, ...
		The Portuguese began to trade with the island of Timor in the early 16th century and colonized it in mid-century.
		East Timor declared itself independent from Portugal on 28 November 1975 and was invaded and occupied by Indonesian forces nine days later.
		Over 2,000 Australian, New Zealand, and Portuguese police and peacekeepers deployed to East Timor in late May. Although many of the peacekeepers were replaced by UN police officers, 850 Australian soldiers remained as of 1 January 2007.
	www.nationmaster.com /country/tt-east-timor (445 words)

	East Timor
		As one of the world's newest democratic nations, East Timor has had to face all the challenges relating to the establishment of a new government, economy and society simultaneously.
		East Timor, a country of just over a million people, is one of the world's poorest nations, ranking below Congo and Sudan in its indicators of human development*.
		The average East Timorese woman gives birth to nearly 8 children and 42 per cent of the population is under 15 years of age.
	www.ausaid.gov.au /country/country.cfm?CountryId=911 (802 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)

	ADF names soldier killed in East Timor \| NEWS.com.au
		Private Ashley Baker, 19, was found dead in a barracks in the capital Dili.
		There are about 850 ADF deployed in East Timor as part of the ISF, which involves around 20 nations.
		They are working with the UN to help provide law and order in East Timor, which was wracked by violent riots last year.
	www.news.com.au /story/0,23599,22721594-38196,00.html?from=public_rss (522 words)

	Human Rights Watch: Asia : East Timor
		British parliamentarians who campaigned for human rights in Timor-Leste (then East Timor) were today urged to press the UK government for action on key recommendations of a landmark report on violations committed in Timor-Leste.
		Mohamed has just returned from East Timor, where she released the Human Rights Watch report Tortured Beginnings: Police Violence and the Beginnings of Impunity in East Timor.
		The East Timorese government needs to urgently address the problem of police torture and ill-treatment of detainees before it becomes widespread, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today.
	www.hrw.org /doc?t=asia&c=eastti (1155 words)

	East Timor News - Topix
		East Timor's caretaker Prime Minister Estanislau da Silva said Thursday the government has ordered tight security to protect ballot boxes used in parliamentary polls at the end of the month.
		EAST Timor's Prime Minister has thumbed his nose at Australia by announcing plans to give military chiefs free rein to spend millions of dollars raised from oil and gas fields to upgrade the country's defence...
		East Timor's President Jose Ramos Horta says he is preparing to pardon or reduce the sentences of an unspecified number of prisoners jailed in the tiny nation.
	www.topix.net /world/east-timor (777 words)

	East Timor: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
		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 (1324 words)

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