Last week, the Irish Times quoted Jose Ramos-Horta as saying: The country is very peaceful; common criminality is the lowest in the region; economically we are not doing too bad — growth last year was 14 per cent. Unemployment remains significant, but it has been reduced in the past few years through different schemes. Ramos-Horta is on tour representing Timor-Leste, …

So Balibo has been renamed The Balibo Conspiracy in the UK to make it sound a little more exciting, perhaps. There was a benefit screening of the movie last night at Curzon Mayfair in London. That's all well and good, but what inspired Metro to run this picture of a cinema full of Asian people wearing coats and 3D glasses? …

This comes from a La'o Hamutuk press release. La'o Hamutuk is a non-governmental organization that is a reliable source of information in Timor-Leste. La'o Hamutuk calls on the military and civilian commanders of Australian and other foreign soldiers in Timor-Leste to direct their soldiers to avoid involvement in local politics, including asking Timorese citizens their political views or encouraging them …

Following on from earlier, this is from a press release today: In response to a Press Release issued by Amnesty International (AI) on 8th March, in which it is claimed that President Jose Ramos-Horta now supports calls for an International Tribunal for the crimes committed between 1975 and 1999, the President clarifies: "I remain firmly unconvinced that the interests of …

I went to school with a guy called Tom Payne. We were in the same class for at least a few years, I don't really remember. Anyway, today I read this about him, and a few other familiar faces: Kevin Dunn has been tapped to co-star on HBO's drama pilot "Luck," with "Rome" alumna Kerry Condon and Tom Payne also …

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