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I just keep babbling about Tibet like i knew anything about the place or the situation. But you know what, that’s how i cope with the situation. Babbling and speculating.
I just watched this video on YouTube and in a way i understand the two points Dalai lama has tried to make a bit better. [...]

The UN security council has voted to extend the current peacekeeping mission in Timor-Leste, UNMIT, by a year. Considering the rather volatile current situation (recap: President José Ramos-Horta was shot, but survived, in an assassination attempt on the 11th of February 2008 and the chase for the bad guys is on), i can only consider [...]

Timor-Leste president José Ramos-Horta who was shot three times in an assassination attempt ten days ago has regained conciousness from the drug-induced coma he was put into. He’s in a stable condition and has talked with members of his family.
During his hibernation, JRH went through a number of surgeries. Doctors of the Darwin [...]

Update @ 09:43: Added details about assassination attempts. @ 09:47 Confirmed Darwin, and that JRH is in serious condition but alive. @ 09:56 Added about Reinado. @ 10:10 Confirmed JRH moved. @10:57 I’m on NowPublic.com.
I am very saddened by the news that my former boss (and Nobel peace laureate, president of Timor-Leste and general good [...]

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62th anniversary of Indonesia Independence day, originally uploaded by Chieee.

Prime minister and ex-president of Timor-Leste, Xanana Gusmão. Rebel leader, fought the Indonesian occupation. Mari Alkatiri, ex-prime minister. Sacked from his job due to his involvement [...]

It’s UN Day today and you’re all invited! Have a good one!
Kudos to all people out there who are actually working for the UN, especially those witin UNDP and UNV (your day is on the 5th of December — i’ll be wearing my blue vest that day), and all you whom i [...]

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robnmehmmv.jpg, originally uploaded by cowboytrix.

I must not have read my feeds very well because i was really surprised to find this set of photos of US marines on the shores (and elsewhere) of Timor-Leste. [...]

According to entirely unofficial information from a completely undisclosed individual with hidden connections to the Commission of election in Timor-Leste, José Ramos-Horta has got 155.678. votes against Lu’Ulo 45.656 votes.
The official results will be out tomorrow.
My minuscule analysis of the (forthcoming) result is that with the relations JRH has to Australia, he’s probably a [...]

Yup. Lu’Olo and José Ramos-Horta will face each other the second and final round of the Timor-Leste presidential elections on the 9th of May.
Would be nice to have a good commentary on the situation and some what-ifs.  What if José RH became president?  He’s a competent figure and the outside world knows of him.  He [...]

The preliminary result of the presidential election in Timor-Leste is that no candidate got over 50% of the votes, and by that, there will be a second round of voting on the 8th of May. The two who in all likelyhood will compete in the finals are prime minister José Ramos-Horta and Parliament chief Francisco [...]