East Timor
Ramos-Horta is sworn in as president of East Timor

Nobel Laureate Sworn In As East Timor Leader

Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta was inaugurated as East Timor's president on Friday, pledging to break a longstanding political deadlock in Southeast Asia's youngest country as it celebrated its 20th independence anniversary.The former Portuguese colony, which became independent from Indonesia in 2002 after 24 years of occupation, marked the occasion with a concert and fireworks for thousands in the capital Dili.The 72-year-old revolutionary hero, himself a former president of East

20 May 2022
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Health worker in PPE crosses street in Shanghai

China’s GDP, Dubious COVID Stats & Japan Economy

Not for the first time, China once again dominated the news this week.The release of new economic data provided a temperature check of the world’s second-largest economy, while dubious COVID-19 death rates focused attention on Beijing’s reputation for secrecy and narrative control at all costs.

22 April 2022
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Ramos-Horta wins East Timor presidential elections

Ramos-Horta Wins East Timor Election: Officials

Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta scored a landslide victory in East Timor's presidential election, according to preliminary results published Wednesday by the election secretariat.The 72-year-old secured 397,145 votes, or 62.09 percent, against incumbent Francisco "Lu-Olo" Guterres' 242,440, or 37.91 percent, the secretariat's website showed after all ballots were counted."The count of the district, national and regional vote has been completed", said Acilino

21 April 2022
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East Timor votes for next president

East Timor Goes To Polls To Pick Next President

East Timor's citizens head to the polls on Tuesday to choose either a Nobel laureate or a former guerrilla fighter – the incumbent president – as their next leader.Polling stations in Southeast Asia's youngest country open at 7:00 am (2200 GMT Monday) for what is a rematch of a 2007 election won handily by former revolutionary hero and peace prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta.Nearly 860,000 people in the country of just 1.3 million are eligible to vote, and ballot counting could take sev

19 April 2022
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Over 100 Dead In Indonesia, East Timor Floods

Tropical cyclone Seroja pounded Indonesia and East Timor Monday after torrential rains triggered floods and landslides that have killed at least 113 people and left dozens more missing.Packing heavy winds and rain, the storm heaped more misery on the Southeast Asian nations after Sunday's disaster turned small communities into wastelands of mud, uprooted trees and forced thousands of people into shelters.Downpours are expected over the next day as the storm triggers offshore waves as hig

6 April 2021
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East Timor marks 20 years independence

East Timor on Friday marks 20 years since a UN-backed vote ended a bloody, decades-long occupation by Indonesian forces and paved the way for it to become an independent nation.On 30 August 1999, nearly 80 percent of East Timorese voted to split from neighbouring Indonesia, which invaded the former Portuguese colony in 1975, starting a brutal 24-year military occupation.But joy over independence quickly turned to terror as Indonesian security forces and proxy militias went on a scorched-earth

30 August 2019
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East Timor govt faces uncertainty after parliamentary defeat

East Timor's new government has suffered a major setback after opposition parties vetoed its policy programme, a blow that could see the impoverished young democracy return to the polls.The Fretilin party, which won the July election by a narrow margin, did not receive enough votes to govern alone and has formed a minority coalition government with the Democratic Party.With only 30 seats in the 65-seat house, the government relies on confidence and supply from other parties in parliament

20 October 2017
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Fathoming ASEAN's silence

Religious persecution against the Muslim minority Rohingya in Myanmar has been an ongoing crisis that has thrown the country into international limelight for all the wrong reasons.

29 August 2017
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