A controversial report released in the US has exposed funding of the Indonesian military through World Bank loans. These loans have the full backing of the US government, which has the controlling vote over World Bank projects.
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East Timorese face trialFive East Timorese independence activists are about to go on trial for peaceful protests they carried out during the visit of foreign journalists to Dili in April. They face up to seven years'
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Arson at PNG Forest AuthorityFire on the weekend of June 5 destroyed extensive records of the Papua New Guinea Forest Authority. The PNG police are treating the case as arson. It comes in the midst of attempts by logging
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Indonesian warship fiascoA controversy has erupted in Indonesia over the refitting of 39 German warships purchased last year by the Suharto government. Technology and research minister Jusuf Habibie arranged the deal without
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Supporters of Bougainville have sharply condemned the June 8 Senate report on the Australian parliamentary delegation's visit to Bougainville in April. "The Loosley report makes no mention of the fact that Australian arms, money
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The first Asia Pacific Conference on East Timor (APCET), held in Manila, brought together representatives of human rights and solidarity organisations from across the world to speak out against the continued illegal occupation of
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Situated 4000 metres above sea level, amongst the glaciers and tropical alpine valleys of the central highlands of West Papua, is Indonesia's biggest and most controversial mine, the Freeport-McMoran copper and gold operation at
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SYDNEY — Forty people gathered outside the office of the Philippines Department of Tourism here on May 31, protesting against the attempts by the Philippines government to stop the Asia Pacific Conference on East Timor in Manila
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Organisers of the Asia Pacific Conference on East Timor (APCET) in Manila have been issued a court order preventing it from going ahead. The restraining order was taken out on May 27 by a private organisation which claims the
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Xanana stands firm as arrests increaseXanana Gusmao, imprisoned leader of the East Timorese resistance, has rejected an offer of release into exile. The special adviser of the Indonesian government on Timorese issues, Francisco
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The Philippines government is under pressure from Indonesia to prevent the first Asia Pacific Conference on East Timor (APCET) from taking place in Manila. The conference, scheduled at the University of the Philippines May 31-June 3
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Indonesia 'willing to talk' to East TimoreseA new development in diplomacy concerning East Timor took place at the fourth round of UN-sponsored negotiations between the foreign ministers of Indonesia and Portugal on May 6 in