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An Introduction to East Timor

After four hundred and fifty years of foreign domination, the people of East Timor voted in a United Nations-sponsored referendum on whether to remain as an autonomous province within the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia, which had illegally invaded and occupied the national territory from 1975 to 1999, or to opt for complete independence.

On 30 August 1999, the long-held dream of the East Timorese was realised after decades of genocide perpetrated by the Indonesian state and the loss of hundreds of thousands of citizens through atrocities and starvation.

On 20 May 2002, the United Nations formally trasferred sovereignty into the hands of the newly-created Democratic Republic of East Timor.

Since then, East Timor has struggled to define itself.

The population remains in poverty notwithstanding the vast oil reserves in the Timor Sea and onshore.

Several violent disintegrations of the rule of law have occurred with disastrous consequences for national unity, social cohesion, political stability and economic development.

The traumatic birth of East Timor and its long history of colonial and imperial hegemony has left deep scars on the national psyche and the people who lived through the horrors of the 24-year long genocide.

Ten years after national liberation, foreign forces are still required to keep the peace and maintain law and order. Enormous contributions of foreign aid have had only minimal impact on the restoration of the country's infrastructure and economic system that were destroyed in 1999.

The enigma of East Timor remains. As an effort to build international consciousness and understanding of East Timor, East Timor Directory has searched the web to find all of the principle sites about East Timor and classified them into relevant categories.

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Timor Sea

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La'o Hamutuk - http://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/OilIndex.html

Oil & natural gas issues.

Big Bank Shoals of the Timor Sea - http://www.aims.gov.au/pages/reflib/bigbank/pages/bb-00.html

Australian Insitute of Marine Science. An environmental resource atlas.

Timor Sea, Boundaries and Oil - http://www.etan.org/issues/tsea.htm

East Timor Action Network's resources on the Timor Sea.

Timor Sea Justice Campaign - http://www.timorseajustice.org/

The Timor Sea Justice Campaign (TSJC) was an independent campaign made up of concerned individuals of various ages and professions working to bring about a just and prompt resolution to the Timor Sea dispute.

Timor Sea Treaty - http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/treaties/2003/13.html

Text of the treaty between East Timor and Australia.

Petroleum revenue management in Timor-Leste - http://www.jenniferdrysdale.com/

Sustainable Development or Resource Cursed? An Exploration of Timor-Leste's Institutional Choices Jenny Drysdale

Petrotimor - http://www.petrotimor.com/index.html

Contains information about the maritime boundaries between Australian and East Timor, the Timor Sea treaty and the oil reserves in the Timor Sea.

Politics

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Elections

European Union Election Observation Mission Timor Leste 2007 - http://www.eueomtimorleste.org/

Francisco Guterres Lu Olo ba Prezidente - http://luolo.blogspot.com/

IFES Election Guide for East Timor - http://www.electionguide.org/country.php?ID=63

Reports of the United Nations' Independent Electoral Certification Team - http://www.unmit.org/

UNMISETWebSite.nsf/60325cf12626b2a349256f0a00 3ef7d8/a9c08d9b1d24c06849257243001551a4?

OpenDocument

Solidarity Observor Mission in East Timor - http://www.etan.org/somet.htm

Political Parties

Departamento de Informação e de Mobilização FRETILIN - http://lianmaubere.blogspot.com/

Dr Jose Ramos-Horta President for the Poor - http://www.ramos-horta.org/index.html

Fretilin (Archive) - http://members.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/fretilin.htm

FRETILIN: Unidade e Acção - http://www.fretilin-rdtl.blogspot.com/

Lian Maubere - http://lianmaubere.blogspot.com/

National Congress for the Reconstruction of East Timor - http://cnrt-timor.org/

Partido Democratico - http://www.partidodemocratico.org/

Partido Democratico Timor-Leste Blog - http://pdemocratico.blogspot.com/

Partido Nacionalista Timorense - http://pnt-timor-leste.planetaclix.pt/

Political Parties & Groupings of Timor Leste February 2007 - http://www.ip.alp.org.au/news/0607/

tl06-01.php

Partido Socialista de Timor - http://members.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/partypst.htm

UDT Blogspot - http://udtimor.blogspot.com/

União Democrática Timorense - http://www.fitini.net//udttimor/udttimor.html

Podcasts

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Hunt for the truth - East Timor - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW3PP7U670M

The recent failed assassination of President Ramos-Horta is shrouded in mystery. Killed that same day outside Horta's home was rebel leader Alfredo Reinado.

Reinado: Xanana responsible for 2006 violence - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lggJoQtAxCw

Alfredo Reinado is a former army major of Timor-Leste's defence force, the F-FDTL. In mid 2006 he mutinied and began a campaign of terror against Timor-Leste and its democratically elected government. Evidence has been mounting eversince that Reinado's actions araised from a conspiracy by the then president, Mr. Jose Alexandre Gusmao "Xanana" and his allies to topple the FRETILIN government. In this video Reinado reveals that the author of the violence was none other than Mr. Gusmao himself, who was recently appointed prime minister despite his own political party coming second at the national elections. This video has been shot by an annonymous film maker and is widely available Timor-Leste. The TVTL, the only television service and is run by the state and by Gusmao loyalists, has refused to air this video.

Alfredo Reinado - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9AdzmDOvZMQ&feature=related

On 11th Of February 2008 East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta Was Shot While Rebel Leader Alfredo Reinado Was Killed.

101 East East Timor 15 Feb 08 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvPJTkuPXXw

101 East asks if the East Timorese rebel Alfredo Reinado was a deluded murderer or a convenient scapegoat and whether his death and the shooting of the president will spur peace efforts.

PNTL Dili Massacre 25 May 25 2006 - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=kmwocx4bi9o&feature=related

1999 War in East Timor - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SvjlXOcY5lg&feature=related

Compilation of Violence between Independence Supporters and Militia

Dili Santa Cruz Massacre 12 Nov 1991 - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8NYdGad-0bs&feature=related

A Testimony of the Dili Santa cruz Massacre, November 12th 1991

East Timor Army (F - FDTL) In Action - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=O-wW-B9uZfQ

East Timor riot Posted 3 Aug 07 - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gemhDxOPIHg&feature=related

East Timorese girl singing at a wedding - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8g2MotU_w-E&feature=related

iHistory Podcast Project - http://ihistory.wordpress.com/2007/08/19/timor-leste-introductory-podcast/

A secondary school project using podcasts and mp3 players to study australian history

Timor - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuJLNYtiatI

A video and song alerting people about the problems in Timor.

Miscellaneous

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Associacao Dos Militares do Oecussi - http://oecussi.no.sapo.pt/index.htm

Esta Associacao, foi formalmente fundada em 2 de Maio de 1998, dando seguimento as pretensoes dos seus mentores, recordar Timor, em especial o enclave do Oecussi Ambeno, e promover encontros anuais entre os ex-militares e suas familias.

Australian Mission in East Timor - http://www.dfat.gov.au/missions/countries/tp.html

The site of the Australian embassy in Dili.

Belun - http://beluntl.org/index.php Link Removed Site does not appear to be active.

