<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288985454698549375</id><updated>2012-01-27T19:26:29.324+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Manufahi - Timor Leste</title><subtitle type='html'>Noticias de Timor Leste</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manufahi.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1288985454698549375/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manufahi.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1288985454698549375/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Timor-Leste de Manufahi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07521394458105231550</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3PqREMeILUI/SQHfSc90UrI/AAAAAAAABVQ/dsmdykvp21M/S220/D.+Boaventura+de+Manufahi+-+Meio+corpo.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>783</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288985454698549375.post-4346187992333614138</id><published>2008-12-15T14:34:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-15T14:38:22.381+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Cometa McNaught brilhou em Timor-Leste</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3PqREMeILUI/SUZPeH3h4xI/AAAAAAAAB0w/15s84yL55lo/s1600-h/800px-Comet_P1_McNaught02_-_23-01-07.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279994992065110802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3PqREMeILUI/SUZPeH3h4xI/AAAAAAAAB0w/15s84yL55lo/s400/800px-Comet_P1_McNaught02_-_23-01-07.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Origem: Wikipédia, a enciclopédia livre.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O Cometa McNaught foi a maior surpresa nos últimos 40 anos na &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Astronomia"&gt;astronomia&lt;/a&gt;. Descoberto em &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/7_de_Agosto"&gt;7 de Agosto&lt;/a&gt; de &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/2006"&gt;2006&lt;/a&gt;, se transformou no mais brilhante cometa das última décadas. Até mesmo superando o brilho da última aparição do &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Cometa_Halley"&gt;Cometa Halley&lt;/a&gt;. O cometa nos dias &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/13_de_Janeiro"&gt;13&lt;/a&gt; e &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/14_de_Janeiro"&gt;14 de Janeiro&lt;/a&gt; de &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/2007"&gt;2007&lt;/a&gt; atingiu a &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Magnitude_aparente"&gt;magnitude aparente&lt;/a&gt; de -6.0 sendo vísivel na luz do dia.&lt;br /&gt;O cometa pôde ser visto no céu em &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Janeiro"&gt;Janeiro&lt;/a&gt; de &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/2007"&gt;2007&lt;/a&gt; primeiramente no &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Hemisf%C3%A9rio_Norte"&gt;Hemisfério Norte&lt;/a&gt; e depois no &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Hemisf%C3%A9rio_Sul"&gt;Hemisfério Sul&lt;/a&gt;. Sobre sua rota e informações sobre a decadencia de seu brilho, ainda não existe informações exatas.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 393px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3PqREMeILUI/ST9rMqRR4LI/AAAAAAAAB0o/0JilTGfM620/s400/zacarias.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;2008-12-08 06:51:40&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Díli, 08 Dez (Lusa) - Zacarias Albano da Costa é o novo líder do Partido Social Democrata (PSD) timorense, após vencer a votação dos delegados ao congresso, domingo à noite, em Díli.&lt;br /&gt;O actual titular da pasta dos Negócios Estrangeiros timorense recolheu o voto de 692 delegados ao congresso do PSD, contra 643 do outro candidato à liderança, Fernando Gusmão, líder da bancada parlamentar do partido.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Zacarias Albano da Costa sucede na presidência ao fundador do partido, Mário Viegas Carrascalão, ex-governador do território sob ocupação indonésia.&lt;br /&gt;O novo presidente do PSD pretende, "em primeiro lugar, continuar a herança de Mário Viegas Carrascalão", conforme declarou à Agência Lusa quando anunciou a sua candidatura à liderança do partido.&lt;br /&gt;Zacarias Albano da Costa quer também que o PSD "seja um partido com apoio das bases e não apenas constituído por um grupo que está na direcção nacional".&lt;br /&gt;O PSD, que elegeu seis deputados ao Parlamento Nacional nas legislativas de 2007, integra a Aliança para Maioria Parlamentar (AMP), que reúne o Congresso Nacional de Reconstrução de Timor-Leste (CNRT), a Associação Social-democrata Timorense (ASDT) e o Partido Democrático (PD).&lt;br /&gt;Zacarias Albano da Costa, após a vitória no congresso do PSD, deverá também ocupar a próxima presidência da AMP, que é rotativa.&lt;br /&gt;Além de Zacarias Albano da Costa, o PSD tutela mais duas pastas no IV Governo Constitucional, a da Justiça, com Lúcia Lobato, e a da Economia e Desenvolvimento, com João Gonçalves.&lt;br /&gt;PRM&lt;br /&gt;Lusa/fim&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Zacarias da Costa&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Origem: Wikipédia, a enciclopédia livre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Imagem:Zacariasdacosta.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zacarias da Costa, ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros de Timor-Leste &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zacarias Albano da Costa (Remexio, &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Aileu_(distrito)"&gt;Aileu&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/16_de_Janeiro"&gt;16 de Janeiro&lt;/a&gt; de &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/1964"&gt;1964 &lt;/a&gt;) é um diplomata e dirigente político &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Timor-Leste"&gt;leste-timorense&lt;/a&gt;. Após as &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Elei%C3%A7%C3%A3o_parlamentar_em_Timor-Leste_(2007)"&gt;eleições legislativas de 2007&lt;/a&gt;, foi nomeado ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/l%20cite_note-1"&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt; em 8 de Agosto de 2007&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/l%20cite_note-2"&gt;[3]&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Zacarias da Costa começou os seus estudos no Seminário de Dare. Em &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/1975"&gt;1975&lt;/a&gt;, com a invasão indonésia, abandonou o país e refugiou-se em &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Portugal"&gt;Portugal&lt;/a&gt;, completando os estudos secundários nos &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/A%C3%A7ores"&gt;Açores&lt;/a&gt;. Licenciou-se em Humanísticas pela Faculdade de Filosofia da &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Universidade_Cat%C3%B3lica_Portuguesa"&gt;Universidade Católica Portuguesa&lt;/a&gt;, em &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Braga"&gt;Braga&lt;/a&gt;. Aqui foi presidente da Associação Académica entre &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/1988"&gt;1988&lt;/a&gt; e &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/1991"&gt;1991&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Iniciou a sua actividade política como presidente do Comité Regional, em &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Lisboa"&gt;Lisboa&lt;/a&gt;, em &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/1992"&gt;1992&lt;/a&gt;. Participou na reestruturação da &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Uni%C3%A3o_Democr%C3%A1tica_Timorense"&gt;União Democrática Timorense&lt;/a&gt; no exterior que culminou com o Congresso Extraordinário de Lisboa, em Dezembro de &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/1993"&gt;1993&lt;/a&gt;, no qual foi um dos vice-presidentes eleitos. Participou activamente na chamada "Frente Diplomática", tendo servido durante vários anos como