Readers may remember I recently blogged about Timor-Leste's first street drag race. It appears that the event, which was held over the week, didn't go quite to plan, as reported by Timor Post on Monday: A street drag racing tournament (involving motorbikes and cars) to commemorate the 36th Anniversary of Falintil has resulted in the severe injuring of five spectators. …

This went out over the ETAN mailing list, but I haven't seen it posted anywhere else. I really wish I was going to be in Dili to see it. To commemorate the Falintil and Referendum Days — 20th and 30th August 2011 — The Timorese Auto Club will organize an event of DRAG RACE (Car) for the first time in …

A rather peculiar story has come out of Timor-Leste about a lucrative contract awarded to a former Miss Australia to be a tourism "spokeswoman" (ambassador) for the tiny half-island nation for a year. The story broke on Tempo Semanal and has caused something of a stir among Timorese and expats alike. It's unusual for stories like this to generate so …

Here is a photo of world-renowned Spanish-Mexican tenor Placido Domigo at one of his concerts. Now, here is a photo of Timor-Leste prime minister Xanana Gusmao preparing to give one of his famous speeches. As you can see, these two were either separated at birth, or else there's a glitch in the Matrix. But there's more. Here is internationally acclaimed …

Tempo Semanal's latest attack has been levlled at Timor-Leste's finance minister, Emilia Pires. According to the headline, Pires alleges (present tense) that Taur Matan Ruak, commander of Timor-Leste's armed forces, wants to carry out a coup. Then we get to this: Despite this fact the former Falintil Chief of Staff continues to be the target of all sorts of accusations …

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