Belun was established in 2004 to bolster civil society in Timor-Leste and reduce underlying tensions that may lead to violent conflict. BELUN’s mandate is to serve communities within Timor-Leste, develop the organizational capacity of the partners, reduce tensions and prevent conflict in Timor-Leste. BELUN means “friend” or “partner” in the national language, Tetum.

As Bonecas de Ataúro - http://www.bonecasdeatauro.com/

Handmade dolls from Atauro Island.

Catholic Church in East Timor - http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/tp.html

This site provides details of the hierarchy of the Catholic Church in East Timor including dioceses and bishops.

Cities in East Timor - http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-cities-in-east-timor

Dili Allstars - http://www.diliallstars.com/

East Timor Committee (Sweden) - http://www.osttimorkommitten.se/prescomm.htm

The committee works to disseminate knowledge about East Timor, its people and culture to support the political, economical and cultural development of East Timor to make the Swedish government support East Timor politically, economically and culturally both bilaterally and in international fora.

East Timor Observatory - http://homepage.esoterica.pt/~cdpm/frameI.htm

In view of the resulting new political context, two Portuguese NGOs - the Commission for the Rights of the Maubere People (CDPM) and the ecumenical group Peace is Possible in East Timor, which have been involved in East Timor solidarity work since the early eighties, decided to set up the East Timor Observatory. (Historical site no longer maintained)

East Timor - Paradise of Island of Abuse? - http://www.easttimor.org.uk/index.htm

A site based in the United Kingdom includes some background information and a good index of books about East Timor.

Embaixada de Portugal em Díli - http://www.embpor.tp/

The web site of Portugal's embassy in East Timor. Only in the Portuguese language.

Embassy of Cuba - http://embacuba.cubaminrex.cu/Default.aspx?alias=embacuba.cubaminrex.

cu/timorport

The web site of the Cuban Embassy in East Timor. Available in Portuguese and Spanish only.

Estela Ferreira Goodwill Embassador to Timor-Leste - http://www.gwambassadortimor.org/

Estela Ferreira is a Portuguese-born Austrlalian named as Goodwill Ambassador to East Timor. This site contains some background information on her and her acitivities as GWA. This site also has some good photos from inside East Timor.

European Union's Relations with East Timor - http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/east_timor/

Haburas - http://www.haburasfoundation.org/

The Haburas Foundation is the oldest and most active national environmental group in Timor Leste. Haburas uses a wide network of local community groups and relies on traditional Timorese culture to promote better environmental management practices that also respond to the developmental needs of local communities. Haburas carries out initiatives in sectors such as forest management, coastal area protection, ethical tourism, energy management and environmental education.

Holy Bible in tetum New Testament - http://www.intratext.com/IXT/TET0001/

Independent Women East Timor - http://www.ciir.org/independentwomen/AssociatesHome/92037/

home_page/

Independent women is both a record of women's experience in East Timor and a case study for women activists seeking to draw lessons from how East Timorese women navigated the East Timorese transition from occupation to independence, conflict to peace. Above all, however, the book is dedicated to East Timorese women victims of violence and East Timorese women peacemakers and activists. It is hoped that the book will stimulate and sharpen debate and discussion of future action in the East Timorese women's movement itself.

Friendship and Zamaica Boys - http://zamaica.wordpress.com/

Internet usage broadband & telecommunications - http://www.internetworldstats.com/asia/tp.htm

East Timor Internet World Statistics.

Japan Ministry of Foriegn Affairs Timor-Leste (Archives) - http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/asia-paci/indonesia/e_timor/index.html

Kedutaan Besar Republik Indonesia di Timor-Leste - http://www.kbridili.org/

The Indonesian embassy in Dili. Only in Indonesian.

Oecusse.com - http://www.oecusse.com/

An information source on the Oecusse Ambeno enclave district of East Timor.

OnlineWomen: East Timor - http://www.onlinewomeninpolitics.org/etimor/timormain.htm

Some basic information on women in East Timor.

Order of Capuchin Friars - http://www.ofmcap.org/en/notizieview.php?id=82

On October 1st 2003 Br. Fernando Alberto (guardian and bursar of the fraternity), Br. Jose de Sousa Caetano and Br. Hermano Felipe de Jesus da Silva Rodrigues, set out for East Timor. Dom Basilio do Nascimento, Apostolic Administrator of Baucau and Dili, entrusted to the new fraternity the mission station of Laleia, in the district of Manatuto, diocese of Baucau.

Sítio de Timor - http://timor.no.sapo.pt

Se esta página servir para um único dos Professores em Timor se sentir menos só, já serviu para alguma coisa. Se puder ser útil a alguém que está a pensar em ir para lá, é muito bom. Se ajudar um bocadinho a que uma só pessoa entenda o que se passa em Timor, é excelente. Se for apenas mais um, entre dezenas de outros, paciência.

Suai Media Space - http://www.suaimediaspace.org/

An on-line story-telling site about the art of friendship and culture.

Tekee Media Inc. - http://tekeemedia.com/

Tekee Media is primarily a music-based organisation whose members internationally-renowned composer: Martin Wesley-Smith and clarinettist Ros Dunlop - have travelled and performed extensively on the international concert circuit. The concerts have a central focus around social justice and human rights issues, and are multimedia performances.

Timor Crocodilo - http://www.timorcrocodilovoador.com.br/

A Portuguese language site about East Timor based in Brazil.

Timor Dusky Sparrow - http://www.timor-sparrow.net/

This site introduces Timor Dusky Sparrow and Java Sparrow. The number of individual of Timor Dusky Sparrow decreases at the place of origin. We may not say that their breeding is easy. I get possible to breed with them surely. However, it is not easy. If this site is useful for you when you wanted to know it about them, I am glad.

Timor-Leste Oe-Kusi Ambenu - http://geosite.jankrogh.com/borders/other/timor-leste.htm

Timor Lorosa'e - The Unseen Massacre - http://www.timor-ofilme.com/en-home.htm

Unofficial Guide to East Timor - http://www.osolemedia.com/easttimor/index.html

Media

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Centru Jornalista Investigativu Timor-Leste - http://www.cjitl01.blogspot.com/East Timor Investigative Journalists Centre. (English Version available)

East Timor Guide Post - http://guideposttimor.com/

East Timor's news, business and travel info publication in English.

Kla'ak Semanal - http://klaak-semanal.blogspot.com/

Maubere Journal News - http://journals.aol.com/lelobere/MaubereNews/

This journal provides news about East Timor and includes English, Tetun, Portuguese & Indonesian language news items.

Radio Comunidade Atoni Lifau - http://www.atonilifau.radio-connect.com/

News in Tetum.

Radio Comunidade Maliana - http://www.kudaulun.radio-connect.com/

Radio Rakambia - http://www.rakambia.radio-connect.com/

Seminario - http://www.semanario.tp/

An East Timorese Portuguese-language newspaper.

Suara Timor Lorosa'e - http://www.suaratimorlorosae.com/

East Timor's leading daily newspaper published mainly in Tetum and Indonesian.

Timor Leste Daily Media News - http://tl-dailymedia.blogspot.com/

A web log of English translations of the headline news from various media in East Timor.

Timor-Leste Media Development Centre - http://www.tlmdc.org/joomla/

Offers a wide range of training options in print and broadcast journalism skills, technical support, media law, policy development, finance and administrative management.

