Rival of East Timor PM says he should quit
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A fired military officer and one-time rebel whose dismissal contributed to East Timor&#039;s descent into violence blamed the prime minister for ordering recent killings and called Thursday for him to resign.
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Officials called on a fugitive East Timorese rebel leader to surrender Thursday as international troops surrounded a mountain town where he and scores of armed followers were holed up.
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The two leaders have been bitter rivals The party of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has said it will pull its ministers from the governing coalition, amid a rift with the prime minister.Comment
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East Timor&#039;s rebel leader has rejected an agreement designed to end days of violence in the tiny nation and demanded the sacking of the country&#039;s embattled prime minister.
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Foreign Minister Alexander Downer faces questions about the future of Australia's peacekeeping commitment to East Timor when he attends top level meetings in Dili tomorrow.
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Incoming EU Commissioner Rocco Buttiglione should resign or be stripped of some of his powers, Neil Kinnock said today. Mr Buttiglione has thrown the new Commission
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East Timor&#039;s former prime minister Mari Alkatiri urged thousands of supporters to take their fight to the ballot box amid hopes of an end to the political crisis paralyzing the country.
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An East Timor rebel leader asked to negotiate with authorities Thursday as an Australian-led international force surrounded his hideout, but rejected calls to surrender, a witness with him said.
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East Timor President Xanana Gusmao made an emotional plea for peace after weeks of violence, as the tiny country&#039;s rebel leader pressed him to oust the unpopular prime minister.
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East Timor's government should reconsider its policy of negotiating with rebels fighters after a botched assassination on the president, Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Sunday.
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East Timor's new Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta has said his government would prioritize reconciliation and try to restore public confidence in the authorities after months of uncertainty in the tiny nation.
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East Timor&#039;s top prosecutor ordered the ousted prime minister on Friday to submit to questioning about allegations that he distributed weapons to civilian militias.
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East Timor's prime minister met Tuesday with hundreds of soldiers whose dismissal earlier this year sparked fierce gunbattles in the capital, and the eventual installation of a new government.
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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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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose year-old government has suffered a string of damaging scandals and a humiliating electoral defeat, has told ruling party leaders he wants to resign, news reports said Wednesday.
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East Timor will no longer negotiate with renegade soldiers accused of attacking the nation's two top leaders last week, the acting president warned Monday, as the first arrest was made in the case.
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East Timor's president appealed for calm and international troops patrolled the streets of Dili on Monday, a day after troops fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse rampaging youths.