More Australian troops land in East Timor
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Hundreds of additional Australian troops have landed in Dili to boost an international peacekeeping force sent to quell violence and restore order in East Timor.
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Australia said it wants to withdraw its troops from East Timor as soon as possible but the timing depends on the United Nations' plans to set up a mission in the fledgling nation.
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East Timorese rebel Alfredo Reinado escaped when Australian troops stormed his stronghold, killing four of his armed men, a defence official said Sunday.
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Australia and Indonesia have opened trilateral talks with East Timor as Canberra said it was planning to reduce its troop commitment despite continuing instability in the fledgling nation.
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Australia will send an extra 150  troops to Afghanistan due to the deteriorating security  situation, Prime Minister John Howard said on Wednesday,  briefly boosting Canberra's commitment to Afghanistan to more  than 600.
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Gangs of youths allied to feuding East  Timor police or army units went on the rampage in parts of the  capital on Saturday, torching houses and vehicles as Australian  and Malaysian peacekeeping troops stepped up patrols.
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Crack Australian troops landed in East Timor as new fighting between the military and rebel soldiers forced thousands to flee the worst violence in the independent nation&#039;s history.
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Australia vows to help safeguard democracy in East Timor after attacks on the president and prime minister.
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DILI, East Timor, March 5 -- East Timor's president invoked emergency powers on Monday to quell unrest after hundreds of young men demanding a withdrawal of foreign troops blockaded roads with burning tires and concrete blocks. The United States issued a travel warning, and Australia said it would...
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East Timor is likely to face an upsurge in anti-government protests and civil unrest this week, Australia warned in a travel advisory.
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Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd touched down in East Timor Friday for a lightning visit designed to show support for the tiny nation's government after the shooting of its president this week.
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The East Timorese government will hand over responsibility for security in the capital Dili to Australian troops, Foreign Minister Jose Ramos-Horta told AFP in an interview.
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East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta  was in a serious but stable condition on Tuesday in an  Australian hospital, but medics were planning more surgery for  up to three gunshot wounds, a senior doctor said.
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Australia is sending 100 extra troops to the Solomon Islands following the death of one of its peacekeepers. Adam Dunning, 26, was shot twice in the back by a sniper during an overnight patrol in the capital, Honiara.
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Thousands of supporters of East Timor&#039;s ousted prime minister rallied in the capital Thursday, escorted by foreign peacekeepers in helicopters, armored vehicles and on foot.
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Australia's foreign minister heads to East Timor for talks amid tensions over a jailbreak in the capital Dili.
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Elite Australian troops arrived in the troubled Solomon Islands on Thursday as the body of an Australian peacekeeper, the first casualty of Canberra&#39;s tough South Pacific security policy, arrived home.