Timor-Leste Recent News - http://tl-recentnews.blogspot.com/

Timornewsonline - http://www.timornewsline.com/

Timor's daily news subscription service developed by the East Timor Media Develoment Centre. The latest stories from Dili online by subscription.

Law and Justice Organisations

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Advocats sans Frontieres Belgium - http://www.asf.be/index.php?module=programmas&lang =en&id=139

The Belgium Lawyers without Borders civil society organisation has undertaken justice sector programs in East Timor since independence including strengthening the East Timor lawyers association, human rights and community legal education.

East Timor Action Network - http://www.etan.org/

A New York based CSO supporting justice and human rights in East Timor.

East Timor Law Journal - http://www.eastimorlawjournal.org

Publishes articles on the law of East Timor, English translations of legislation, reports on court proceedings and legal news. Towards the rule of law in Timor-Leste.

East Timor Law and Justice Bulletin - http://easttimorlegal.blogspot.com

East Timor Lawyers Association - http://aatl.minihub.org/index.htm

The East Timor national lawyers association. Site is multilingual.

East Timor Legal Information Site - http://www.easttimorlegalinformation.org

Free legal information from Timor-Leste including attorneys, government agencies, parliament, elections, security reports, legal and current news. Promoting transparency in East Timor's legal system.

East Timor Women - http://www.easttimorwomen.org

A site dedicated to raising awareness about the plight of women in Timor-Leste.

ESTAFETA - http://www.etan.org/estafeta/

Forum Organizacao Nao-Governamental de Timor-Leste - http://www.geocities.com/etngoforum/prof.htm

An East Timorese national umbrella organisation for civil society organisations.

Free East Timor - http://www.freedom.tp/

Free East Timor Coalition New Zealand - http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~stu/fret/

Historical site. No longer updated.

Global Policy Forum Timor-Leste - http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/etimindx.htm

Human Rights Data Analysis Group - East Timor - http://www.hrdag.org/about/timor-leste.shtml

The Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) develops information technology solutions and statistical techniques to help human rights advocates build evidence-based arguments.

Human Rights Watch East Timor Page - http://hrw.org/doc/?t=asia&c=eastti

IFES East Timor - http://www.ifes.org/easttimor.html

International Centre for Transitional Justice East Timor - http://ictj.org/en/where/region3/628.html

International Federation for East Timor - http://etan.org/ifet/

Jingo Base NGO Joint Safety Office - http://jingobase.wordpress.com/

Provides summaries of the security situation in East Timor.

Judicial System Monitoring Program - http://www.jsmp.minihub.org/Language_English/i

ndex_english.html

La'o Hamutuk - http://www.laohamutuk.org/Justice/JusticeIndex.html

La'o Hamutuk web site's law and justice section.

Law Library of Congress East Timor Page - http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/easttimor.html

Masters of Terror - http://www.villagechief.com/mot/

Perkumpulan HAK - http://www.yayasanhak.minihub.org/

The leading East Timorese national law and justice civil society organisation. Materials are published mainly in Indonesian and Tetum.

Special Panel for Serious Crimes - http://www.worldlii.org/tp/cases/TPSPSC/

The Asia Foundation East Timor - http://www.asiafoundation.org/Locations/easttimor.html

The Asia Foundation conducts an access to justice program in East Timor.

The Freynework Justice Issues: East Timor - http://www.fraynework.com.au/justice/timor.html

US State Department Reports on Human Rights Practices East Timor - http://www.state.gov/g/drl

rls/hrrpt/2005/61607.htm

Vrij Oost Timor - http://www.vrijoosttimor.nl/

A Nederlands based organisation. Only in Dutch. De Stichting Vrij Oost Timor is een stichting, opgericht door enkele (voornamelijk Utrechtse) activisten vanuit een jarenlange strijd voor een vrij Oost Timor.

World Legal Information Institute East Timor - http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/2283.html

ZNET East Timor's Struggle for Independence - http://www.zmag.org/CrisesCurEvts/Timor/

timor_index.htm

Languages

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Dili Institute of Technology Tetum - http://www.tetundit.tl/
Tetun (also spelled 'Tetum') is one of the two official languages of Timor Leste, and the main lingua franca used throughout the country. Dili Institute of Technology’s Language Centre offers Tetun language training to both Timorese and expatriates, as well as producing resources in and about Tetun.

Ethnologue.com Languages of East Timor - http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=TL

Fataluku Language Project - http://www.fataluku.com/index.html

The Waimaha Language of East Timor - http://rspas.anu.edu.au/linguistics/projects/Waimaha/

Tetum & Other Languages of East Timor - http://geo.ya.com/travelimages/timor/languages.html

Tetum Spell Checker - http://baneebe.blogspot.com/2008/03/tetum-spell-checker-for-ms-word.html

Tokodede - http://www.ling.hawaii.edu/~uhdoc/tokodede/

Makasae - http://www.ling.hawaii.edu/~uhdoc/makasae_osor/

English-Tetum Travellers' Dictionary - http://au.geocities.com/lev_lafayette/morris.html

Latest legal news from Timor-Leste in English. Updated daily: East Timor Law and Justice Bulletin

International Organisations

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Food & Agricultural Organisation - http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index.asp?lang=en&iso3=TMP

Timor-Leste & the IMF - http://www.imf.org/external/country/tls/index.htm

UNESCO - http://portal.unesco.org/geography/en/ev.php-URL_ID=2428&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_

SECTION=201.html

United Nations Timor Leste - http://203.91.151.13/

United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste - http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/unmit/

index.html

United Nations Mission in Support of East Timor - http://www.unmiset.org/

United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor - http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/unmiset/

United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor - http://www.un.org/peace/etimor/etimor.htm

United Nations Mission in East Timor - http://www.un.org/peace/etimor99/etimor.htm

United Nations Development Programme Timor-Leste - http://www.tl.undp.org/

UNMIT Mission Page - http://www.unmit.org/

UNHCR - http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/country?iso=tmp

UNICEF - http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/Timorleste.html

UNIFEM in East Timor - http://www.unifem-eseasia.org/country/timor.htm

World Health Organisation East Timor - http://www.who.int/countries/tls/en/

World Food Program East Timor - http://www.wfp.org/country_brief/indexcountry.asp?country=626

Images

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agnesdherbeys' photos 2007 Presidential Election - http://www.flickr.com/photos/8829503@N02/

allensoverseas East Timor - http://www.allensoverseas.com/photo.htm

Bouvet Photography - http://www.bouvet.info/photography/

East Timor Photographer - http://www.easttimorphotographers.com

Fotografias de Timor - http://pub43.bravenet.com/photocenter/album.php?album=1393&

usernum=3689080653

Howard Lo's East Timor Photos - http://talk19.wordpress.com/2007/10/22/east-timor-photos/

Images of Timor Leste - http://www.timor.org/

Images of Timor Leste - http://www.travel-images.com/timor.html

NASA Satellite Image of Timor - http://veimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/3109/Timor.A2002179.0205.250m.jpg

Parliamentary Election Timor-Leste 2007 Photographs - http://www.flickr.com/photos/9584500@N06/

Photo Galleries from East Timor - http://www.michael.tl/photos/photos.htm

ReefScenes.net - http://reefview.blogspot.com/

Satellite Images of East Timor Island & Towns - http://www.ga.gov.au/education/facts/news/

timor.htm

SHAKELEG.travel East Timor Nov 2007 - http://shakeleg.com/web/index.php/vacation/timor-leste/

Timor Engravings De Rienzi 1836 - http://www.mapsouthpacific.com/engravings/timor.html

Underwater East Timor - http://www.uwet.blogspot.com/

World Record Tour East Timor - http://www.weltrekordreise.ch/p_asie_tl1.html

Humanitarian Organisations

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aideasttimor.org - http://www.aideasttimor.org/

On 20 February 2001, the Madison city council unanimously approved a resolution making Ainaro, East Timor an official Madison sister city and the first such East Timor sister city in the US. The relationship was established at the request of the community of Ainaro, who has also urged concerned groups to help with medical, women's, educational, farming, and other projects.