representante da &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Hist%C3%B3ria_de_Timor-Leste"&gt;Resistência Timorense&lt;/a&gt; na &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Uni%C3%A3o_Europeia"&gt;União Europeia&lt;/a&gt;, com base em &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Bruxelas"&gt;Bruxelas&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/B%C3%A9lgica"&gt;Bélgica&lt;/a&gt;). Após o &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Referendo"&gt;referendo&lt;/a&gt; de 1999, no qual a população leste-timorense escolheu por esmagadora maioria a independência, veio a ser um dos fundadores do novo &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Partido_Social_Democrata_(Timor-Leste)"&gt;Partido Social Democrata&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Como vice-presidente da UDT, responsável pelas Relações Internacionais do partido, deu um novo impulso e uma nova dinâmica a este partido histórico timorense. Como elemento activo e preponderante na &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/w/index.php?title=Comiss%C3%A3o_Coordenadora_da_Frente_Diplom%C3%A1tica&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1"&gt;Comissão Coordenadora da Frente Diplomática&lt;/a&gt; (CCFD) foi mesmo, depois de &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ramos-Horta"&gt;José Ramos-Horta&lt;/a&gt;, um dos mais viajados representantes da Resistência Timorense no exterior. Representou Timor-Leste em vários fóruns internacionais, destacando-se as Assembleias-Gerais das &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Na%C3%A7%C3%B5es_Unidas"&gt;Nações Unidas&lt;/a&gt; em &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Nova_Iorque"&gt;Nova Iorque&lt;/a&gt;, Comités de Descolonização e Comissões e Sub-Comissões dos Direitos Humanos, em &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Genebra"&gt;Genebra&lt;/a&gt;. Foi um grande defensor da causa timorense nos seminários regionais das &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Cara%C3%ADbas"&gt;Caraíbas&lt;/a&gt; sobre a descolonização, onde participou activamente em &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Trinidad_e_Tobago"&gt;Trinidad e Tobago&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Santa_Lucia"&gt;Santa Lucia&lt;/a&gt; e &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Ant%C3%ADgua_e_Barbuda"&gt;Antígua e Barbuda&lt;/a&gt; e foi o primeiro timorense com um estatuto quasi-diplomático a representar Timor-Leste no Fórum dos &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/ACP"&gt;ACP&lt;/a&gt;-União Europeia.&lt;br /&gt;Como representante da Resistência em Bruxelas, dinamizou a causa timorense no coração da &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Europa"&gt;Europa&lt;/a&gt; através do trabalho directo com as instituições europeias, nomeadamente a &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Comiss%C3%A3o_Europeia"&gt;Comissão Europeia&lt;/a&gt; e o &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Parlamento_Europeu"&gt;Parlamento Europeu&lt;/a&gt;, instituição que aprovou várias resoluções condenando sempre a &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Indon%C3%A9sia"&gt;Indonésia&lt;/a&gt;. No &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Parlamento_Europeu"&gt;Parlamento Europeu&lt;/a&gt; foi uma voz incansável dos direitos do povo timorense, e secretariou o Inter-Grupo do Parlamento Europeu por Timor-Leste. Ainda em Bruxelas, conseguiu que a Câmara dos Deputados da Bélgica aprovasse a mais completa resolução sobre Timor-Leste passada por um parlamento nacional antes da Independência.&lt;br /&gt;Participou, a convite do secretário-geral das Nações Unidas &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Kofi_Annan"&gt;Kofi Annan&lt;/a&gt; em todos os três encontros intra-timorenses realizados na &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/%C3%81ustria"&gt;Áustria&lt;/a&gt; e destacou-se como um dos elementos da Comissão Política do Conselho Nacional da Resistência Timorense (&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/w/index.php?title=CNRT&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1"&gt;CNRT&lt;/a&gt;), particularmente como o braço direito de &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Xanana_Gusm%C3%A3o"&gt;Xanana Gusmão&lt;/a&gt; na realização do Congresso do CNRT, realizado em Agosto de 2000, em &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/D%C3%ADli"&gt;Díli&lt;/a&gt;, bem como um dos elementos preponderantes na definição da estratégia para a campanha presidencial de Xanana Gusmão, em 2001, na qual foi seu mandatário e na qual também sua esposa, &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Milena_Pires"&gt;Milena Pires&lt;/a&gt;, exerceu o cargo de directora de campanha de Xanana Gusmão.&lt;br /&gt;Fundou em &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/20_de_Maio"&gt;20 de Maio&lt;/a&gt; de &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/2000"&gt;2000&lt;/a&gt; o Partido Social Democrata (PSD) timorense juntamente com o Eng. &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/w/index.php?title=M%C3%A1rio_Viegas_Carrascal%C3%A3o&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1"&gt;Mário Viegas Carrascalão&lt;/a&gt; e &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/w/index.php?title=Leandro_Isaac&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1"&gt;Leandro Isaac&lt;/a&gt;, tendo sido o primeiro secretário-geral deste partido até Junho de 2001. Foi igualmente o primeiro presidente do Congresso Nacional do PSD e actualmente exerce ainda o cargo de Presidente do Conselho Nacional deste mesmo partido.&lt;br /&gt;É membro fundador de várias associações e &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/ONG"&gt;ONGs&lt;/a&gt; em Timor-Leste, destacando-se vice-presidente da &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Cruz_Vermelha"&gt;Cruz Vermelha&lt;/a&gt; de Timor-Leste, presidente da Assembleia-Geral do Sporting Clube de Timor-Leste, director da ONG Fini Foun, fundador e conselheiro técnico da Federação de Aikido, secretário do &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Lions_Clube"&gt;Lions Clube&lt;/a&gt; de Timor-Leste e membro do Conselho de Curadores da Fundação Lifau.&lt;br /&gt;Profissionalmente, foi consultor durante quatro anos no Banco Asiático de Desenvolvimento (BAD ou ADB) e desempenhou, até Dezembro de 2006, o cargo de conselheiro da Agência Americana de Desenvolvimento (USAID) para o Sector Privado. Em 30 Junho de 2007 foi eleito deputado para o Parlamento Nacional de Timor-Leste, onde era presidente do Grupo Parlamentar do partido que o elegeu, o Partido Social Democrata (PSD). Logo depois, em Agosto do mesmo ano, foi empossado como ministro dos Negocios Estrangeiros do IV Governo Constitucional, cargo que ainda exerce.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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Air North will lose its monopoly on the Darwin-Dili route.&lt;br /&gt;For years, passengers travelling the route have complained about Air North's high fares, no-frills service and frequent off-loading of luggage.&lt;br /&gt;Several East Timor Government tourism officials have told The Age that the way Air North operated the route had hindered tourism.&lt;br /&gt;Brisbane company SkyAirWorld will operate Timor Air's leased plane for the first 12 months, providing the pilots and crews.&lt;br /&gt;Mr Desousa said that Timor Air would then purchase its own Ambraer, which SkyAirWorld would also operate.&lt;br /&gt;He said that as the leased plane was registered in Australia to an Australian company, he did not expect regulatory difficulties flying to Australia. He was confident Indonesian approval to fly to Bali would be gained by February.&lt;br /&gt;Timor Air will employ about 40 Timorese, including cabin crews trained in Brisbane.&lt;br /&gt;The company wants code-share arrangements with airlines, including Qantas and Merpati.