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	Politics of East Timor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Politics of East Timor takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of East Timor is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
		The Head of state of the East Timorese republic is the president, who is elected by popular vote for a five-year term and whose role is largely symbolic, though he is able to veto some legislation.
		The East Timorese constitution was modelled on that of Portugal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_East_Timor (498 words)

	Prime Minister and Cabinet, Timor-Leste Goverment - Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri
		The Prime Minister is the head of the Timor-Leste Government and is ultimately responsible to the people of Timor-Leste for policy development and the decisions taken by the government.
		Now, the Prime Minister and his government are rebuilding the country and its institutions with minimal resources including a severe lack of human resources and skills.
		The Prime Minister is committed to ensuring the government continues to reduce poverty and improve the livelihoods of the people of Timor-Leste.
	www.pm.gov.tp /alkatiri.htm (368 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Prime minister of East Timor wishes for increased investments into his ...
		Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri of East Timor, which just recently celebrated the third anniversary of its independence, made his first visit to Finland.
		Foreign Minister Tuomioja said that Finland is planning to continue its aid to East Timor at least for the time being.
		East and South Asia: Typhoon Aere and Typhoon Chaba - Aug 2004
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/VBOL-6CXJ3Q?OpenDocument (460 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - East Timor needs international aid to overcome poverty
		East Timor's finance ministry released figures showing that the country's budget deficit is expected to nearly double to $ 137.9 mm by 2007 -- due to delays in developing oil and gas fields.
		Alkatiri insisted that East Timor was making strides, saying the danger posed by returning militiamen had dwindled in the face of the country's newly established police force and army.
		Yet East Timor is lobbying the United Nations to extend the world body's presence in the country beyond a June 2004 deadline and wants donors to maintain their current levels of assistance.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/news/nts34609.htm (706 words)

	Timor Sea Office - press - April 2004
		As protests mount in East Timor, the Australian government is under increasing pressure to agree to a maritime boundary halfway between the two countries rather than a border that would deprive the world's newest nation of billions of dollars in oil revenues.
		Mr Alkatiri was speaking as negotiations resumed in the East Timorese capital, Dili, aimed at settling the dispute over the maritime border between Australia and East Timor, and the ownership of billions of dollars in offshore oil and gas revenues.
		East Timor argues that the border should be at the midway point between the countries, in line with international practice.
	www.timorseaoffice.gov.tp /april04press5.htm (1949 words)

	Aljazeera.Net - East Timor deports scores of Muslims (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		East Timor has deported 184 Muslims to neighbouring Indonesia, part of a group of 250 people originally detained for living illegally near the capital's only mosque.
		East Timor, which has a Muslim prime minister and has sought to build good ties with Indonesia, says the issue has nothing to do with religion.
		East Timor became formally independent in May 2002 after centuries of Portuguese colonial rule, 24 years of Indonesian annexation and more than two years of UN transitional administration.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/69E3A7D2-6B2B-4829-B7C0-10BF8329EEE7.htm (300 words)

	Timor Sea Office - press - April 2004
		Australia and East Timor are due to hold negotiations on a permanent maritime boundary in the Timor capital of Dili between April 19 and 23.
		Australia was being careful over discussions with East Timor so as not to jeopardise its sovereignty, she said, adding that under international law and on the basis of much of the case law, Australia had a claim to its continental shelf.
		East Timor's position is simplistic and the benefits to the East Timorese people of oil and gas income are entirely dependent on prudent management.
	www.timorseaoffice.gov.tp /april04press10.htm (3151 words)

	Aljazeera.Net - East Timor coup claim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The prime minister of East Timor has claimed that an attempted coup is under way as violence continues on the island.
		The violence was triggered by the firing in March of 600 soldiers and is the most serious trouble in East Timor since it broke from Indonesian rule in 1999.
		East Timor's government asked for international help, saying it could not control the situation, and hundreds of Australian troops have already arrived.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/6D60F58C-DF64-490E-8093-BFE9C6195A43.htm (313 words)

	Online NewsHour Update: East Timor Becomes Independent Nation -- May 20, 2002
		East Timor's prime minister, Mari Alkatiri, and cabinet ministers were also sworn in.
		A recent U.N. report called East Timor "one of the least developed nations in the region," with a life expectancy of 57 years and half the population remaining illiterate.
		The deal, which gives East Timor a 90 percent share of the profits, is expected to be worth $7 billion over the next 20 years.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/updates/timor_05-20-02.html (435 words)

	Australian government steps up campaign to oust East Timor's prime minister Mari Alkatiri (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Having dispatched warships to the Timor Sea on May 12, it backed a challenge to the prime minister at a congress of the ruling Fretilin party on May 17-19.
		If the prime minister did form a “secret Falintil protection force,” he would hardly choose an unstable individual like da Concecao, who has provided no credible explanation for his sudden change of loyalties, to lead it.
		East Timor’s Foreign Minister Jose Ramos Horta, a close ally of Canberra, appealed for an “impartial, independent investigation” while reaffirming his willingness to step into Alkatiri’s shoes should the need arise.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2006/jun2006/timor-j12.shtml (1599 words)