Alola Foundation - http://www.alolafoundation.org/

The Alola Foundation was established in 2001 to raise awareness of and campaign against the sexual and gender-based violence experienced by women and young girls in Timor-Leste. In response to the needs identified by East Timorese women, the Alola Foundation has grown to provide services and programs in areas such as advocacy, employment, education, maternal and child health and humanitarian assistance.

Asian Development Bank East Timor Page - http://www.adb.org/Timor-Leste/default.asp

Timor-Leste has received $12.25 million in total technical assistance since 1999. Before joining ADB in 2002, ADB assistance to Timor-Leste was conveyed through the United Nations Transitional Authority in East Timor.

Association for the Equality of the Disabled People of Timor - http://www.asserteasttimor.com/

ASSERT is an East Timorese NGO (non-governmental organisation) working for the rights of disabled people, established in partnership with UK NGO the Cambodia Trust. Together, ASSERT and The Cambodia Trust have established the Timor Loro Sa’e Centre for Physical Rehabilitation (TLSPR) - Timor's first rehabilitation centre for disabled people.

AusAID: East Timor - http://www.ausaid.gov.au/country/country.cfm?CountryId=911

As one of the world's newest democratic nations, East Timor has had to face all the challenges relating to the establishment of a new government, economy and society simultaneously. This was always going to be a massive and long-term endeavour. Australia has been one of East Timor's strongest supporters and partners in this undertaking since 1999. Between 1999 and June 2007, Australia has provided over $570 million in Official Development Assistance (ODA) to East Timor and, after lifting its aid significantly in 2006-07 to meet the needs of the security and humanitarian crisis, expects to invest a further $72.8 million.

Austcare East Timor Page - http://www.austcare.org.au/ourwork/countries/timor-leste.aspx

Austcare is committed building partnerships with the Timorese community, key institutions and central and local government authorities, to ensure sustainable reconstruction and development in a potentially fragile post-conflict environment for the Asia-Pacific region’s newest and poorest nation.

Australia Timor Leste Program of Assistance for Specialist Services - http://www.surgeons.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ExternalAffairs/

InternationalProjects/EastTimorProject/default.htm

The over-arching goal of the program is to improve the health status and outcomes of people in Timor Leste with surgically treatable illness, disability or trauma. The purpose of the program is to improve the availability and quality of essential general and specialist surgical services for the people of Timor Leste.

Australian Aid International - http://www.aai.org.au/operations/dili.html

On 16 March 2007, AAI returned to Timor-Leste where it plans to create and promote long term health activities in close collaboration with health authorities and with the funding support of Oilex Ltd, an Australian oil and gas exploration company operating offshore in the Timor Sea .

Bairo Pite Clinic - http://bairopiteclinic.tripod.com/

Bairo Pite Clinic was founded by Dr. Dan Murphy in 1999. Located in Timor-Leste's capital city of Dili, provides free health care services to the local population. On average, the clinic sees 300 or more patients per day, with a strict policy that everyone must be seen.

Carmelite Province Australia & Timor Leste - http://www.carmelites.org.au/ceasttimormission.htm

The Carmelite Friars have been in East Timor since January 1999. Two friars from the Indonesian Province, Frs Gerta and Mandius, lived first with the Carmelite Sisters at Maubara about 60 kilometers from Dili. During the struggle for independence they witnessed the suffering and hardship of the people and the destruction of the country.In 2000 Bishop Belo asked the Carmelites to go to Zumalai.

Catholic Agency for Overseas Development -http://www.cafod.org.uk/where_we_work/asia/east_timor

CAFOD began working in East Timor in 1989. Throughout the turbulent 1990s, CAFOD’s partners played an important role in the social and economic development of East Timor.

Children of East Timor - http://web.archive.org/web/20031212015908/http:/www.ease.com/~lourdes/

The children are being cared for by Sister Lourdes who is increasingly being recognized for her efforts to help the poorest people in East Timor improve their economic situation by reviving and preserving their culture. Her only financial assistance comes from people like you and me who hear of her and are compelled to help.

Church World Service Timor Leste - http://www.cwseasttimor.org/index.php

Church World Service (CWS), founded in 1946, is a relief, development, and refugee assistance ministry of a consortium of 35 Protestant, Orthodox and Anglican denominations in the United States. Working in partnership with indigenous organizations in more than 80 countries, CWS works worldwide to meet human needs and foster self-reliance for all whose way is hard. Belonging to the same region, CWS Timor Leste works closely with CWS Indonesia.

Concern Timor-Leste - http://www.concern.net/what-we-do/where-we-work/a723/Timor-Leste.html

Concern has been working in Timor Leste since 1999, focusing on education, malnutrition and improving resources available to rural communities.

Conference on Sustainable Development in East Timor - http://members.tripod.com/sd_east_timor/

The purpose of the Conference is to highlight the environment and to promote and facilitate dialogue about sustainable development in East Timor, so that principles of sustainable development can be incorporated into future planning.

Connect East Timor - http://www.connecteasttimor.com/

Connect East Timor's campaign objective is to raise funds and gifts in kind to a total of USD 5M to establish a sustainable and affordable, solar powered, two-way radio system linking all villages and towns within each district.

DARA East Timor - http://www.daraint.org/web_en/hriCrises_East_Timor.html

DARA is an independent non-profit organisation committed to improving the quality of development and humanitarian interventions through evaluation. DARA aims to ehance the efficiency and quality of aid and therefore contribute to the global effort to alleviate human suffering and reduce poverty.

East Timor Eye Program - http://www.etep.org.au/index.htm

The East Timor Eye Program (ETEP), established July 2001, is a program targeted at delivering national eye-care services to East Timor.

East Timor Silk Program - http://www.easttimorsilk.org/home.htm

East Timor Sunrise Incorporated - http://bairopiteclinic.tripod.com/sunrise.htm

The basic aim of the Association is, through Christian ecumenical co-operation in the Northern Territory, to aid in the alleviation of poverty and help the people of East Timor in the development of their country

East Timor Women Network (Rede Feto Timor Leste) - http://www.redefeto.org/

We envision Rede Feto as the leader in advocacy for women's rights and gender quality in East Timor, have a strong presence among the national and international communities, have active and well functioning member organizations, have highly motivated and skilled staff in the secretariat, have committed and effective Board of Directors (BOD), a self sustaining organization creating lasting impact on the lives of Timorense Women.

