Stories about Timor-Leste from March, 2007
East Timor: Electioneering in East Timor
Dili-gence describes the campaigning for the upcoming presidential elections in East Timor.
East Timor: Want a Native First Lady
Republika Banana wants Francisco Guterres “Lu Olo” to win the upcoming presidential elections in East Timor as the blogger wants a native first lady. The other candidates either have foreign wives or are unmarried. One of the other candidate has a East Timorese wife but she has not lived long...
East Timor: Trouble Alerts
Xanana Republic Gazette gives us a glimpse into how the “trouble” alerts are sent out in East Timor.
East Timor: Should One Travel to East Timor
Dili-gence has a post on the current travel situation in Dili, the capital of East Timor. Australia and some other countries had issued travel warning to East Timor and some aid-workers had left East Timor temporarily after violence broke out a couple of weeks back.
East Timor: Blogger Counters Newspaper Article on East Timor
An Australian Age story on East Timor argues that East Timor was better off under Indonesian rule. Living Timorously counters the points made by the newspaper. East Timor was a former Portuguese colony that was forcibly integrated into Indonesia in 1976.
East Timor: Airshow in East Timor
Diligence is impressed by the military chopper maneuvers in East Timor. “I asked some Timorese if they knew of any trouble spot (they usually know) but no-one knew. I am none the wiser but it certainly was a spectacle with a fair bit of swooping, coming to a halt then...
East Timor: Chinese Interest
Trevor Loudon in New Zealand is concerned about the growing Chinese interest in East Timor.
Violence Returns to East Timor
Violence broke out yet again in East Timor as international security forces tried to capture rebel leader Alfredo Reinado. Reinado, the former leader of military police was implicated in the violence last May and was detained but managed to escape from prison in August with some of his followers. The...
