Topic: Jose Ramos-Horta

An internal review carried out in the Department of Foreign Affairs warned Minister Eamon Gilmore that the closure of embassies at the Vatican, in...
East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta saw his fledgling nation's parliament as corrupt and ineffective and believed himself both "above local politics" and indispensable, leaked US memos show.American diplomats also felt Ramos-Horta had let his 1996 Nobel peace prize "go ...
East Timor is calling for Royal Dutch Shell PLC. (RDSB. LN) to be excluded from discussions about the development of the Greater Sunrise gas field...

Jose Ramos-Horta

Jose Ramos-Horta was a co-founder of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (FRETILIN), and a leader in the Timorese movement for independence from Indonesia . After East Timor won its independence in 2002 , Ramos-Horta served as prime minister before being elected ...

East Timor

or Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, a country in Southeast Asia between the Savu and Timor Seas. East Timor occupies the eastern half of the...
East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta has survived an attempt on his life but received gunshot wounds which have left him in an extremely serious condition. East Timor broke away from Indonesia in 1999 and is one of the world's poorest nations ...

E.Timor not ready for refugee centre: lawmaker

East Timor has many problems of its own and is not ready to accept thousands of asylum seekers under an Australian plan to build a refugee hub in the tiny country, a lawmaker said Wednesday.Natalino dos Santos of Prime Minister Xanana ...
A proposed regional refugee centre in East Timor would be operational for a "very substantial period of time", Australia's immigration minister said Tuesday after talks with President Jose Ramos-Horta.Chris Bowen also said Australia and East Timor had agreed to set ...

Timor Marathon hits world sport calendar

With the world's attention locked on the World Cup in South Africa, it might be an odd time for East Timor to try to boost its international profile with a simple foot-race.But that's what President Jose Ramos-Horta is hoping ...

Ramos-Horta says East Timor finds peace at last

East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta said his young country had finally achieved peace and could look forward to prosperity as it celebrated eight years of independence from Indonesia on Thursday.Thousands of people gathered along the capital's waterfront ahead of a ...