Fred Hollows Foundation East Timor - http://www.hollows.org/Timor_Leste/

Of the 13,500 people living with blindness in Timor-Leste, an estimated 70% are blind due to cataract. A further 40,000 people have poor vision that affects their daily life. The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ has joined with the Ministry of Health of Timor-Leste to develop the country's first ever National Eye Health Strategy and to oversee the implementation of a national eye health and blindness prevention program.

Fund for East Timor - http://www.thecommunity.com/fet/

Funds donated to the Fund for East Timor are transferred in full to East Timor, less credit card fees. Money goes to purchase locally produced materials, and employ the Timorese in rebuilding their country. Please donate today.

International Centre for Eyecare Education - http://www.icee.org/where_we_work/timor_leste.asp

Klibur Domin Home Tibar - http://klibur-domin.east-timor.net/

Living Sanctuary Brethren Church East Timor - http://www.lsbc.org.sg/cgi-bin/e-site/cgi-bin/prod_list.pl?1117609277@1024638633

Mercy Corps - http://www.mercycorps.org/countries/easttimor/&source=1175?gclid=CPCM0-6Wr4sCFQqgYgodyAyIVQ

National Cooperative Business Association East Timor - http://www.ncba.coop/clusa_work_etimor.cfm

Norwegian Refugee Council - http://www.nrc.no/?aid=9167170

NZAID East Timor - http://www.nzaid.govt.nz/programmes/c-timor-leste.html

Overseas Specialist Surgical Association of Australia Inc - http://www.ossaainc.org.au/

Oxfam Australia: Timor Leste - http://www.oxfam.org.au/world/asia/east_timor/

Peace Dividend Trust Timor-Leste - http://www.peacedividendtrust.org/?category=48&title=

Peace%20Dividend%20Trust%20Timor-Leste%20%20Overvi

Plan Timor Leste - http://www.plan-international.org/wherewework/asia/easttimor/

Progressio East Timor - http://www.progressio.org.uk/progressio/Internal/89678/89681/east_timor/

Red Cross in Timor Leste - http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/iwpList74/

DD243CAE03999743C1256B6600602D91

Ryder-Cheshire Australia - http://ryder-cheshire.org/east_timor.htm

Save East Timor - http://www.saveeasttimor.org/

The Hope Orphanage Timor-Leste - http://hopeintimor.blogspot.com/

Timor-Leste Agricultural Rehabilitation, Economic Growth & Sustainable Natural Resource

Management Project - http://tpss.hawaii.edu/tl/index.html

The St. Bakhita Centre - http://www.bakhita.org/

The Timor-Leste Dairy Project - http://www.timordairy.com/

Timor Aid - http://www.timoraid.org/

Tulun Dili Technology for Social Justice - http://infotimor.infoxchange.net.au/about.shtml

Tyneside East Timor Solidarity - http://tets.sdf-eu.org/index.html

UN Department of Economic Affairs Division for Sustainable Development - http://www.un.org/esa

/agenda21/natlinfo/countr/timorleste/

USAID East Timor - http://timor-leste.usaid.gov/

Water Aid Australia Timor-Leste - http://www.wateraid.org/australia/what_we_do_where_we_work/

timorleste/default.asp

World Bank East Timor - http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/EASTASIAPACIFICEXT/TIMORLESTEEXTN/0,,menuPK:294027%7EpagePK:141159%7EpiPK:141110%7EtheSitePK:294022,00.html

History

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Archives & Museum of East-Timorese Resistance - http://www.amrtimor.org/home.php?lingua=en

Sponsored by the Mario Soares Foundation, this website aims to give notice of the Archives & Museum activities, to provide access to East-Timorese Resistance related documents, to illustrate the process of the collections assembling and processing and to contribute to a better understanding of the East-Timor history. The original texts in Portuguese will gradually be translated into English and Tetum.

Britain, Portugal and East Timor in 1941 - http://www.questia.com/googleScholar.qst;jsessionid=

HX7bSYqZyl1gKh5drhKdpl82y55MYS7d8GNfnBQvxpZntgKLk5d1!279073949?docId=

5001637401

Balibo - Official film site. http://www.balibo.com.au/

Balibo affair 1975 Australian National Archives - http://www.naa.gov.au/about-us/publications/fact-sheets/fs238.aspx

Celebrating the Birth of a Nation - Christian Science Monitor -http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0507/p11s01-coop.html

Crisis in East Timor Global Issues - http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/EastTimor.asp

Cronologia Dell'espansione Portoghese a Timor - http://www.colonialvoyage.com/timorp.html

Defence Support to Timor-Leste Operation Chiron - http://www.defence.gov.au/opspire/

Diggers in East Timor Mar - Dec 1942 - http://www.geocities.com/dutcheastindies/east_timor.html

Dutch Portuguese Colonial History East Timor - http://www.colonialvoyage.com/index.html

East Timor Histroy, Politics & Culture - http://www.seasite.niu.edu/EastTimor/default.htm

East Timor Time Line CNN - http://www.cnn.com/interactive/asianow/9909/east.timor.timeline/ frameset.exclude.html

East Timor Chronology - http://www.nautilus.org/~rmit/publications/timor-cronology.html

East Timor Crisis Special - http://www.scoop.co.nz/features/timorcrisis.html

East Timor Human Rights Watch Key Documents - http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/timor/

East Timor Independence PBS Online Newshour - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/east_timor/

East Timor Operation Citadel - http://www.defence.gov.au/opcitadel/

East Timor Revisited: Ford Kissinger & the Indonesian Invasion 1975-76 - http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB62/

East Timor Under Indonesian Rule PBS Report - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/july-dec99/timor_background.html

Fall of Timor - 'Men of Timor' - http://www.ww2australia.gov.au/japadvance/guerillas.html

Glasgow University East Timor & Indonesia - http://www.gla.ac.uk/~clubs/easttimor/index.html

Operation Tower - http://www.defence.gov.au/optower/index.htm

Pasabe - What is the price of peace? - http://www.passabe.com/#

Peacekeeping East Timor Australian Department of Defence (INTERFET) - http://pandora.nla.gov.au/parchive/1999/S1999-Nov-19/easttimor.defence.gov.au/Extra/1/652155(1).html

Portuguese East Timor - http://www.geocities.com/dutcheastindies/portugal.html

Remembering 1942 The battles on Timor 20-23 February 1942 - http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/remembering1942/timor/

The battles on Timor 20-23 Feb 1942 Australian War Memorial - http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/remembering1942/timor/

The fightings on the Portuguese East Timor Island, 1942 - http://www.geocities.com/dutcheastindies/timor_port.html

The Obscure History of East Timor - http://www.uc.pt/timor/atop.html

The Struggle for East Timor - http://www.motherjones.com/news/special_reports/east_timor/

The Trials of East Timor: Special Report - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1999/05/99/east_timor/340363.stm

Timor-Leste Operation Astute 2006 - http://www.defence.gov.au/opastute/default.htm

Government

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Central Bank - http://www.bancocentral.tl/en/main.asp

Civil Aviation Division - http://www.timor-leste.gov.tl/CAA/index.html

Commission for Reception, Truth & Reconciliation - http://www.cavr-timorleste.org/