&lt;br /&gt;Sydney-based Mr Desousa, who has a corporate facilities business, migrated to Australia in 1975, the year East Timor was invaded by Indonesia.&lt;br /&gt;"This airline has been nine years in the making," he said. "I am proud to be going back to East Timor with the experience I gained in Australia to establish my country's first national airline."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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Se não for agora será quando houver mudança de Governo", avisou Mari Alkatiri.&lt;br /&gt;O líder da Fretilin acrescentou ainda que a decisão do Tribunal coloca o Governo em crise porque "se tinha planos para gastar o dinheiro não o vai poder fazer e isso precipita uma decisão de realizar novas eleições".&lt;br /&gt;No mesmo dia, o porta-voz do Governo e secretário de Estado do Conselho de Ministros, Hermenegildo "Agio" Pereira, afirmou em comunicado que, "enquanto a decisão não for publicada no Jornal da República, o Governo não tem conhecimento oficial do acórdão proferido pelo Tribunal de Recurso".&lt;br /&gt;"Agio" Pereira sublinhou que a "normal actividade governativa está plenamente assegurada".&lt;br /&gt;O Executivo, disse ainda o secretário de Estado, "tem agido sempre com base na lei e o TR decidiu que todos os actos praticados pelo Governo até à data têm sido legais".&lt;br /&gt;PRM/JCS&lt;br /&gt;Lusa/fim&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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Ximenes Belo</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3PqREMeILUI/SRwnGi0HJjI/AAAAAAAABXw/4k21NhjE2c0/s1600-h/Massacr+de+Sta+Cruz.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268128657494713906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 184px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3PqREMeILUI/SRwnGi0HJjI/AAAAAAAABXw/4k21NhjE2c0/s400/Massacr+de+Sta+Cruz.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;13 de Novembro de 2008,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Aveiro, 13 Nov(Lusa) - D. Ximenes Belo, arcebispo resignatário de Díli e Prémio Nobel da Paz, disse quarta-feira que, 17 anos depois do massacre do cemitério de Santa Cruz, ainda está por fazer a contabilidade dos mortos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Convidado para falar sobre o massacre de Santa Cruz na Biblioteca Municipal de Estarreja, D. Ximenes Belo, na época bispo de Díli, disse não se saber ao certo quantas pessoas morreram nos incidentes e relatou os momentos então vividos.&lt;br /&gt;"Repito aqui o que já disse em Díli em 1991: é melhor perguntar aos indonésios porque foram eles que mataram e foram eles que recolheram os corpos. Até hoje, não sabemos exactamente quantos foram os mortos, os feridos e os desaparecidos, até porque nos meses seguintes os familiares não comunicavam que os filhos estavam desaparecidos com medo de represálias das autoridades indonésias", disse.&lt;br /&gt;Para D. Xímenes Belo, o massacre de Santa Cruz foi decisivo para Timor-Leste conseguir a independência.&lt;br /&gt;"Respeitando as famílias que perderam os seus filhos, podemos afirmar que as vidas dos jovens massacrados no dia 12 de Novembro de 1991 serviram de trampolim para a continuação da luta e independência de jure e de facto de Timor-Leste.&lt;br /&gt;"Em memória desses jovens mártires timorenses, elevo a Deus as minhas humildes preces pelos vivos e pelos mortos e presto a minha homenagem aos que tombaram em Santa Cruz", evocou.&lt;br /&gt;Na conversa com o público em Estarreja, D. Ximenes Belo deu conta de que, dias antes, foi grande a afluência de jovens às confissões, enchendo as igrejas, numa preparação espiritual para aquele acto heróico.&lt;br /&gt;"Muitos jovens foram comungar. Dois ou três dias antes do massacre as igrejas estavam cheias de jovens e muitos foram-se confessar e ficamos admirados com tanta afluência. Viemos a saber mais tarde que tinham combinado entre si confessar-se porque já sabiam que iam morrer e mais valia estarem preparados para morrer defendendo a pátria, do que morrer em pecado mortal", relatou.&lt;br /&gt;Revivendo o dia 12 de Novembro de 1991, D. Ximenes Belo admitiu que inicialmente fechou a porta aos jovens que vinham fugidos de Santa Cruz mas que, perante a suplica destes, lhes franqueou a porta.&lt;br /&gt;"Vi chegar grupos de jovens em direcção à minha casa e ao princípio mandei fechar a porta mas eles gritavam que estavam feridos e a morrer. Mandei abrir a porta e eram 150 rapazes e raparigas que tinham vindo de Santa Cruz.&lt;br /&gt;Eu próprio vi que outros jovens foram interceptados pelas tropas indonésias que já tinham cercado a minha casa e foram mortos e presos ali na estrada.&lt;br /&gt;Os indonésios trataram de recolher imediatamente os corpos. Manuel Carrascalão viu-os a carregar 50 corpos", contou.&lt;br /&gt;O arcebispo resignatário de Dilí explicou que depois se dirigiu ao cemitério e viu "um grande grupo de jovens, despidos da cinta para cima e com as mãos à cabeça, preparados para serem metidos nos camiões militares".&lt;br /&gt;"Vim a saber depois que alguns foram atados de pernas para o ar e soqueados como se fossem sacos de boxe e alguns não resistiram", disse.&lt;br /&gt;Na noite de 12 de Novembro, segundo D. Xímenes Belo, a cidade ficou sem luz e foram praticados mais assassínios no hospital: "Havia feridos graves que foram levados para a casa mortuária onde, com grandes pedregulhos lhes esmagavam a cabeça".&lt;br /&gt;Nessa noite, um enfermeiro do hopital que era cunhado de um seminarista telefonou e deu conta de que já tinha lavado 70 corpos de jovens mortos.&lt;br /&gt;No dia 14, em visita que fez ao hospital, verificou que as enfermarias estavam todas cheias de jovens e adolescentes, muitos estavam totalmente irreconhecíveis devido às torturas. Alguns deles eram os que se tinham acolhido na sua casa e conclui que muitos foram mortos porque regressou ao hospital no dia seguinte e o número tinha reduzido.&lt;br /&gt;A Indonésia nomeou uma comissão de inquérito cujos resultados não foram credíveis e que apontou para um total de apenas 19 mortos e 90 feridos, concluindo que não era um massacre, mas um incidente.&lt;br /&gt;Apesar da pressão internacional para que a comissão revelasse o número certo, corrigiu para 50 mortos e 90 feridos.&lt;br /&gt;No processo de descolonização de Timor-Leste, segundo o Nobel da Paz, todos erraram: "Errou Portugal porque abandonou, errou a Indonésia porque invadiu e erraram os timorenses porque não se souberam unir", concluiu.&lt;br /&gt;MSO&lt;br /&gt;Lusa/Fim&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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Ximenes Belo'/><author><name>Timor-Leste de Manufahi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07521394458105231550</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3PqREMeILUI/SQHfSc90UrI/AAAAAAAABVQ/dsmdykvp21M/S220/D.+Boaventura+de+Manufahi+-+Meio+corpo.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3PqREMeILUI/SRwnGi0HJjI/AAAAAAAABXw/4k21NhjE2c0/s72-c/Massacr+de+Sta+Cruz.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288985454698549375.post-3652656124626213661</id><published>2008-11-11T04:50:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2008-11-11T05:07:10.939+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Partido de oposição ameaça sair do Parlamento timorense</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3PqREMeILUI/SRj2nnyUvCI/AAAAAAAABXo/qqMT3KUPrGk/s1600-h/amp_fretilin%5B1%5D.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267230924765183010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 184px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3PqREMeILUI/SRj2nnyUvCI/AAAAAAAABXo/qqMT3KUPrGk/s400/amp_fretilin%5B1%5D.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 10-11-2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lisboa, 10 nov (Lusa) - A Frente Revolucionária do Timor Leste Independente (Fretilin) ameaçou abandonar o Parlamento timorense até o final do ano, acusando os deputados da maioria parlamentar de cumplicidade com o governo local e de boicote às iniciativas da oposição.