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» The OneWorld Timor-Leste Country Guide
The aim of this Guide is to provide a brief introduction to human rights and sustainable development issues in Timor-Leste
The staff of an organization promoting peace and human rights in East Timor.
05.05.2008 A peace building and human rights program uses creative and therapeutic learning to help East Timorese heal and move beyond the violence that pervades their young country's history.
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From: Peace X Peace
Image: The staff of an organization promoting peace and human rights in East Timor. © Peace X Peace
East Timor President Ramos-Horta is said to be in a serious but stable condition after being shot at by rebels.
12.02.2008 East Timor has declared a state of emergency after attacks on the President and Prime Minister. The country only recently regained stability after a 2006 conflict between security forces consigned tens of thousands of people to refugee camps.
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From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Image: East Timor President Ramos-Horta is said to be in a serious but stable condition after being shot at by rebels. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
UNHCR workers remember their dead colleagues
05.02.2008 President Suharto of Indonesia, who died last month, was responsible for the invasion of East Timor in 1975, for its occupation for almost 25 years, for the murder of so many of its people and for the insecure and traumatised state it remains in despite its emergence as a free, new country six years ago.
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From: Le Monde diplomatique
Related topics/regions: [Indonesia]
Image: UNHCR workers remember their dead colleagues © Brennon Jones/OCPI/UNTAET
With UN assistance, Timor-Leste gained independence in 2002.
12.09.2007 The UN has saluted the peaceful elections held recently in the fragile Southeast Asian nation of East Timor, but urged the country’s citizens and political parties to engage in political dialogue to consolidate the democracy and peace.
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From: United Nations
Image: With UN assistance, Timor-Leste gained independence in 2002. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
10.07.2007 The immediate challenge for Timor-Leste's new government is food shortages affecting a fifth of the population by October as a result of a predicted 30 per cent fall in food production following drought, says an international development charity.
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From: Progressio
Torikauppiaita Itä-Timorin pääkaupungissa Dilissä
06.07.2007 Viime sunnuntaina pidettyjen Itä-Timorin parlamenttivaalien alustava tulos enteilee uutta hallituspohjaa. Aikaisempi valtapuolue Fretilin kärsi selkeän tappion, mutta vaalitappiostaan huolimatta Fretilin on yhä Itä-Timorin suurin puolue.
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From: maailma.net
Related topics/regions: [Politics]
Image: Torikauppiaita Itä-Timorin pääkaupungissa Dilissä
Ciudadanos de Timor Oriental - Citizens from East Timor
16.05.2007 Itä-Timorin presidentiksi viime viikolla valittu Jose Ramos-Horta on kulkenut pitkän matkan itsenäisyysaktivistista presidentiksi. Hänellä on mahdollisuus nousta koko kansan presidentiksi 69 prosentin äänimäärällään.
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From: global.finland
Related topics/regions: [Democracy]
Image: Ciudadanos de Timor Oriental - Citizens from East Timor
11.04.2007 Äänestysvilkkaus Itä-Timorin maanantaisissa presidentinvaaleissa oli niin suurta, että äänestyslipukkeet loppuivat paikoin kesken. Kenenkään ehdokkaan ei oleteta saavan yli puolia äänistä, joten uusi presidentti löytynee vasta toisella äänestyskierroksella.
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From: global.finland
Related topics/regions: [Asia and the Pacific] [Democracy]
26.03.2007 Itä-Timorin presidentinvaalien kampanja käynnistyi viikonloppuna rauhallisissa merkeissä. Kahdeksasta ehdokkaasta kansainvälisesti tunnetuin on vuoden 1996 rauhannobelisti Jose Ramos-Horta. Vaalit pidetään huhtikuun alussa.
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From: global.finland
Related topics/regions: [Democracy]
Länsi-Timorista palaavia pakolaisia marraskuussa 1999
24.01.2007 Väkivaltaisen vuoden kokenut Itä-Timor sai vaalikomission. YK:n väliaikaishallinnon aikana vuonna 2001 valitun parlamentin puhemies Fransisco Guterres sanoi vaalikomission jäsenten valatilaisuudessa komission tehtävänä olevan taata jokaiselle kansalaiselle yhtäläiset oikeudet vaaliprosessin aikana. Vuonna 2002 itsenäisyyden saavuttaneet itätimorilaiset valitsevat ensimmäistä kertaa maalleen presidentin ja parlamentin.
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From: global.finland
Related topics/regions: [Democracy] [Politics]
Image: Länsi-Timorista palaavia pakolaisia marraskuussa 1999 © UN/UNHCR Photo# 203109C
 Oceania Indymedia Newsreal
06.10.2006
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Related topics/regions: [Oceania] [Australia] [New Zealand] [Geopolitics] [Globalisation]
Image: Oceania Indymedia Newsreal
How long till school starts for these Lebanese kids?
08.09.2006 UNICEF and a foreign government are helping the children of Lebanon get back to school. Other programs are reaching out to kids in East Timor and Nigeria, while Palestinian kids face teacherless classrooms. Plus, how green is your campus?
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [United States] [Palestine] [Nigeria] [Lebanon]
Image: How long till school starts for these Lebanese kids? © Marie Claire Feghali / United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
07.09.2006 After May's violence that displaced some 15 percent of the population, UNICEF is hoping the new school year will help bring a return to normalcy in Timor-Leste.
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From: United Nations Children's Fund
18.08.2006 YK:n pääsihteeri Kofi Annan esittää kansainvälisten poliisivoimien sijoittamista Itä-Timorille, kirjoittaa australialainen Sydney Morning Herald -lehti verkkosivuillaan. Itä-Timorin entinen pääministeri erotti 600 poliisia huhtikuussa, jonka jälkeen Australian johtamat kansainväliset sotilasjoukot ovat rauhoittaneet maan tilannetta.
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From: global.finland
Related topics/regions: [United Nations]
About 150,000 displaced persons are taking refuge in camps for fear of fresh fighting.
17.08.2006 With violence increasing in recent months in Timor-Leste, some observers are calling for a UN peacekeeping effort there. UN discussions and investigations are crucial not only for determining the fate of Timor-Leste, but also the future of UN efforts at nation building, says Arnold Kohen.
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From: Foreign Policy In Focus
Image: About 150,000 displaced persons are taking refuge in camps for fear of fresh fighting. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
27.06.2006 As East Timor's Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri resigns, Britain is urged to address past atrocities to East Timorese people under Indonesian rule that are hampering the country's democracy.
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From: Progressio
Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom]
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27.06.2006 Itä-Timorin viimeaikaisia levottomuuksia on hillitty Australian johtamalla yli 2 000 hengen rauhanturvaoperaatiolla. Arvostelijoiden mukaan hanke tähtää saarivaltion hallituksen vaihtamiseen – mikä näyttää onnistuvan - ja samalla omien etujen varmisteluun.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related topics/regions: [Australia] [Conflict]
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15.06.2006 The first day of a measles vaccination campaign in East Timor included 600 children in a camp for people displaced by recent violence.
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From: United Nations Children's Fund
Civil conflict and violence has displaced over 130,000 people in Timor-Leste.
13.06.2006 The UN has launched an appeal for nearly $19 million in humanitarian assistance to Timor-Leste for those displaced by the civil conflict and violence of the past few weeks.
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From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Image: Civil conflict and violence has displaced over 130,000 people in Timor-Leste. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
07.06.2006 Relief supplies are to be distributed to over 60,000 internally displaced people in East Timor, including some 40,000 people in Dili, following the outbreak of violence there.
* Alkatiri agrees to UN investigation
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From: International Committee of the Red Cross
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