Commission of Truth & Friendship Indonesia East Timor - http://www.ctf-ri-tl.org/

Government - http://www.timor-leste.gov.tl/

Hydro Timor - http://www.hydrotimor.com/index.html

Immigration Department of Timor-Leste - http://www.migracao.gov.tl/

Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Cooperation - http://www.mnec.gov.tl/

Ministry of Justice - http://www.mj.gov.tl/

Ministry of Health - http://www.minsau.gov.tl/

Ministry of Natural Resources, Minerals & Energy Policy Directorate of Petroleum & Gas - http://www.timor-leste.gov.tl/EMRD/index.asp

Ministry of Planning & Finance - http://www.mopf.gov.tl/

Ministry of State Administration & Territorial Management - http://www.estatal.gov.tl/

Ministry of Transport, Communication & Public Works - http://www.timor-leste.gov.tl/MTC/index.htm

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries - http://www.timor-leste.gov.tl/MAFF/index.htm

National Directorate of Statistics - http://dne.mopf.gov.tl/index.htm

National Parliament - http://www.parlamento.tl/Lia%20sira/ingles/index_ENGLISH.htm

Office of the Prime Minister & Cabinet - http://www.pm.gov.tp/welcome.htm

Official Gazette - http://www.mj.gov.tl/jornal/

Permanent Mission to the United Nations - http://www.timor-leste-un.org/

Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva - http://www.timorlesteingeneva.com/

Technical Secretariat of Electoral Administration - http://www.stae.tl/

Timor Sea Office - http://www.timorseaoffice.gov.tp/enindex.htm

Timor Sea Designated Authority - http http://www.timorseada.org/

Tourism Office - http://www.turismotimorleste.com/en/

General Information

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BBC News Country Profile - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1508119.stm

BBC News East Timor Independence - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/asia_pacific/2002/east_timor_independence/

Bibliography of East Timor - http://coombs.anu.edu.au/Biblio/biblio_etimor.html

Bibliography Portuguese language resources on East Timor - http://www.seasite.niu.edu/EastTimor/biblio2.htm

Birth of a Nation CNN Special Report - http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/timor/

Centro Audio-Visual Max Stahl Timor Leste - http://www.shoalhaven.net.au/~mwsmith/aatlms.html#ams

East Where the Sun Rises - http://www.congo-pages.org/ET/Timor_Lorosae.htm

Democratic Republic of East Timor - http://www.geocities.com/alextilman/

Discover Dili - http://www.discoverdili.com/

Encyclopedia of the Nations East Timor - http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Asia-and-Oceania/East-Timor.html

Freedom in the World 2007 East Timor - http://www.freedomhouse.org/uploads/press_release/ETimor_FIW_07.pdf

Genocide Documentation Centre East Timor - http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/Timor/Index.htm

Go East Timor - http://www.goeasttimor.com/

Indonesia/East Timor Documentation Project - http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/indonesia/index.html

Informação económica e social sobre Timor Leste - http://pascal.iseg.utl.pt/~cesa/infotimor.html

NCORE East Timor Conflict Resources - http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/services/cds/countries/Timor_Leste_(East_Timor).html

NationMaster - East Timor - http://www.nationmaster.com/country/tt-east-timor

Ramelau Information Services - http://www.ramelau.com

Reuters AlertNet - East Timor - http://www.alertnet.org/db/cp/east_timor.htm

The Unofficial Guide to East Timor - http://www.osolemedia.com/easttimor/

Timor Lorosa'e in Transition 2001 - 2002 - http://uk.geocities.com/alextilman/

Travel Advice (Australian Government) - http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/zw-cgi/view/Advice/East_Timor

University of Texas Libraries East Timor Maps - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/east_timor.html

UK Foreign Office East Timor - http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/

ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1018965315867

US Department of State - East Timor - http://www.state.gov/p/eap/ci/tt/

US Library of Congress East Timor - http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/asian/easttimor/easttimor.html

Weather CNN East Timor - http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/au/Indonesia/DiliWPDL.html

Weather BBC East Timor - http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/country_guides/results.shtml?tt=TT005260

Weather Records & Averages for East Timor - http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/city.php3?c=EM

Wikipedia East Timor - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Timor

World Statesmen East Timor - http://www.worldstatesmen.org/East_Timor.html

Friends of East Timor

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Blue Mountains East Timor Sisters - http://www.bmets.org.au/aboutbmets.html

Friends of Aileu - http://www.moreland.vic.gov.au/publications/aileu.htm

Friends of Baguia - http://www.baguia.org.au/index.html

Friends of Balibo - http://friendsofbalibo.blogspot.com/

Friends of Baucau - http://home.vicnet.net.au/~fobaucau/

Friends of Maliana - http://www.leichhardt.nsw.gov.au/East-Timor-Support---Friends-of-Maliana.html

Friends of Same - http://friendsofsame.org/index.html

Friends of Suai - http://www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/friendsofsuai.html

Friends & Partners of East Timor Incorporated - http://www.fpet.org.au/index.htm

Friends of Timor - http://www.friendsoftimor.com/index.php

Friends of Venilale - http://www.mansfield.vic.gov.au/Page/Page.asp?Page_Id=409&h=1&p=1

Madison-Ainaro Sister City Alliance - http://www.aideasttimor.org/masa.html

Education and Research

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Associação Académicos Timorenses de Coimbra - http://www1.ci.uc.pt/atc/atc_online.html

Ai-Kameli Trust - http://www.aikameli.com/home.htm

Arafura Timor Research Facility - http://www.atrf.org.au/

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research East Timor - http://www.aciar.gov.au/web.nsf/country/East%20Timor?opendocument

Catholic Regional College Sydenham East Timor Project -http://www.crcsydenham.net/east_timor_1.html

Centro Nacional de Investigação Científica - http://www.geocities.com/cnic_timor/cnic.html

Charles Darwin University activities in Timor Leste - http://www.cdu.edu.au/itl/timorleste/

Clearing House for Archival Records on Timor 1974-1999 - http://www.timorarchives.info/

Colégio de São José - http://saojose.wordpress.com/

Dili Institute of Technology - http://dit.east-timor.net/

East Timor Education Fund - http://www.etef.org.au/

East Timor Students Association (VU) - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ETSA/

National University of East Timor Library Project - http://untl.labor.net.au

Nova East Timor Sister School Project - http://www.novaproj.org/east_timor/index.html

Timor-Leste Research - http://www.timor-leste.org/index.html

Timor-Leste Studies Association - http://www.etstudies-aust.org/

Timor Net University of Coimbra - http://www.uc.pt/timor/

UNESCO Statistics Education in East Timor http://stats.uis.unesco.org/unesco/TableViewer/document.aspx?ReportId=

121&IF_Language=eng&BR_Country=6260

Universidade de Lisboa Colónia Portuguesa de Timor - http://www.ics.ul.pt/ahsocial/fontoura/album/pag_inteiras/3.htm

Xanana Vocational Education Trust - http://www.xananatrust.org/

Businesses and Economy

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Airnorth - http://www.airnorth.com.au/

Airnorth were the first airline to establish services to Dili, East Timor during the political uprising in 1999 and are currently conducting 10 scheduled services per week. We also provide support to humanitarian organisations providing aid in East Timor through special fares and waivers to excess luggage charges. In May of 2004 Airnorth signed contracts to commence services between Darwin and Kupang, Indonesia under a joint venture arrangement with Merpati Nusantara Airlines.