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;"O Parlamento tornou-se um instrumento do governo, não dando oportunidade à oposição para questionar certos assuntos de interesse nacional, como aconteceu na discussão do Orçamento Geral do Estado deste ano", disse à Agência Lusa o presidente da Fretilin, Francisco Guterres Lu'Olo.Lu'Olo acusou os deputados da Aliança da Maioria Parlamentar (AMP), liderada pelo Congresso Nacional da Reconstrução de Timor Leste (CNRT), do premiê Xanana Gusmão, de "serem cúmplices do governo", o que tem impedido que o Parlamento exerça as suas funções de órgão legislativo e de fiscalização do executivo."Uma maioria pode suportar o governo, mas suportar o governo não é fazer leis contra a Constituição, não é tornar-se cúmplice de um governo que atua fora das leis. Se não corrigirem essas situações vamos abandonar o Parlamento", disse.A Fretilin, que venceu as eleições de 2007 sem maioria, detém 21 dos 65 assentos na Parlamento Nacional de Timor Leste e não reconhece a legitimidade do Executivo liderado por Xanana Gusmão."Se continuar assim, a decisão pode ser amanhã, pode ser depois de amanhã, pode ser daqui a um mês, antes do fim deste ano", acrescentou, se recusando a adiantar uma data precisa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mobilização&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;A decisão foi tomada no sábado, durante uma reunião do comitê central da Frente Revolucionária do Timor Leste Independente (Fretilin), em que também ficou decidida a realização da "Marcha da Paz"."Vamos mobilizar as massas, os militantes da Fretilin para descerem algum dia", disse Lu'Olo, explicando que a data da passeata depende da conclusão do "reajustamento estrutural" das bases do partido.O mandato de cinco anos dos responsáveis eleitos para as estruturas locais terminou e a Fretilin está no meio do processo de eleição dos novos dirigentes em 13 distritos, 65 subdistritos e mais de 400 aldeias.Até agora, foram eleitos 40% dos dirigentes locais e, segundo o presidente da Fretilin, só quando ficar concluído todo o processo é que será definida a data da marcha.Segundo Lu'Olo, as decisões que saíram da reunião de sábado são a "resposta política" do partido à atual situação governamental."As coisas não estão a andar bem. O governo liderado por essa dita AMP não fez praticamente nada e o que se está a verificar é que há má governança, há corrupção, o conluio e o nepotismo pululam nesse governo. Por isso, tomamos esta decisão como uma resposta política", concluiu Lu'Olo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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Excepto para lutar.&lt;br /&gt;Esta semana, porém, lançaram juntos uma batalha diferente, pela paz da juventude timorense.&lt;br /&gt;"A guerra acabou", explicou na sexta-feira Osório Léqui, um dos líderes do grupo Colimau 2000, à Agência Lusa, em Díli.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Ao lado de Osório, em ambiente de velha camaradagem, estava Portágio, o presidente do grupo PSHT, e "Sakaw", nome de guerra do líder do grupo 7-7 no bairro de Audian, no coração de Díli.&lt;br /&gt;Os três ex-inimigos juntaram-se a outros líderes de grupos rivais na abertura oficial da Uma Juventude ("Casa da Juventude" em tétum), uma organização não-governamental timorense com a ambição de reconciliar os jovens e transformá-los em agentes de paz.&lt;br /&gt;Na entrada da Uma Juventude, marcando fisicamente o desconforto com uma reconciliação em que acabou de entrar, estava Nuno Soares, antigo líder do grupo Korka, associado à Fretilin e grande rival do PSHT, que foi difundido em Timor-Leste durante a ocupação indonésia.&lt;br /&gt;Mais tarde apareceu Oan Kiak, ex-combatente que, explica Osório, "representa o grupo 20-20, que existiu apenas durante a crise de 2006 e que recebeu armas" das Falintil-Forças de Defesa de Timor-Leste (F-FDTL).&lt;br /&gt;Osório, Portágio, "Sakaw", Nuno e Kiak são rostos de grupos cuja rivalidade produziu alguns dos incidentes mais graves durante e depois da crise de 2006.&lt;br /&gt;"O que chamamos guerra foi uma crise civil que transbordou dos militares e implicou os grupos de artes marciais e os jovens, que aceitaram as consequências da divisão nos militares. Em termos de actividade e de conflito, podemos designar isso por uma guerra civil entre timorenses", afirma Osório Léqui.&lt;br /&gt;"Agora, a situação é outra e as pessoas precisam de mudar a sua vida", acrescenta Osório nas traseiras da sede da Uma Juventude.&lt;br /&gt;"Precisamos de fazer algo mais prático para a nossa vida do que lutar. O processo de violência no passado acumulou-se em nós para nos fazer trabalhar juntos com mais força de agora em diante", prossegue Osório Léqui com um sorriso.&lt;br /&gt;Osório nota que "há duas histórias que têm sido desenvolvidas neste país" sobre a violência dos jovens.&lt;br /&gt;"Talvez de fora olhem para nós e vejam apenas os delinquentes e os criminosos. Mas nós tentamos ver na direcção oposta: estes são os guardiões do futuro da juventude timorense. Não se pode apenas dizer que todos são culpados e que não há nenhuma esperança no seu futuro", afirma Osório.&lt;br /&gt;"Nós somos as vítimas de um conflito pós-independência. Temos um grande potencial para ser manipulados politicamente", admite o líder do Colimau 2000, acrescentando que os relatos de aproveitamento político dos grupos de jovens, em 2006 e 2007, "são 75 por cento verdade".&lt;br /&gt;Neste momento, no entanto, essa exploração dos grupos pelos partidos "parou por razões que têm a ver com ambos os lados". É preciso oferecer aos jovens motivos para não cederem às pressões e à instrumentalização, sublinha o líder do Colimau 2000.&lt;br /&gt;Osório chama a atenção para o facto de "a maior parte dos peticionários" das Forças Armadas em 2006 ser membros do Colimau 2000, "tal como o próprio Gastão Salsinha", e ter sido essa a razão para seguirem a contestação do ex-tenente nas casernas.&lt;br /&gt;"Há uma solidariedade de cada membro na organização", explica Osório.&lt;br /&gt;"É preciso evitar chamar criminosos aos elementos dos gangues. Se dizem algo de mim não é dito apenas de um indivíduo mas de todo o grupo", explica Osório sobre o tipo de fidelidade que liga os membros de cada estrutura.&lt;br /&gt;Osório explica também que grupos como o Colimau 2000, PSHT, 7-7 ou Korka são transversais à sociedade e que é arriscado catalogá-los como grupos de criminosos.&lt;br /&gt;"Temos Colimau 2000 nas F-FDTL e na PNTL. É um pacote de pessoas colocadas em posições e localizações estratégicas e isto foi integrado na cultura timorense", diz.&lt;br /&gt;"Tem que se identificar e distinguir as organizações culturais e desportivas das que são criminosas", declarou à Lusa o fundador da Uma Juventude, José Sousa-Santos, até há poucos meses assessor do Presidente da República, José Ramos-Horta.&lt;br /&gt;"Simplesmente, não podemos dar-nos ao luxo de falhar desta vez", explica o ex-assessor presidencial para a juventude.&lt;br /&gt;"Estes líderes representam cerca de 250 mil jovens timorenses. Vamos apoiá-los ou deixá-los voltar às ruas?", pergunta José Sousa-Santos.&lt;br /&gt;"O próximo conflito é um bom emprego, uma boa vida. É esse o desafio para nós e para a sociedade", concorda Osório Léqui, sob o olhar de Portágio e de "Sakaw".&lt;br /&gt;Lusa/fim&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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But the Australian journalist, who has spent more than 25 years reporting on the East Timorese independence struggle, has found a way of ensuring that the memory of these silent sacrifices will be preserved.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 1983, Jolliffe landed an international scoop when a confidential Indonesian military manual made its way into her hands. It had been seized by Fretilin guerilla fighters during a raid on Indonesian military barracks, and smuggled out of East Timor.&lt;br /&gt;It was a counter-insurgency manual with a section of advice on conduct to be followed when administering torture, to avoid later identification. It included admonishments such as: "Do not take pictures of people when they are naked, and make sure nobody sees you," she recounts.