Is Timor-Leste and East Timor the same?
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Yes.The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste or East Timor is the newest independent country in the world, located in Southeastern Asia. It consists of the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecussi-Ambeno, an exclave of East Timor situated on the northwestern side of the island, surrounded by Indonesian West Timor. The small country is located about 400 miles northwest of Darwin, Australia.\n\nThe name Timor is derived from timur the Malay word for 'east', which became Timor in Portuguese. The Portuguese name Timor-Leste and Tetum name Timor Lorosa'e are sometimes used in English. Lorosa'e means 'rising sun' in Tetum.\n\nEast Timor has the lowest per capita GDP (Purchasing Power Parity adjusted) in the world of only $400 (which corresponds to the 192nd, and last, position). However, regarding HDI, it is in 140th place among the world's nations, which corresponds to medium human development.\n\nColonized by Portugal in the 16th century, East Timor was known as Portuguese Timor for centuries. It was invaded by Indonesia in 1975, which occupied it until 1999. Following the UN-sponsored act of self-determination that year, Indonesia relinquished control of the territory, which achieved full independence on May 20, 2002. With the Philippines, East Timor is one of only two majority Roman Catholic countries in Asia.
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Sorry no\nAustralia or Japan
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indonesia curentyl only have 2 friendly's scheduled for 2006 against finland on 26 sept and against new zealand on 10 november. they should also be scheduled to play in the tiger cup in december
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1043014.stm\nhttp://www.voanews.com/english/2006-10-28-voa20.cfm\nhttp://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/ivorindex.htm
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Niue (self-governing in free association with New Zealand)\n\n\nhttp://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ne.html
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Fifty years ago, on 7 March 1955, the Philippine Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York city formally submitted to the United Nations Secretary General, by note verbale, the Philippine assertion that: “ All waters around, between and connecting different islands belonging to the Philippine Archipelago, irrespective of their width or dimension, are necessary appurtenances of its land territory, forming an integral part of the national or inland waters, subject to the exclusive sovereignty of the Philippines.” \nhttp://www.dfa.gov.ph/archive/speech/romulo/custodio50thanniv.htm
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ROMANIAN  Eu te plac\nRUSSIAN     Ti mne nrvishsia
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singapore and Kuwait are two countries in Asia having the same name for their capital.
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No, it is not.  It is its own country.  Though way back in the day Australia served as a penal colony to the UK.  Just like Guam was to the Philippines.  (Sorry my Asian brethren, just telling it like it is.)
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Papua NG relies on assistance from Australia to keep out illegal cross-border activities from primarily Indonesia, including goods smuggling, illegal narcotics trafficking, and squatters and secessionists. Indonesia and Australia have unresolved border disputes as well.
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Yes. But I think its not just only about this cartoons, the political fierce between this two countries is being escalated since Australia granted temporary protection visas to 42 of 43 Papuans who arrived by boat at Cape York in January.\n\nAustralia must choose between two: Maintain bilateral ties with Indonesia, or have a relationship with the 42 Papuans raising the banner of the Free Papua Movement.\n\nThen the problem was increased, with "Cartoon's War" from both of this countries.\n\nBe Wise...:)
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It is a country located in Eastern Europe
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Timor Laste\nShinto\nChang Jiang... maybe\nVietnam, Laos & Cambodia\nMalaysia\nBangladesh\n1991\nMalaysia, Phillipines & Indonesia\n\nYeah... 10 point please!
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The Indonesian government and the parliament consider this anti-pornography and pornoaction law is a manifestation from the culture of Eastern Nations. As an "eastern", Indonesia should preserve the decorous behavior from "Bad" behavior such as pornographies and pornoactions.\n\nIts look like "on the horns of a dilemma", one side we should preserve the heritages of our anchestors, but in another side the era of globalization has come, bundled with its "Freedom" styles.\n\nI think we should harmonized this two conditions wisely, Faster, Better.\n\nThanks....and Be Wise....
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I think that the right to self-determination is largely misunderstood. It applies in places like Sudan, where one group holds the reigns of power and is trying to impose its personal beliefs on a group that doesn't share those beliefs. It arguably applies less in countries that have representative democracies and constitutions that abide by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I think ethnic nationalism is one of the 20th century's greatest, and most dangerous, fallacies and, while I support democratically-decided secessionism, I don't necessarily see it as a good thing (in all cases).\n\nBut that's not your question. I had a professor at university who said, 'You know, before 1948, we weren't Palestinians. We had no emotional attachment to that word. We were Arabs. The creation of Israel also created Palestine. It was only under Israeli control that we developed a sense of ourselves as a distinct people.' The problem with this, of course, if it's true, is that the Palestinian sense of self is entirely dependent on oppressive factors from an outside people. Their national identity is built upon outside factors. East Timor, similarly, exists as an 'ethnic group' largely because of power plays hundreds of years ago between the Netherlands and Portugal. I'm not sure how healthy that is.\n\nYet it exists. Timorese identity exists because Indonesia exists. The point I'm (vaguely) trying to make is that it's probably the struggle for autonomy that creates a national identity, not the autonomy itself. In Switzerland, they have a strong sense of themselves as distinct ethnolinguistic groups, but the lack of a struggle has probably hindered the development of a sense of seperate 'nations', since the Swiss government has always gone out of their way to accommodate the linguistic differences.\n\nIn many cases, I think that once autonomy is achieved, a lot of the passion is lost. They used to emphasise their differences in order to foster a sense of regional identity, but once the regional identity is recognised, it becomes business as usual and then people start to emphasise their similarity with their neighbours. Conflict creates the 'us-and-them' mentality; that mentality dissipates when the conflict ceases.\n\nNot much of an answer, I realise, but it's the ideas that come into my head.
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There is no right answer. \n\n Many sources offer different answers, and depending on the source, there are 189, 191, 192, 193 or 194 independent countries in the world today. \n\n The United Nations has 191 members (including East Timor, the newest nation) but that number does not include the Vatican, an independent nation. \n\n The US State Department recognizes 192 independent countries around the world. but that list of countries reflects the political agenda of the United States of America. As an example, it does not include Taiwan as China claims that Taiwan (the ROC) is simply a province of China. \n\n Many World Almanacs use 192 countries, which is probably the best answer, but what about East Timor? Palestine? Greenland? Western Sahara? The political world is constantly changing.
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Organisation of Petroleum Exporing Countries