ANZ Timor Leste - http://www.anz.com/timorleste/

An Australian bank providing banking services in East Timor. Office located in Dili at Cnr of Av. Presidente Nicolau Lobato & Rua Belarmino Lobo Bidau Lecidere. ATM Locations: Leader Store, Comoro During business hours Monday to Sunday.

Atauro Island Eco-Tourism - http://www.atauroisland.com/content/index.php

Tua Koin is a simple and attractive model of eco-tourism which aims to minimize the negative impacts of tourism and maximize the positive benefits for local communities. Its goal is to attract responsible guests who will enjoy sharing an authentic environment, culture, beauty, tranquillity and adventure. Guests are asked to respect the environment and culture of Atauro. Cultural/study tours can be organized on request.

Austasia Airlines - Flights rom Singapore to Dili and return.

Discovery Inn - http://www.discoveryinneasttimor.com/

This boutique hotel offers equal to four star comfort set in lush court yard gardens right in the heart of the city. Offering a wide range of accommodations, Food & Beverage, Recreational as well as Conference & Banqueting facilities. The Hotel really is the perfect choice whatever the purpose of your visit.

Compass Charters
Palapaso, Dili.
Timor Leste
+670 751289 kym@dtceasttimor.com

Dive Timor Lorosae - http://www.divetimor.com/

Dive Timor Lorosae is East Timor's premier PADI scuba diving centre. Operating in East Timor since 2000 DTL offers PADI dive courses, boat and shore dives, full equipment retail and service centre, travel packages and a professional and friendly atmosphere to explore East Timor. Join us this year and dive East Timor for yourself.

Doing Business in Timor Leste - http://www.doingbusiness.org/ExploreEconomies/?economyid=209

Shows summary Doing Business 2008 data for the selected economy. The first table lists the overall "Ease of Doing Business" rank (out of 178 economies) and the rankings by each topic. The rest of the tables summarize the key indicators for each topic and benchmark against regional and high-income economy (OECD) averages.

DTC Holidays East Timor - http://www.dtceasttimor.com/

East Timor Investments - http://www.easttimorinvest.com/main.htm

This is a draft of proposals for investment in Timor-Leste (formerly known as East Timor). Please be kind to email your comments and suggestions to Hong Kong office of H.E. Ambassador Eric Hotung C.B.E. at timorinvest@hotung.org

Eco Discovery East Timor - http://www.ecodiscovery-easttimor.com/

Eco Discovery - your local East Timor Tours operator - invites you into the heart of Timor Leste (East Timor) and it's people on an interactive tour of Discovery that will remain with you for some time. No one knows the country better than the locals.

FreeFlow Diving in East Timor - http://www.freeflowdiving.com/

FreeFlow first opened its doors to divers in early 2001, making it East Timor’s longest-established dive centre. Owned and operated by a British couple, Wayne Lovell and Ann Turner, it was the realization of a dream born in the long, dark London winters of their previous lives as television news journalists.

G & E Timor Tourism - http://www.timortourismdirectory.com/index.html

This G&E Timor Tourism Directory is dedicated to the people of "Our Timor - Leste; to promote and assist in the economic development of tourism of each and every one of the 13 districts of Timor-Leste. This directory promotes operators from the smallest local tourism related businesses to the largest internationally operated establishments.

Hotel Esplanada - http://www.hotelesplanada.com/

One of the premiere boutique hotels in the new Timor Leste. With panoramic views across the expansive Dili bay area from the upstairs restaurant and its smart modern interiors this small hotel offers you the best accomodation in the city of Dili.

Hotel Timor - http://www.hotel-timor.com/

Situated in the centre of Dili, close to the city’s main buildings, and 10 minutes away from the Nicolau Lobato International Airport, Hotel Timor is the ideal place for those who arrive in Dili for a meeting or just looking for somewhere to start their adventure in the world’s newest nation.

InfoTimor - http://www.technology.tl/

Technology for social justice. The Info Timor enterprise has been developed to improve access to information technology in East Timor. The aim is to empower citizens of East Timor by enabling the exchange of information and ideas. The Info Timor enterprise provides young people of East Timor with advanced computer knowledge and skills, enabling them to pass these skills onto local communities, making positive social change and creating employment opportunities in their home country.

Jobs in East Timor - This is a blog managed by Peace Dividend Trust (PDT) Timor-Leste. Compiles job vacancies in Timor-Leste. Includes an employer directory.

JMS Civil and Mining Pty Ltd - http://www.jmscivilmining.com.au/

An Australian company operating in East Timor in engineering and infrastructure developments. JMS is particularly proud of its presence in East Timor where it has been assisting with the restoration of infrastructure for more than five years.

Kareta - http://kareta-timor.blogspot.com/

Place to buy and sell cars and motorcycles in Timor-Leste. Fatin ida ne'e atu fa'an no sosa kareta no motor iha Timor-Leste.

Kingsbury Capital Partners - http://kingsburycapital.com/

Kingsbury Capital Partners invests in key industries in Timor Leste by either establishing a direct strategic position in an industry or partnering with leading Timorese companies to achieve significant returns.

Merpati - http://www.merpati.co.id/

An Indonesian airline with flights from Dili to Denpasar, Kupang and other destinations in Indonesia.

PDL Toll - http://www.pdltoll.com/default.aspx?page=30

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has deployed to Timor Leste with a mission to assist the Timor Leste Government and the United Nations to bring stability, security and confidence to the nation. The ADF has chosen PDL Toll as their comprehensive logistics provider.

SanCar - http://www.sc-et.com

SanCar Pest Control is recognized as Timor-Leste foremost pest management companies. With more than 5 professionally trained staff, the company is renowned for reliability, quality and professionalism. Over 5 years procurement experience, the SanCar Group has become one of today’s most respected players in the trading arena of Timor-Leste. Located in the centre of Dili, Timor-Leste. The SanCar group is an appointed distributor for some of the largest, most dependable manufacturers. The SanCar group operates in the following business sectors.CJF Construction's core business philosophy has been to provide our customers, in a safe and efficient manner, with the highest quality service. We are committed to and experienced in executing even the most complex projects on time schedules which are some of the best in the industry.

SDV East Timor - http://www.sdveasttimor.com/sites/sdv/tp/default_en.aspx

SDV East Timor was the first International Freight Forwarder to be established in East Timor in the aftermarth of the destruction caused by militias after the referendum for Independence of August 1999. SDV East Timor has now grown to be the largest freight forwarder, shipping agent and customs broker in East Timor, contributing to the rebuilding of this new nation.

Tafui Oil Company Limited - http://www.tafuioil.com/

The designedly TAFUI OIL COMPANY LTd., Anonym Partnership, with Certificate No. 10592, is a local private Company of Timor Leste, registered under the Regulation No.2002/4 of Democratic Republic of Timor Leste, under the Business Registration issued on date 23rd of April of 2002. The prevalence of the period is valid from 15th of June of 2005 and will expire on 14th of June of 2006. This period of time is duly extended every year before the expiration date. This company has as its principal basis at Landmark Plaza, Level 2, No.19, Av. Mártires da Pátria, Fatuhada, Dili, Timor Leste.

