East Timor NewsNews on East Timor continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Helicopter 'cowboy' culture- June 29, 2008 A CULTURE of risk-taking and sloppy safety standards exists in the army's elite helicopter squadron, according to a damning report by a military inquiry into the fatal crash of a Black Hawk helicopter off Fiji ...http://www.topix.net/world/east-timor/2008/06/helicopter-cowboy-culture?fromrss=1 Timor land 'giveaway' under fire- June 29, 2008 EAST Timor's Government is under fire over an agreement to turn more than a sixth of the country's arable land over to a $US100 million foreign-funded ethanol project.http://www.topix.net/world/east-timor/2008/06/timor-land-giveaway-under-fire?fromrss=1 Thousands greet Jackie Chan in East Timor- June 27, 2008 Screen kung fu legend Jackie Chan has been greeted by thousands of cheering East Timorese in a UN goodwill visit to promote peace in the impoverished nation.http://www.topix.net/world/east-timor/2008/06/thousands-greet-jackie-chan-in-east-timor?fr... Accused ETimor rebel connection 'fears' for life- June 27, 2008 The woman accused by the President of East Timor of fostering rebel resistance in the country says she fears for her life.http://www.topix.net/world/east-timor/2008/06/accused-etimor-rebel-connection-fears-for-li... President Ramos Horta 'to quit, join UN'- June 26, 2008 East Timor President Jose Ramos Horta 'to resign' Will reportedly become a UN High Commissioner After assasination attempt said he wanted a quiet life EAST Timor President Jose Ramos Horta is set to quit to ...http://www.topix.net/world/east-timor/2008/06/president-ramos-horta-to-quit-join-un?fromrs... Disgraced corporal jailed, chucked out of the army- June 25, 2008 Corporal punishment: Corporal Paul Dudley has been sentenced to 60 days in the Services Corrective Establishment, before being thrown out of the army.http://www.topix.net/world/east-timor/2008/06/disgraced-corporal-jailed-chucked-out-of-the... Ramos-Horta 'refused to meet' Pires's mother- June 24, 2008 The mother of the woman linked to an East Timorese rebel leader says the country's President refused to meet her in Darwin today.http://www.topix.net/world/east-timor/2008/06/ramos-horta-refused-to-meet-piress-mother?fr... Army corporal faces 15 charges over time in E Timor- June 22, 2008 An army corporal was appearing at a court martial in Christchurch today charged with 15 offences relating to incidents in East Timor.http://www.topix.net/world/east-timor/2008/06/army-corporal-faces-15-charges-over-time-in-... Pearson: No sex with troops, entertainers told- June 21, 2008 SINGER Amy Pearson jokes she has been fitted for a chastity belt in preparation for a date with Australian troops in East Timor.http://www.topix.net/world/east-timor/2008/06/pearson-no-sex-with-troops-entertainers-told... Abortion aid to nations is harmful and obscene- June 20, 2008 THE day I gave birth to my eighth child, I came the closest I have to death. I had a post-partum haemorrhage.http://www.topix.net/world/east-timor/2008/06/abortion-aid-to-nations-is-harmful-and-obsce... |