&lt;br /&gt;Jolliffe, a longtime East Timor watcher, was working as a freelance journalist in Portugal, having been evacuated by the International Red Cross from East Timor in December 1975 shortly before Indonesia invaded in response to East Timor's declaration of independence from Portugal.&lt;br /&gt;The manual was considered so significant that The Age, one of the newspapers Jolliffe was freelancing for, agreed to pay her to go to London and help Amnesty International translate the instructions from Indonesian Bahasa. It was assessed by an American Indonesian expert, after which Amnesty issued a statement condemning Indonesia's use of torture.&lt;br /&gt;Now, 25 years later (and six years after East Timor finally became a sovereign state in 2002), Darwin-based Jolliffe is following up that story, working with the victims of Indonesian Government-sanctioned torture. She has established the Dili-based Living Memory Project, recording the experiences of East Timor's forgotten casualties of its long war of independence — its prisoners.&lt;br /&gt;On return visits to East Timor in 1999 and 2001, she met many of the ex-prisoners whose names were so familiar from her own reports on their ordeals. Some had been imprisoned in the 1970s, others after the 1991 Santa Cruz massacre in which Indonesian troops opened fire on pro-independence demonstrators in a cemetery.&lt;br /&gt;The idea for the Living Memory Project took shape as she chatted with them. "One of the problems is that these people suffer from a lack of recognition, if nothing else," says Jolliffe, who speaks in measured terms. "Many suffer from broken bones and long-standing medical problems but psychologically also, they have felt very excluded from the independence process, and not recognised. They are mostly civilians, held by the Indonesians. One-third of them were women, some with children."&lt;br /&gt;While many of the former independence fighters have been accorded hero status, she says, the abuse of countless civilian prisoners has gone unrecognised. "Some of these women have had children from rape and they are stigmatised in the community," Jolliffe says. They are even taunted as collaborators. The project aims to set the record straight and ensure "that people won't forget what happened, that their suffering would be remembered, and that it wouldn't be in vain".&lt;br /&gt;Jolliffe suggested preserving their experiences on video, but unlike Steven Spielberg's Shoah Foundation's recordings with Holocaust victims, these are not "talking heads". Instead, the approach of the Living Memory Project — set up in 2005 — illustrates the testimony in a style closer to documentary.&lt;br /&gt;Joao Da Costa is filmed outside the former prison, now a four-star hotel, where he was detained in the '70s. He tells of lying on the floor, handcuffed to a woman, both of them beaten and naked.&lt;br /&gt;In compelling footage, he describes how he was burnt on the hands and face with clove cigarettes and how table legs would be placed on his toes, and four Indonesian interrogators would then lean on the chair. He recalls those beaten to death.&lt;br /&gt;In Genoveva da Costa Martins' interview, the pain of loss is still evident as she describes how her husband, nationalist poet Francisco Borja da Costa, was thrown into the sea by the advancing Indonesian army in December 1975.&lt;br /&gt;The project employs professional international freelance film-makers but plans to train locals. Sydney-sider Nicola Daley was chosen because "she had a soft touch and could film women in a sensitive way". An all-female crew is used for filming women survivors of torture, with an assistant on hand to offer counselling if needed.&lt;br /&gt;The five-person project team, some of them ex-prisoners, work from a small overcrowded office in Dili on a shoestring budget. So far they have conducted 50 interviews and assembled an archive of 200 photographs, some taken clandestinely in prison. Backers include the New Zealand Government and the Northern Illinois University. Recently Melbourne's Moreland Community Health Service pledged money for follow-up medical help for ex-prisoners. Jolliffe hopes to raise sufficient funds for a full-time archive where the public can come in at any time to view the films, and where ex-prisoners can meet socially.&lt;br /&gt;The project has also attracted some World Bank funding to stage exhibitions to help bridge the political and ethnic divisions that erupted between the eastern and western regions of East Timor in 2006 amid rising unemployment, and disaffection among the armed forces. Recently, a former prisoner from the western region of East Timor gave a talk to a youth group in East Timor. The World Bank wants similar encounters extended into schools as part of East Timor's healing process.&lt;br /&gt;Meanwhile, the indefatigable Jolliffe has five books behind her and is in the midst of a PhD in creative writing at Flinders University. She is revising her fifth book, Cover-up, about the deaths of the five Australian journalists — the Balibo Five — killed by Indonesian troops two months before the December 1975 invasion. The update will include a report by Deputy NSW Coroner Dorelle Pinch recommending the indictment of General Yunus Yosfiah and Cristoforus da Silva for complicity in the killings.&lt;br /&gt;JOLLIFFE has also enlarged the depiction of journalist Roger East, who died later, in keeping with his central role in a film version of her book, which stars Anthony La Paglia as East. The film script was written by David Williamson and Robert Connolly. It premiers at the Melbourne International Film Festival next July.&lt;br /&gt;Jolliffe is also writing a book, Finding Santana, about her solo journey to the East Timorese mountains in 1994 to interview the East Timorese commander, Konis Santana. She travelled down the Indonesian archipelago by bus and boat to avoid the Indonesian authorities — another front-page story. She has received an Eric Dark Fellowship to stay at the Varuna writers centre, in the Blue Mountains of NSW, to work on it.&lt;br /&gt;Reflecting on the four decades she has devoted to covering East Timor, she says: "I think there was a lot of unfinished business there from my first period as a novelist- journalist. My translator was executed on Dili wharf also (in 1975) and I haven't forgotten that.&lt;br /&gt;"The story of East Timor is one that finds its way into people's psyches and it doesn't go way altogether."&lt;br /&gt;Andra Jackson is a staff writer.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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He turned away, embarrassed and couldn't look me in the eye," Mr Ramos-Horta told the Herald yesterday. "I have been waiting for him to come forward and confess his crimes."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Mr Ramos-Horta said the man he identified as having shot him twice in the back in Dili on February 11 was not Marcelo Caetano, the rebel named as his attacker who was hunted in East Timor's mountains by hundreds of soldiers, including Australia's SAS commandos. &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"Marcelo Caetano was wrongly accused," Mr Ramos-Horta said. "I never said it was him. It was a media beat-up."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Mr Ramos-Horta realised the mistake in April, when Caetano, a member of the gang of the renegade soldier Alfredo Reinado, surrendered with other rebels. Rather than "deep anger" showing on the face of the President when he met Caetano, as one Australian newspaper reported, Mr Ramos-Horta said he was upset that a dreadful mistake had been made.&lt;br /&gt;Mr Ramos-Horta said the man who shot him was one of Reinado's gang, among a group of 22 rebels held in Becora jail until East Timor's prosecutor-general completes an investigation into the attacks. "Those rumours and innuendo that it was an element of [East Timor's army] or somebody else who shot me are absolutely wrong," he said.