East Timor Videos

In 1975, Indonesia invaded East Timor, using arms supplied by the United States. Nearly one third of the Timorese population has since died. This activist document offers eyewitness accounts and analysis of how to end the occupation....This item belongs to: movies/deepdishtv.This item has files of the following types: 512Kb MPEG4, Animated GIF, MPEG2, Metadata, Ogg Video, Thumbnail

East Timor hopes that a new presidential election will stabilise one of the world's poorest countries. An east west divide in East Timor, one of the world's youngest and most underdeveloped countries, erupted in chaos and gang violence after the sacking of 600 mutinous soldiers last year. Those problems coupled with high youth unemployment have haunted the country.

East Timor faces second round run off presidential election as observers reveal some intimidation and rigging. East Timor's presidential election was heading for a run off after 70 per cent of votes were counted adding to concerns about stability in a nation still struggling to pull together after a year of crisis. Monday's polls were mostly peaceful but divisions in the young, impoverished nation run deep five years after independence.

East Timorese rebel leader Alfredo Reinado remains at large, heightening fears of violence ahead of next month's presidential election. The former army major turned guerrilla chief escaped Saturday's raid on his hideout by an Australian led peacekeeping force in which four people were killed.

Ramos Horta was shot during an assassination attempt ten days ago.He is recovering in a hospital in the northern Australian city of Darwin.Meanwhile FBI investigators have arrived in Dili to begin looking into the shooting.

Voters prepare to head for the polls in Wednesday's presidential run off. The tiny nation that won independence from Indonesia five years ago faces a choice between Prime Minister Jose Ramos Horta and former guerrilla fighter turned politician Francisco Guterres

Francisco Guterres, a former guerrilla fighter and head of the ruling Fretilin party, polled 31 percent of the popular votes to Ramos Horta's 69 percent, according to the National Commission of Elections provisional results.

International peacekeepers describe tension in East Timor after the appointment of a new government; Factional bloodshed broke out in the impoverished country of about 1 million people last year, forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes. The mayhem, during which 37 people were killed, was triggered by the previous government's decision to sack 600 soldiers. Benet Allen reports.

Rebel leader in East Timor refuses to surrender to international forces after raiding police post. The standoff between rebel and government troops has raised fears of violence in the country ahead of a presidential election next month. Indonesia has temporarily closed its border with East Timor to prevent Alfredo Reinado and his group sneaking into Indonesian territory at the request of East Timor's government. Australia has warned of increased violence ahead of the poll after clashes betw...

World Bank Country Director Nigel Roberts explains the situation on the ground following attacks on East Timor's leaders.

Election officials have all but declared Prime Minister Jose Ramos Horta the winner as vote counting continues. International observers say East Timor's presidential run off ballot has been mostly peaceful. Paul Chapman reports. Soundbite: Javier Pomes Ruiz, European Union election observer mission chief, English

CNN's Andrew Stevens talks with the East Timor prime minister about the upcoming elections April 9

Feb 11 Doctors in Australia say they're hopeful East Timor's President will make good recovery after a failed assassination attempt.

Feb. 12 A state of emergency is declared in East Timor as injured President Jose Ramos Horta lies in critical but stable condition in a hospital in Australia.

Mar. 2 One of East Timor's rebel leaders linked with attacks on the tiny country's leaders surrenders in Dili.

East Timor border contact at Motaain 10/10/1999

Obama nominee helped killings in East Timor

EAST TIMOR

East Timor Stoking the Fires

CNN's Hugh Riminton speaks with spokesman Jose Luis Gutteres about attacks on East Timor's president and prime minister.

Onion News Network series page at Hulu.comAmivi Gama's violent rise to power has proved that women are just as capable as men when it comes to brutality and oppression.Author: huluTags: comedy funny onion satire women politics hillary clinton Posted: 25 February 2009Rating: 0.0Votes: 0

East Timor Water & Sanitation Part 1 of 5 Community management of resources

mad professor comments on suharto and east timor on BBC 24

East Timor in Northern Ireland part1

On December 7, 1975 Indonesia secretly but with the complicity of the Western powers including the US, the UK, and Australia invaded the small nation of East Timor. Two Australian television crews attempting to document the invasion were murdered. In 1993, with the Indonesian army still occupying the country, John Pilger and his crew including director David Munro, slipped into East Timor and made this film. In the intervening 18 years, an estimated 200,000 East Timorese 1/3 of the popula

East Timor xanana Gusmao faces corruption korupsi

USNS Mercy Dili, East Timor