	East Timor PM: Violence Part of Coup Attempt
		East Timorese Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri has said the violence engulfing the capital, Dili, is part of a coup plot to unseat him.
		Moments before the prime minister spoke, Australian peacekeepers disarmed dozens of youths with machetes, who were threatening to storm the hotel where the press conference was being held.
		Tiny East Timor is one of Asia's poorest countries, with a population of just one million.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2006/05/mil-060527-voa07.htm (368 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - East Timor’s prime minister visits Norway to study oil market (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		East Timor, which gained independence from Indonesia in 2002, is developing its offshore oil industry with advice from Norway, the world's third-largest oil exporter after Saudi Arabia and Russia.
		An initial hurdle to some of East Timor's offshore oil development is agreeing on a border in the potentially petroleum-rich Timor Sea that separates it from southern neighbour Australia.
		Impoverished East Timor is now setting up oil industry regulations and an oil fund and plans a state oil company, largely based on Norwegian models, Alkatiri said.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/news/nts52329.htm (377 words)

	Govt calls for Timor 'hit squad' probe - Breaking News - National - Breaking News
		Allegations that East Timor's prime minister plotted to kill his opponents must be investigated, the federal government says.
		Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri has denied allegations he recruited a hit squad of troops to eliminate his political opponents in the lead-up to next year's elections.
		East Timor's ambassador to Australia, Hernani Coelho da Silva, said there were no concerns about a possible investigation into the allegations.
	www.smh.com.au /news/National/Govt-calls-for-Timor-hit-squad-probe/2006/06/09/1149815290811.html (873 words)

	ASAP East Timor News Digest
		East Timor's Morrow said in the comments attributed to Imle, "he pretends to be a friend of East Timor and an authority on its needs and wishes." "He is neither.
		East Timor was admitted as the 191st member of the United Nations in late September, barely four months after it became independent.
		East Timorese economist at the National University of East Timor Filipe Mendes said that the progress of the economic growth depends on the political elite and Government.
	www.asia-pacific-action.org /southeastasia/easttimor/netnews/2002/end_20v1.htm (9391 words)

	ABC News: East Timor's Prime Minister Defiant
		East Timor Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri Defiant in Face of Crisis
		East Timor Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri reacts to a question during an interview with the Associated Press in his office at the Government Palace in Dili, East Timor, Saturday, June 3, 2006.
		DILI, East Timor Jun 3, 2006 (AP)— Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri, the man at the center of East Timor's current crisis, concedes only one mistake in the events that led to his young nation's descent into chaos.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=2037314&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (395 words)

	Coalition For international Justice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The current Prime Minister of East Timor is the leader of the majority party, Mari Bin Amude Alkatiri.
		East Timor adopted a formal constitution, modeled on that of Portugal, on May 20, 2002.
		In 2000, the UN Transitional Administration for East Timor (UNTAET) established a process by which the Dili District Court in East Timor was given exclusive jurisdiction over: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, murder, sexual offenses and torture.
	www.cij.org /index.cfm?fuseaction=faqs&tribunalID=3 (1327 words)

	East Timor's prime minister defiant in face of country's descent into crisis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		DILI, East Timor (AP) - Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri, the man at the centre of East Timor's current crisis, concedes only one mistake in the events that led to his young country's descent into chaos.
		Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, on a visit to East Timor on Saturday, said there was no evidence that Indonesia was involved.
		Gregory Garras, head of the UN refugee agency's emergency team in East Timor, warned during a visit to Dili on Saturday that the camps were a potential flashpoint for fresh violence.
	www.canada.com /topics/news/world/story.html?id=9d39e07d-3973-4df7-9edd-59b10c668fab&k=26633 (534 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Anti-government protesters allowed into East Timor's capital
		DILI, East Timor – Some 2,000 protesters calling for the ouster of East Timor's prime minister cruised around Parliament in a convoy of horn-blaring trucks and motorcycles Tuesday, hours after mobs set fire to buildings and looted a warehouse filled with farm supplies.
		Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri oversaw the dismissal in March of 600 striking soldiers, who clashed with loyalist troops and fled to the hills.
		The unrest in recent weeks is the worst since East Timor's bloody break for independence from Indonesian rule in 1999, when retaliatory militia groups devastated much of the territory and killed nearly 1,500 people.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20060606-0531-easttimor-violence.html (708 words)

	Townhall.com :: AP - East Timor's Prime Minister Defiant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A rooster with a blade attached to it's foot attacks another during a "cock" fight in the small East Timor town of Gleno, Thursday, June 8, 2006.
		Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri, the man at the center of East Timor's current crisis, concedes only one mistake in the events that led to his young nation's descent into chaos.
		In the current crisis, Australian Prime Minister John Howard raised questions about the quality of governance in East Timor, an apparent slap at Alkatiri.
	townhall.com /news/ap/online/regional/asia/D8I05U280.html (957 words)