&lt;br /&gt;Mr Ramos-Horta, who survived the attack after emergency surgery in Darwin, said he had not asked the name of the man he identified as his attacker.&lt;br /&gt;"I await the legal process," he said. "If or when the prosecutor wants me to come face to face with the man in an identification parade, I will do it."&lt;br /&gt;Mr Ramos-Horta said he saw the man from less than 20 metres. "I looked at the intent in his eyes and at that precise moment I turned to run and he shot me twice in the back."&lt;br /&gt;He was not worried the investigation into the attacks was not complete. East Timorese knew the basic facts about what happened and prosecutions would begin in February.&lt;br /&gt;"What they know is that the President was shot by elements of Alfredo Reinado on February 11," Mr Ramos-Horta said. Reinado and one of his men were shot dead at Mr Ramos-Horta's house.&lt;br /&gt;Mr Ramos-Horta was visiting Darwin yesterday, where, in an address to the Parliament, he urged the Northern Territory to develop close ties with East Timor.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 153px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3PqREMeILUI/SQmZkVyRD2I/AAAAAAAABWo/BeFozjy07J4/s200/The+Timor+Sea,+where+a+political+showdown+looms+between+Australia+and+East+Timor..jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;October 30, 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;East Timor President Jose Ramos Horta has used an address to the Northern Territory parliament to attack executives at Australia's second largest oil and gas producer, calling them "dogmatic and political".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;East Timor is drawing up plans for a pipeline and petrochemicals plant to process oil and gas from the lucrative Greater Sunrise field.&lt;br /&gt;Australian company Woodside Petroleum is on the other side of the high-stakes battle, wanting to build a 530-kilometre pipeline running south to Darwin.&lt;br /&gt;It says laying a pipeline to East Timor would undercut profits and expose supplies to political upheaval.&lt;br /&gt;But Mr Ramos Horta countered the claims during his address to NT parliament, saying East Timor was less than half the distance Darwin was from the field, estimated to contain $US90 billion ($A107.94 billion) in oil and gas.&lt;br /&gt;East Timor also offered as much security and had more generous tax laws, he said.&lt;br /&gt;"The pipeline should go where ... it is the shortest route and the cheapest.&lt;br /&gt;"Timor Leste cannot and will not bow to pressures of the Woodside CEO millionaires."&lt;br /&gt;Australia currently has about 1,000 peacekeeping forces stationed in the nation and Mr Ramos Horta thanked the government for its "steadfast" assistance.&lt;br /&gt;He also acknowledged the role Darwin played in his recovery from an attempt on his life by rebel soldiers in February this year.&lt;br /&gt;But, he said, the future of East Timor - which became South-East Asia's youngest democracy in 2002 - had to come first.&lt;br /&gt;"Our sincere gratitude cannot be such that we surrender all to Darwin," he said.&lt;br /&gt;In a pointed attack, Mr Ramos Horta called Woodside CEOs "dogmatic and political".&lt;br /&gt;"We will not bow to unilateral decisions made by these CEOs that manage or mismanage multinationals," he said.&lt;br /&gt;The president - who was officially welcomed to parliament with a tri-service military guard - implored Sunrise to explore "all options".&lt;br /&gt;"Woodside seems to think it should be based on patriotic reasons, because Woodside is Australian it should come to Darwin.&lt;br /&gt;"We view it more as a practical and multinational enterprise: it goes where independent, credible scientists recommend it should go...&lt;br /&gt;"Woodside executives are the ones who seem to be dogmatic and political."&lt;br /&gt;Mr Ramos Horta also reminded those present that the gas project would provide a rare opportunity for one of Asia's poorest and smallest countries.&lt;br /&gt;"I love Australia, I feel very much part of it, the blood in my body is Australian, donated by young Australian soldiers," he said.&lt;br /&gt;"But I love my country and people even more...&lt;br /&gt;"You are rich and powerful, so I have to side with my people who are weaker and poorer. I hope you understand this."&lt;br /&gt;The Greater Sunrise field lies almost entirely in territory claimed by both countries and neither can exploit it without approval from the other side.&lt;br /&gt;Under the current licensing agreement the countries have until 2013 to sign a development plan.&lt;br /&gt;© 2008 AAP&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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The two countries discussed their existing relationship and ways to bolster future financial and political agreements.We are grateful for the very warm welcome of the Kuwaiti people," Gusmao said during his opening speech, which was held at a press conference at Bayan Palace yesterday, adding, "We have come to learn how to fast track development in Timor-Leste.During their three-day visit, the prime minister and his delegation met with HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who according to the prime minister, reiterated and confirmed Kuwait's commitment to Timor-Leste. Gusmao also met with the Kuwaiti Cabinet and the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce during his stay.The main aim of this visit was to take advantage of the Kuwaiti experience in the oil sector and economics. Throughout the meeting with the prime minister and his delegation, it was reiterated that Timor-Leste and Kuwait were very similar in regards to their geographical size and their dependence on their natural resources.It was also disclosed that several umbrella agreements had been signed during this short visit, including a scholarship funded by Kuwait that will allow citizens of Timor-Leste to come to Kuwait to learn and work in the oil sector. Moreover, in regards to education, students from Timor-Leste will have a number of seats reserved that will allow them to attend Kuwait University.As part of the signed agreements, both Kuwait and Timor-Leste will establish embassies in the two countries. Additionally, a center will be built for the Muslims in Timor-Leste, a minority who constitute only one percent of the country's population.Timor-Leste is a relatively new country as it gained its independence from Indonesia in 2002, after winning a referendum of independence by popular vote in 1999. This makes it the first country to be named a sovereign state in the 21st century. Consequently, the current government is only the fourth constitutional government.Timor -Leste, also known as East Timor, has witnessed more than 25 years of fighting. It is a small country, with only $790 million as its annual budget. According to the finance minister, East Timor's economy is underdeveloped and still lacks transparency. "Kuwait has allowed us to live the vision of what a small country can become," Gusmao concluded. