UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday named Nobel Peace prize laureate and former president of East Timor, Jose Ramos-Horta, as his special representative to Guinea-Bissau, a West African nation that has become a narcotics hub.Full story
DILI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a short visit to East Timor on Thursday, throwing her considerable diplomatic weight behind a fledgling government trying to bring Asia's newest country closer to its booming Southeast Asian neighbors. Full story
DILI (Reuters) - East Timorese Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao's party, which won elections though not a decisive majority this month, will form a coalition that excludes main opposition group Freitilin, the prime minister said on Sunday. Full story
Australian soldiers serving with the International Stability Force in East Timor wait to board an aircraft to return home, at Komoro airport in Dili December 18, 2012. The Australian-led International Stability Force officially ended its mission last month, with UN peacekeepers also closing its m
REFILE - CHANGING COUNTRY AT END OF CAPTION TO EAST TIMORA U.S. marine soldier and East Timor soldiers patrol along Tasi Tolu beach during a joint military exercise in East Timor October 16, 2012. REUTERS/Lirio Da Fonseca (EAST TIMOR - Tags: MILITARY)
REFILE CHANGING COUNTRY AT END OF CAPTION TO EAST TIMORSolders watch as a U.S. helicopter lowers a comrade during a joint military exercise with East Timor marine soldiers at Tasi Tolu in East Timor October 16, 2012. REUTERS/Lirio Da Fonseca (EAST TIMOR - Tags: MILITARY)