Timor-Leste Procurement Database - http://www.buy-in-timor.org/

The Building Markets project is an innovative initiative designed to help rebuild and restore the economies in post-conflict countries. The project helps international buyers to identify local providers of goods and services. Project teams on the ground in each country document local suppliers and work to raise awareness of local market conditions. Building Markets also provides training to help local companies respond appropriately to tender requests and RFPs.

Timor Telecom - http://www.timortelecom.tp/eng/index_uk.html

Timor Telecom (TT) is the Telecomunications operator for Fixed and Mobile services in East Timor. Timor Telecom was awarded the concession contract, after an international competition, that was arbitrated by the United Nations and Timorese Government. Timor Telecom is contracting the first Fixed and Mobile Telecomunication network of the independant nation of East Timor. The international prefix for East Timor is 670.

Timor Village Hotels - http://www.timorvillagehotels.com/

A growing group of small 5-20 bed Hotels/Accomodation units in East Timor, supported by a small group of business people who want to maximise the chances that locals will own and benefit from tourist facilities; in the future. It is a commercial organisation on a simplistic basis offering a "micro hotel franchisee system", but one whose aim it to receive a reasonable profit on capital returned (10%), with any additional profits being returned to locals. It is eco friendly orientated but true eco-friendly; is not quite practical at the current time and will require considerable training effort.

Wideform Group - http://www.wideform.com.au/

Wideform Timor-Leste is Wideforms first international branch that was set up to help contribute positively to rebuilding Timor-Leste’s Built and Social environment.

Blogs about East Timor

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Blogs about East Timor in English

1999 Horrors of East Timor - http://1999horrorsofeasttimor.blogspot.com

A Dream of My Journey - http://zefonsilves.blogspot.com/

ASSERT Blog - http://www.asserteasttimor.com/blog.html

Blue Mountains East Timor Sisters - http://www.bmeasttimorsisters.blogspot.com/

Diak Ka Lae? A Dummy's Guide to Timor-Leste - http://baneebe.blogspot.com/

Dili Diaries - http://www.tribalstrategies.com.au/

Dili-gence - http://www.wombathole.com/dili-gence/

East Timor Forum - http://www.topix.net/forum/world/east-timor/

East Timor Who Cares - http://easttimorwhocares.wordpress.com/

East Timor Journal - http://easttimorjournal.blogspot.com/index.html

East Timor Law & Justice Bulletin - http://easttimorlegal.blospot.com

East Timor Tourism Association News - http://easttimortourismassociationnews.blogspot.com/

In the Land Downunder... - http://alfredoesteves.blogspot.com/

Return to Rai Ketak - http://raiketak.wordpress.com/

Timor ba nafatin - http://timorbanafatin.blogspot.com/

Timor Leste Perspectives - http://timor-today.blogspot.com/

TravelBlog East Timor - http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/East-Timor/

View from the Wings - http://jasdunn.bigblog.com.au/index.do

Voices of East Timor - http://voicesofeasttimor.blogspot.com

Xanana Republic Gazette - http://xananarepublic.blogspot.com/

Blogs about East Timor in Tetum

CFEO - Centro Feto Enclave Oecusse - http://oecusseenclave.blogspot.com/

Forum Haksesuk - http://forum-haksesuk.blogspot.com/

Forum Loriku - http://matenek.blogspot.com/

Lafaek - http://www.lafaek.com

Salurik - http://salurik.blogspot.com/

Blogs about East Timor in Portuguese

Alguns Textos de Leitura Obrigatoria - http://antimalaiazul.blogspot.com/

Aqui e Timor-Leste - http://aquietimorlestenumeroum.blogspot.com/

Blog de Timor - http://lorosae1.blogspot.com/

blogodilo - http://blogodilo.blogspot.com/

Ermera Blogspot - http://ermera.blogspot.com/

Forum Juventude e Estudante Timorense - http://www.forumjet.blogspot.com/

Hanoin Oin-oin - http://jpesperanca.blogspot.com/

Loron Economico - http://www.loroneconomico.blogspot.com/

Lorosae - http://groups.msn.com/Lorosae

Manufahi Blogspot - http://manufahi.blogspot.com/

Repúblika Banana - http://bananarepublik.blogspot.com/

Timor - http://blogs.publico.pt/timor/

Timor Cartoon International - http://timorcartoon.blogspot.com/

Timor do Norte a Sul - http://timordonorteasul.blogspot.com/

Timor Lorosa'e - http://o-makatana.blogspot.com/

Timor Online - http://timor-online.blogspot.com/

Uma Lulik - http://umalulik.blogspot.com/

Art & Culture

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Arte Moris - http://www.artemoris.org/

Arte Moris was born in the aftermath of 25 years of Indonesian military occupation and the extremely violent events following the August 1999 referendum leading to the countrys independence restoration on May 20th 2002. Its primary aim was to use art as a building block in the psychological and social reconstruction of a country devastated by violence, with special emphasis on helping its young citizens.

Atauro Island Pair of Divinity Figures - http://www.dartexchange.com/ArtAreas/home.nsf/Item/NT0015FFC6

Atauro is a small remote island east of Timor island, Indonesian archipelago. In the mid 1970's a style of carved figures, formerly unknown to collectors and museums in the West came to attention in the tribal art market. This 2 large Atauro figures depicted here are divinity figures. The male which usually has a miniature carved in the lower part is known as "Baku-Mau" the female as "Lebu-Hmoru". In Atauroan society this two divinities are responsible for success in all important periods and occasions in life, such as harvest, hunting and fishing and most important fertility. Thus an annual ritual for this two divinities was held where both figures were set facing each other on a stone site or stone altar.

Ba Futuru Transformation Through the Arts - http://bafuturu.homestead.com/Home.html

Ba Futuru engages children and youth in artistic, conflict resolution and human rights activities in East Timor.

Bosco Art -Culture-Based Art - 1965: Bosco was born in Dili on March 26th as Manuel Justino “Bosco” Alves do Rego.

Legends from East Timor - http://www.uc.pt/timor/lendas.htm

Traditional narratives taken from Fernando Sylvan's anthology of traditional Maubere tales and myths Cantolenda Maubere - the legends of the Mauberes.

Nine new painted rock art sites from East Timor - http://www.questia.com/googleScholar.qst;jsessionid=GFnC1Nd29hF12g

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Nine new painted rock art sites were located in East Timor during reconnaissance over two field seasons in July-August 2000 and July-September 2001. This paper provides a preliminary report on these sites in the context of previously recorded rock art sites in East Timor and comparisons are made with some other areas of painted rock art in the western Pacific as including the area from Timor in the west to Tonga and Samoa in the east.

Timor Treasures - http://www.timortreasures.com/

An online store selling Timorese artefacts.

Timor Tribal Art - http://www.janesoceania.com/timorhome/art.htm

Images and descriptions of indigenous art works from Timor Island.

Transformational Arts for Peace - http://transformationalartsforpeace.blogspot.com/2008/09/photos-by-junitu.html

A photography project involving the children and youth of Timor-Leste.