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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Os imigrantes foram interrogados em Díli e colocados em liberdade há uma semana."Chegamos de noite e o nosso contato, um indonésio de nome Frankie, mandou-nos esperar num quarto. De manhã embarcaríamos", contou à Agência Lusa um dos imigrantes, Justin Wilsonraj."De repente, a polícia entrou e nos prendeu. Nem chegamos a ver o barco nem o mar", disse.Contudo, algo correu mal, de novo, para os tamil. Frankie teria sido o último elo numa longa cadeia que os levou até a ilha. Frankie foi um dos quatro indonésios detidos pela polícia na mesma operação em Betano. É casado com uma timorense e reside em Díli. Dois dos imigrantes tamil detidos em Betano já foram repatriados, depois de alguns dias de detenção.Os outros esperam uma resposta das autoridades sobre a concessão do estatuto de refugiado. Há um alfaiate, um fotógrafo de casamentos, três condutores, um pasteleiro e jovens com alguns estudos."Não podemos voltar ao nosso país porque lá matam-nos devido à situação política", explica o mais velho do grupo, Alex, de 53 anos, em função do conflito entre o governo cingalês e os separatistas do LTTE (Tigres de Libertação do Eelam Tamil), na península de Jaffna, no norte de Sri Lanka."Aqui também não é bom. Não há emprego e os timorenses são loucos", diz o imigrante."Aqui, por tudo e por nada, atiram pedras e deitam fogo às casas. Nós no Sri Lanka só usamos tiros", explica o tamil com um sorriso.Nenhum destes homens se conhecia antes de Timor Leste. Foram chegando a Díli entre 2002 e julho deste ano, após pagarem entre dois a três mil euros (R$ 8,3 mil) de "passagem", dinheiro conseguido, por vezes, vendendo a casa da família, como o aconteceu com o jovem Paramalingham.Vários dos imigrantes tamil entrevistados pela Agência Lusa resumem as primeiras impressões de Timor Leste, quando, no meio da noite, o ônibus que os transportava parou: a constatação de que não havia ninguém à espera e a porta fechada de uma empresa chamada Paraíso, ao lado da agência de viagens que faz a linha de transporte.Com Alex foi pior ainda. "O agente que me pôs no ônibus em Kupang me disse que a última parada era a Austrália".Todo o grupo ignorava também que o mar de Timor tem má fama. Em Tétum, a costa norte, a de Díli, é conhecida por "Mar Mulher", mais manso. A costa sul, a de Betano, é "Mar Homem", mais bravo."Sim, Tasmânia", diz Alex de súbito entusiasmado, confundindo o sotaque timorense com a geografia do seu sonho australiano."O Frankie nos disse que não haveria problema. Os australianos não iam disparar sobre nós", diz Justin sobre o sonho desfeito na praia de Betano.Tiveram, afinal, que enfrentar a ira da população timorense, depois de a imprensa ter falado neles como "perigosos terroristas" do LTTE. Os poucos pertences do grupo foram destruídos pela população."É muito terrível", conclui Justin no chão da casa sem mobília, em que estão alojados. "Não podemos ficar aqui".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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Na altura, Xanana Gusmão, segundo a France Presse, ameaçou mandar deter todas as pessoas que participem em qualquer manifestação anti-governamental, tendo em conta o risco de desestabilização do país. Vamos deter todos aqueles que participem em qualquer manifestação a bem da segurança do Estado , afirmou o primeiro-ministro, na segunda-feira. "É-me indiferente que me considerem ditador porque a nossa prioridade é a estabilidade e a segurança de todos os cidadãos", disse, acrescentando que não deixará nunca o país reviver os mesmos problemas de 2006, com a crise militar e política, que levou centenas de milhares de pessoas a abandonar Díli. "O que disse é que respeito o direito das pessoas e das massas às demonstrações. O que me preocupa são grupos que podem provocar pânico na população e começam a fugir e a queimar coisas e a roubar coisas", esclareceu hoje o primeiro-ministro, em declarações à Lusa à margem da primeira interpelação ao Governo, no Parlamento Nacional. "Isso não vou permitir", insistiu o chefe do Governo, que é também responsável das pastas da Defesa e da Segurança. De resto, acrescentou Xanana Gusmão, "façam marchas todos os dias". Ao mesmo tempo, Xanana Gusmão afirmou que "não há problema" com a anunciada redução de efectivos militares australianos das Forças de Estabilização Internacionais (ISF), que desde a crise de 2006 contribuem para a segurança no país. A Fretilin, o maior partido da oposição e vencedora das eleições legislativas de 30 de Junho de 2007, anunciou, sem marcar data, a realização de uma Marcha da Paz em todo o país, concentrando milhares de manifestantes em Díli. "A Marcha da Paz pretende provar mais uma vez que este Governo não tem legitimidade para governar", repetiu na semana passada o secretário-geral da Fretilin, Mari Alkatiri, em duas conferências de imprensa.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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It would also not allow abortions in the case of rape or incest.&lt;br /&gt;But dos Reis said she has told church leaders that allowing abortions in the case of potentially fatal health complications would save lives.&lt;br /&gt;"We still have a lot of pros and cons because the community of Timor-Leste, they still trust the church... so we are still discussing with the church," she said, using the country's official name.&lt;br /&gt;Justice Minister Lucia Lobato told AFP last week that the proposed law would not significantly liberalise the government's strongly anti-abortion stance.&lt;br /&gt;"The general principle is that abortion is a crime," she said.&lt;br /&gt;"So a mother or a pregnant woman who gets an abortion, consciously or unconsciously, it's still a crime and it has to be processed legally so punishment can be made."&lt;br /&gt;The one exception, she said, was if a doctor certified that the pregnancy was a threat to the mother's life.&lt;br /&gt;This has proven too much for the Catholic Church.&lt;br /&gt;"In principle, the church worldwide doesn't agree with abortion under any conditions because we have the technology to protect mothers, such as transplants," Pastor Martinho Gusmao, from the diocese in the city of Baucau, said in an interview last week.&lt;br /&gt;Impoverished East Timor, which gained independence in 2002 after more than two decades of Indonesian occupation, has the world's highest fertility rate, with the average woman giving birth to eight children, says the United Nations.&lt;br /&gt;Around 98 percent of the population is Catholic and most people remain unaware of birth control despite many church leaders throwing support behind programmes promoting contraception.&lt;br /&gt;President Jose Ramos-Horta recently visited the Vatican and is reportedly eager to sign an agreement known as a "concordata" with the Holy See to formalise East Timor's status as a Catholic country.&lt;br /&gt;The agreement reportedly would guarantee the church certain privileges in terms of its claims to land and property in East Timor, and would strengthen its influence on issues such as abortion. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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Mas aqui na Ásia é diferente", nota Basílio do Nascimento.&lt;br /&gt;"Na Ásia, a dimensão religiosa do líder é muito apreciada e é muito importante para o seu currículo", diz.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O Presidente da República, que foi aluno no Colégio de Soibada, foi este ano o peregrino "de honra" na peregrinação anual de Nossa Senhora de Aitara, um santuário sobranceiro à aldeia.&lt;br /&gt;"Não sei qual é a influência da fé no trabalho de Ramos-Horta como Presidente. Mas como homem, sim, tem uma influência nele e, indirectamente, pode actuar no seu trabalho", admite.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"É muito possível que Ramos-Horta não tenha recebido uma formação muito estruturada sobre o conhecimento de Jesus Cristo mas penso que é alguém que, ao longo da sua vida, fez perguntas sobre isso mesmo", acrescenta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Há uma busca muito profunda do lado religioso e de Cristo na vida de Ramos-Horta. Penso que passa a dimensão cultural apenas para entrar na dimensão do sentido da vida", afirmou ainda Basílio do Nascimento.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"O que o levou a isso? Tenho a certeza que a experiência do 11 de fevereiro ajudou Ramos-Horta a aprofundar um bocado mais ou a sentir-se correspondido na sua busca", responde o bispo.&lt;br /&gt;"Ele próprio usa as imagens e sensações que ele teve como sendo intervenção divina na sua vida. São muito pessoais", conclui Basílio do Nascimento.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;José Ramos-Horta, na sequência de um ataque pelo grupo do major Alfredo Reinado à sua residência em Díli, foi atingido a tiro e transferido para Darwin, Austrália, em coma profundo.