East Timor needs five years to join ASEAN: PM
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East Timor may need at least five years before the fledgling nation is ready to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta said.
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The United Nations mission in East Timor may be extended by another five years from 2008 to oversee the revamp of the young nation's fragile security forces, its chief said on Monday.
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East Timor rebel leader Alfredo Reinado must be &quot;neutralised&quot; after escaping an attack by crack international troops on his hideout, Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Monday.
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The Prime Minister overthrown in last year's coup and the leadership of his party are banned from politics for five years
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Economic and trade ministers from Australia, New Zealand and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) hope to conclude a free trade agreement (FTA) by 2007 it was revealed yesterday.
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TONY EASTLEY: For years Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir blocked Australia&#39;s closer involvement with the ASEAN group of nations.
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Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd vowed Friday his nation's troops would stay in East Timor as long as they were needed following assassination bids on the president and prime minister this week.
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East Timor&#39;s president and prime minister are to testify to the Indonesia-East Timor commission later in September over violence surrounding East Timor&#39;s 1999 independence vote.
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East Timor's president urged Timorese to pray for Suharto, the former Indonesian president who ordered the brutal invasion of East Timor in 1975 and who now lies critically ill in hospital.
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Talking of Indiaâs vision of a greater Asian Economic Community which found an echo with Japan and some Asean members, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called for breaking down the North-South disparities and barriers and giving a massive push to economic
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East Timor's president urged Timorese to  pray for Suharto, the former Indonesian president who ordered  the brutal invasion of East Timor in 1975 and who now lies  critically ill in hospital.
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East Timor's leader urges his countrymen to pray for and forgive ailing former Indonesian leader, Suharto
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Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta of East Timor told a cheering crowd in his hometown Sunday that he will run in April's presidential elections, vowing to help return peace and stability to the troubled nation.
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Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta has said he is one of three short-listed candidates nominated by East Timor&#039;s ruling party to become the next prime minister of the crisis-wracked nation.
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Australia, Indonesia and East Timor should   aim to increase cooperation at upcoming three-country talks,   Jakarta's foreign minister said on Sunday, amid renewed   concerns about stability in the tiny fledging nation.
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New Zealand is considering signing an anti-aggression treaty with south east asian nations despite Australia saying it will not. The Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) is urging both countries
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Monday that East Timor's rebel leader should be &quot;neutralised&quot; as hundreds of protesters took to the streets over Australian troops trying to hunt him down.