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Keywords: Timor

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Bryan Pipins
- Bryan Pipins
- 17 May 2007
Bryan is a Jesuit from Melbourne who was ordained in 2003. He has worked in East Timor and the Philippines. Last year he was in Darfur, and is presently in Northern Uganda working for the Jesuit Refugee Service.
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Christine Kearney
- Christine Kearney
- 17 May 2007
Christine Kearney is a freelance writer who has worked in East Timor and Indonesia. She is currently based in Canberra.
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Paul Cleary
- Paul Cleary
- 17 May 2007
Paul Cleary worked for East Timor Prime Minister Alkatiri as a consultant on a World Bank-funded project from 2003 to 2005. His book on the Timor Sea oil dispute will be published in June by Allen&Unwin.
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Peter Hosking SJ
- Peter Hosking
- 17 May 2007
Peter Hosking SJ is a former East Timor country director for Jesuit Refugee Service.
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AUSTRALIA

Election a test for East Timor's fragile democracy
- Paul Cleary
- 16 April 2007
1 Comment
Claims of irregularities in last week's presidential election speak volumes about the state of East Timor’s democracy. The elections are also a crucial test for building democracy in post-conflict countries.
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AUSTRALIA

Long road back for Ramos Horta
- Paul Cleary
- 27 February 2007
In 2006, the East Timorese government’s inept handling of a dispute in the army involving soldiers from the western region of East Timor put the young nation on the brink of civil war. Now Jose Ramos Horta has been installed as Prime Minister, but will it make a difference?
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AUSTRALIA

Background to blocked East Timor leadership challenge
- Paul Cleary
- 27 February 2007
As the Prime Minister of East Timor, Mari Alkatiri, prepared a strategy that successfully blocked Friday's leadership vote, hanging on the wall of a conference room in his office is a satellite photo of Dili on fire...
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MARGARET DOOLEY AWARD

What it feels like to have to run
- Christine Kearney
- 22 January 2007
2 Comments
Ten months after the renewed violence and lawlessness in East Timor, nobody is holding their breath for a simple resolution. It seems the dirty politicking will continue until a new order order has been established to properly replace the vacuum left when the state imploded in 1999. The first of two runner up essays in Eureka Street's Margaret Dooley Young Writers Award 2006.
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AUSTRALIA

East Timor Catholic Church caught in the crossfire
- Paul Cleary
- 24 July 2006
The Catholic Church has been actively involved in the crisis in East Timor from the very beginning. It has been both a safe haven for the people affected by it, and a political player.
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AUSTRALIA

Long road back for Ramos Horta
- Paul Cleary
- 10 July 2006
5 Comments
In 2006, the East Timorese government’s inept handling of a dispute in the army involving soldiers from the western region of East Timor put the young nation on the brink of civil war. Now Jose Ramos Horta has been installed as Prime Minister, but will it make a difference?
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Lessons learned from Icarus
- Brian Matthews
- 26 June 2006
There’s a lot of reality around at the moment – at Guantanamo, in Baghdad, in East Timor, in Australian workplaces. To be fully human, we must observe, take account of, and if possible influence these realities as best we can; at the same time life, ordinary quotidian life, must go on.
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AUSTRALIA

East Timor rebuilding must focus on young people
- Peter Hosking
- 26 June 2006
3 Comments
Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri's resignation has occurred, but the country's future hinges on addressing the needs of young people. Offering a new spirit of hope through vocational training and other intiatives, is a key priority in the nation's rebuilding.
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Keywords: Timor