	Protestant minister becomes East Timor's 1st ambassador - theage.com.au
		A Protestant minister became East Timor's first ambassador to its former colonial ruler Indonesia, the Indonesian foreign ministry said yesterday.
		East Timor's Prime Minister Mari Al-Katiri is scheduled to visit Indonesia in March, Natalegawa said.
		East Timor was a Portuguese colony before Indonesia took invaded in 1975 and ruled it, often brutally, for 24 years.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/02/08/1044579988915.html (251 words)

	NewsFromRussia.Com East Timor sells its vast oil and gas fields
		East Timor's Prime Minister on Friday kicked off the first leg of an international tour to attract oil and gas explorers to the Timor Sea, aimed at tapping the country's vast natural resources and bringing investment to the impoverished economy.
		East Timor, which gained independence from Indonesia in May 2002, is banking on the country's fledgling energy industry as its dominant revenue stream.
		East Timor's Prime Minister on Friday kicked off the first leg of an international tour to attract oil and gas explorers to the Timor Sea, aimed at tapping the country's vast natural resources and bringing investment to the impoverished economy More details...
	newsfromrussia.com /economics/2005/09/02/62173.html (1555 words)

	AsiaMedia :: EAST TIMOR: East Timor PM says expelled Australian journalist ransacked his home
		East Timor Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri said that an Australian activist and freelance journalist ordered expelled from the country a day earlier had participated in the looting of his home in 2002
		King, who has lived in East Timor for more than four years, was detained for questioning by police in Dili Thursday and given 48 hours to leave the country because of his alleged meddling in domestic politics.
		East Timor officially became independent from Indonesia in May 2002 after its people voted overwhelmingly in a UN-backed referendum in 1999 to break free from Jakarta.
	www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article-southeastasia.asp?parentid=11054 (625 words)

	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, East Timor: Local Media Monitoring (English)
		East Timor's prime minister, Mari Alkatari, opened the Joint Commission meeting, which is expected to discuss issues including their joint border, legal matters, finance, trade and communications.
		East Timor became independent in May 2002 after 31 months of UN stewardship but about 4,000 peacekeepers remain to support Ruak's army.
		East Timorese prosecutors have indicted at least 23 Indonesian military officers including former armed forces commander General Wiranto for crimes against humanity in connection with the 1999 violence.
	www.mfac.gov.tp /localnews/mm030907e.html (1246 words)

	granma.cu - Prime Minister of East Timor in Havana
		Mari Bim Amude Alkatiri was met at the airport by Felipe Pérez Roque amd Luis Ignacio Gómez, foreign and education ministers, respectively.
		With a population of some 770,000 inhabitants, the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste is located in South-East Asia and extends over the eastern half of the island of Timor, the neighboring islands of Atauro and Jaco and also Oecussi-Ambeno, a politival enclave of Timor-Leste located on the western side of the island.
		Formerly called Portuguese Timor, after a complex UN-sponsored procedure and a referendum on self-determination, it attained its independence on May 20, 2002 and is confronting a major challenge in the reconstruction of its infrastructure and the strengthening of the young governmental administration.
	www.granma.cu /ingles/2005/diciembre/lun12/51timor.html (317 words)

	East Timor violence worsens; prime minister says attempted coup is underway
		The prime minister said a coup attempt was underway.
		"What is in motion is an attempt to stage a coup d'etat," Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri told a news conference, as fires raged across the city and residents fled or hid, terrified, in the homes.
		A mob torched the house of a government minister, killing five children and an adult whose charred bodies were found Friday.
	www.cbc.ca /cp/world/060527/w052714.html (752 words)

	East Timor Prime Minister Faces Serious Allegations - Softpedia
		According to ABC TV station, East Timor’s Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri has allegedly recruited quite a powerful troop hit squad in order to kill what he perceived to be his political enemies that would have crossed him in next year’s elections.
		This “very serious allegation”, as Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer labeled it today, needs to be verified and investigated upon either by East Timor or by the United Nations: ”Whether they are allegations of substance, that is another matter, but they are very serious and very dramatic allegations.
		Moreover, Downer urged East Timor politicians to unite and develop a plan that would end all political turmoil in the country, so as to not depend on Australia or other countries in the world to solve their internal issues.
	news.softpedia.com /news/East-Timor-Prime-Minister-Faces-Serious-Allegations-26099.shtml (391 words)

	Prime Minister and Cabinet, Timor-Leste Goverment - Media Releases
		Timor-Leste (East Timor) Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri has been congratulated by the chief executive of Woodside Mr Don Voelte for his vision in making Timor-Leste a "model for the world" in the prudent and transparent management of petroleum revenues.
		Mr Voelte wrote to the Prime Minister after the National Parliament last week unanimously supported the Government's Petroleum Fund Law.
		In the letter Mr Voelte said the plan showed that the Prime Minister is "committed to making Timor-Leste a model for the world.
	www.primeministerandcabinet.gov.tp /28june05.htm (271 words)

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