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The Latest Breaking News from Timor Leste

Fleeing Xi’s China: following the trail of migrants trying to reach Australia through Indonesia

A new and high-stakes escape route has been revealed, through the Indonesian archipelago to a smuggler’s boat

The Guardian - AU

‘Playing the China card’ or a serious regional threat? Timor-Leste’s new deal with Beijing

The upgrading of ties with Beijing caught regional leaders by surprise, but experts say it could be a strategy to secure investment from Australia

The Guardian - AU

Time to foster peace

There were a few takeaways from the Asean meetings held in Phnom Penh last week. Apart from political diversions and photo-ops between world leaders with Prime Minister Hun Sen, the most welcoming news was that Timor Leste is to be a new Asean member.

Bangkok Post

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Penny Wong calls for quiet negotiations over gas project after Jose Ramos-Horta warns Timor Leste may turn to China

Timor Leste President José Ramos-Horta has used a series of media interviews to warn that his country may turn to a Chinese company to fund a contentious gas project if the Australian government doesn't "intervene" and lean on Woodside.

ABC News

‘I can’t go home’: Timorese turn to asylum, lost in Australia’s confusing visa system

Temporary migrant workers from Timor Leste are failing miserably in their quest for asylum, learning the hard way that a protection visa is neither a financial safety net nor a means to work.

Crikey

Upcoming AMM facing uphill tasks

The Asean Foreign Ministerial Meeting (AMM) next week will be a test of its centrality and relevancy as never seen before. The annual meeting has to confront sensitive new and divisive issues that will require the 55-year-old bloc's collective wisdom, commitment and foresight.

Bangkok Post

East Timor’s president to focus on economy, political stability

José Ramos-Horta explains why he is focusing on the economy and why China is important ‘but not more important’.

Al Jazeera

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José Ramos-Horta declares resounding victory in Timor-Leste presidential election

Nearly two-thirds of Timorese vote for independence leader and Nobel laureate José Ramos-Horta in a run-off election against the incumbent, Francisco "Lu Olo" Guterres.

ABC News

Factbox-East Timor, Asia's youngest nation, goes to the polls

East Timor, also known as Timor Leste, holds the second and final round of its presidential election on Tuesday, with frontrunner and Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta running against incumbent leader Francisco "Lu Olo" Guterres.

Reuters

Juliana was kidnapped and taken from Timor Leste as a 'war trophy'. Two decades later, she made a daring dash for freedom

As she fled her captor of two decades, Juliana was chased though the jungle by soldiers. When she reached the croc-infested river that separated her from the safety of Timor Leste, she had no choice but to get in.

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