East Timor agrees budget targeting security, poverty
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East Timor's parliament has approved a  state budget of nearly $350 million for 2008 that aims to  improve security and tackle poverty in Asia's youngest nation.
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International police deployed to East Timor in the wake of unrest in May have formally handed over their authority to the United Nations at a ceremony in the capital.
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East Timorese voted on Saturday in a parliamentary election that could put the impoverished young country on a new path after communal violence last year.
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Israel&#39;s security Cabinet approved a budget of US$550 million to US$670 million on Tuesday to compensate thousands of Jewish settlers set to be removed from occupied Gaza and parts of the West Bank.
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Australia and the Philippines sign a security deal aimed at cracking down on regional terror groups.
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Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta has been sworn as East Timor&#039;s new prime minister, in a move which boosted hopes for a lasting peace and an end to weeks of political uncertainty in the young nation.
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta was sworn in as East Timor&#039;s new prime minister Monday, pledging to end the violence that has wracked Asia&#039;s newest nation and sent 150,000 people fleeing their homes.
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VIENTIANE: Leaders of the four poorest countries within the 10-nation Southeast Asian group agreed to forge closer economic links Sunday as they strive to catch up with their wealthier partners.
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Indonesia and East Timor  announced plans on Tuesday to create a joint commission in  hopes of putting behind them a 1999 rampage in which Indonesian  gangs killed about 1,000 East Timorese.
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East Timor's Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta formally announces he will run for the presidency in April's polls.
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The Legislative Budget Board approved using $591 million in state funds for health and human services programs for the poor. The board endorsed funding that was announced last week by Gov.
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East Timor Foreign Minister Jose Ramos-Horta has asked a breakaway rebel leader to hand over his group&#039;s arms, saying the tiny nation needed to focus on building peace.
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East Timor readied for the swearing-in this week of its new prime minister, Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta, whose appointment raises hopes for an end to weeks of tension in the young nation.
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East Timor is set to vote in a parliamentary poll dominated by promises to ease poverty and strengthen security.
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East Timor appeared headed for a coalition government Wednesday with most votes in last week&#39;s parliamentary polls counted but no one party set to win the majority needed to govern alone.
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Indonesian authorities have stepped up security at the border with East Timor to prevent a rebel East Timor military leader who escaped from jail from entering the country, a report said.
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The UN hands authority back to police in East Timor, two years after stepping in after police and army clashes.