It should now be renegotiated, because on any reasonable reckoning most of the oil lies in Timorese waters.
If the median line were the border, Greater Sunrise and many other fields would fall in Timorese waters.
Fretilin killed many people in its struggle for power, they say, and has not apologised.In recent weeks, a new force has emerged in Timorese politics, largely on the back of dissatisfaction with Fretilin.
Nonetheless, UNDP acknowledged, "Given its prominence in Timorese society, [customary justice] is a necessary component of a strategy to combat domestic violence".
Brennan told Guardian Australia the senior retired Australian Secret Intelligence Service ASISS) agent, who is a prime witness in the Timorese espionage case against Australia in the international courts, was detained and searched, as was his wife.
By Madhavi Ashok DILI, Timor-Leste, 31 May 2006 – The arrival of Australian troops in the Timorese capital has seen a considerable improvement in the security situation, but at least 75,000 people have fled their homes to escape the recent violence here.
Precarious conditions face many families displaced by conflict in Timor-Leste DILI, Timor-Leste, 31 May 2006 – The arrival of Australian troops in the Timorese capital has seen a considerable improvement in the security situation, but at least 75,000 people have fled their homes to escape the recent violence here.
Last month he walked, unarmed and without guards, to a mountain village to negotiate with Alfredo Reinado, once a major in the Timorese army, who then broke away to fight the new government.
With one in three Timorese between 15 and 29 years old, many youth are faced with limited opportunities.
With one in three Timorese between 15 and 29 years old, the country cannot afford to ignore its young people anymore, thus the salience of a youth-focused policy This is what the Youth Policy promises to do - by ensuring a cross-sectoral approach so that ministries work together to plan very specific youth-targetted programmes in areas such as agriculture, health, education, and industry.
When Vieira de Mello first arrived in East Timor, in 1999, the Timorese had been deeply grateful to the U.N. for having staged a referendum that had led to its independence from Indonesia.