&lt;br /&gt;O próprio chefe de Estado afirmou que a sua sobrevivência é algo que "só os bispos ou o Vaticano podem explicar".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"A vida é curta e a vida é bela", disse José Ramos-Horta à Lusa em Soibada sobre o que mudou nele depois de Fevereiro.&lt;br /&gt;"Deus deu-me uma segunda oportunidade para nenhum outro objectivo que ajudar o meu povo e o meu país", explicou.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;José Ramos-Horta manifestou o seu total apoio à concordata com a Santa Sé e adiantou que "os valores do Vaticano são os valores de Timor-Leste".&lt;br /&gt;"Não há timorenses que não sejam religiosos", frisou também o chefe de Estado sobre reacções adversas à assinatura da concordata.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"A sociedade timorense reage (à experiência de fé do Presidente) partilhando e admirando", resumiu o bispo Basílio do Nascimento antes da missa vespertina, sábado passado, em Soibada - a que o Presidente decidiu não ir porque, "com a missa de domingo, seriam missas a mais".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PRM.&lt;br /&gt;Lusa/fim&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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Temos uma realidade bem diferente. A Igreja faz parte da História, da tradição, da identidade e da realidade corrente de hoje em Timor-Leste", acrescentou José Ramos-Horta.&lt;br /&gt;"O país, para andar para a frente, tem que ser apoiado pela Igreja e o Estado deve apoiar a Igreja nas suas próprias missões nesta terra", defendeu também o Presidente da República.&lt;br /&gt;"Para além da missão espiritual, a Igreja tem outras responsabilidades: na saúde, educação cultura, promoção da paz, no desenvolvimento técnico-científico, até no desenvolvimento rural", afirmou.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Nós somos como alunos comparados com a experiência da Igreja. Temos que desenvolver uma parceria sólida com a Igreja", frisou José Ramos-Horta.&lt;br /&gt;Questionado sobre o conflito entre o Governo de Mari Alkatiri e da Fretilin com a hierarquia católica, no final de 2004, José Ramos-Horta defendeu o ex-primeiro-ministro e responsabilizou "alguns ministros".&lt;br /&gt;O Presidente da República recordou que "a ideia de abrir uma embaixada no Vaticano veio de Mari Alkatiri, nem sequer de mim".&lt;br /&gt;"Amo o Santo Padre, os bispos, mas a prioridade para mim era abrir a embaixada em Berlim e noutras capitais", recordou o chefe de Estado, que integrava o I Governo Constitucional.&lt;br /&gt;Mari Alkatiri, "pelo contrário, viu a importância da embaixada no Vaticano e foi ele, também, o primeiro a falar da importância da concordata, há cerca de três anos".&lt;br /&gt;"Mari Alkatiri na realidade era extremamente sensível à Igreja católica", defendeu José Ramos-Horta sobre o ex-primeiro-ministro, membro da min emoria muçulmana timorense.&lt;br /&gt;"Alguns ministros é que queriam ser mais papistas que o Papa e armavam-se em ser mais seculares que o próprio Alkatiri", adiantou o chefe de Estado, e ex-ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros, sem referir nomes.&lt;br /&gt;"Talvez pensando agradar a Mari Alkatiri, esses ministros tinham posições incompreensíveis em relação à Igreja", recordou ainda o Presidente da República.&lt;br /&gt;"Garanto que todo o conflito com a Igreja 2004 não foi responsabilidade de Alkatiri", disse José Ramos-Horta.&lt;br /&gt;"Mari Alkatiri deu ordens em Outubro de 2004 para um determinado membro do Governo encetar negociações com a Igreja sobre o currículo escolar e o ensino de religião e moral, sobre quem ia ensinar e quem fornecia os professores", disse o chefe de Estado.&lt;br /&gt;"Mas esse membro do Governo não fez nada", declarou o Presidente da República à Lusa.&lt;br /&gt;"Como não houve diálogo, começaram a surgir rumores, totalmente mal-entendidos, dizendo que o ensino de religião não iria ser contemplado e coisas assim".&lt;br /&gt;"Quando o conflito rebentou, eu, que estava em Jacarta, dispus-me a começar o diálogo com a Igreja", contou o Presidente da República.&lt;br /&gt;"Fui eu que trabalhei com o bispo Basílio do Nascimento, até altas horas da noite, para chegar a um acordo. Depois fui à residência de Mari Alkatiri e, com ele ao meu lado, telefonámos a dom Basílio para finalizar o acordo quue pôs termo a um mês de manifestações", contou José Ramos-Horta.&lt;br /&gt;"Foi mesmo embaraçoso para todos, incluindo a Igreja e o Estado, e foi totalmente desnecessário", concluiu José Ramos-Horta.&lt;br /&gt;PRM&lt;br /&gt;Lusa/fim&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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São as questões do aborto, do planeamento familiar, da prostituição", explicou o chefe de Estado.&lt;br /&gt;"Aí, eu partilho cem por cento com os pontos de vista do Vaticano de dizer não ao aborto e à prostituição. De dizer um sim categórico à santidade da vida, de dizer não ao planeamento familiar que inclui o encorajamento ao aborto", acrescentou José Ramos-Horta.&lt;br /&gt;"Nós vemos o resultado hoje do planeamento familiar na Índia e na China, que teve consequências desastrosas: no início do planeamento familiar, as meninas são rejeitadas, sacrificadas, mortas às escondidas. E hoje a China luta com excesso de população masculina desesperada à procura de casamento", afirmou José Ramos-Horta.&lt;br /&gt;O Presidente timorense deu também o exemplo de Singapura, onde "há 30 anos, (o primeiro-ministro) Lee Kwan Yew dizia não, não e não ao sexo. Hoje, a população não cresceu, e dizem-lhes que se casem e procriem mas os singaporenses já esqueceram de todos esses actos".&lt;br /&gt;"As sociedades evoluem normalmente. Se hoje temos um crescimento demográfico de três por cento (em Timor-Leste), daqui a 30 anos poderá ser menos", afirmou ainda o Presidente da República.&lt;br /&gt;"Quando o país e a população se educa, quando todos têm um emprego e querem ter tempo livre, começam a ter menos filhos por si próprios. É o exemplo flagrante da Europa e de Portugal", afirmou José Ramos-Horta.&lt;br /&gt;"O Vaticano afinal, na sua sabedoria secular, sempre teve razão: não brincar com a família nem com o corpo humano".&lt;br /&gt;A concordata, sublinhou o chefe de Estado, permite definir o quadro legal das relações entre Igreja e Timor-Leste.&lt;br /&gt;"Desde o início o Estado timorense e todos os seus dirigentes reconhecem de facto o papel da igreja timorense, respeitam as suas propriedades, os seus privilégios, o seu papel neste país e na História deste país", notou José Ramos-Horta.&lt;br /&gt;"Não existe, contudo, um documento válido que reconheça um estatuto jurídico da igreja e com isto a validade das suas propriedades físicas, materiais e a validade até de documentos emitidos pela Igreja, como certidões de baptismo e casamento", explicou.&lt;br /&gt;Tais documentos "hoje aceitam-se na administração pública mas isso não está definido".&lt;br /&gt;A concordata definirá "também direitos de propriedade para que não haja risco de alguém violar esses títulos", disse ainda o Presidente da República à Lusa.&lt;br /&gt;PRM.&lt;br /&gt;Lusa/fim © 2008 LUSA - Agência de Notícias de Portugal, S.A.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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Segundo Horta, aos poucos, o idioma começa a ser falado por cada vez mais pessoas após a reintrodução como língua oficial em 2002, ano da independência do Timor.&lt;br /&gt;Em entrevista exclusiva à Rádio ONU, José Ramos Horta afirmou que a decisão de fazer do português língua oficial no país asiático não foi executada facilmente. "Começamos praticamente do zero, enfrentando alguma hostilidade e incompreensão por parte de alguns parceiros internacionais que pensavam que era uma tolice da nossa parte reintroduzir o português, que deveríamos introduzir o inglês como língua oficial. Hoje a língua portuguesa é uma realidade em Timor-Leste, já muito mais falada do que era há cinco, 10 anos".&lt;br /&gt;Segundo ele, a promoção, introdução e a expansão de uma língua, até sua popularizaçao não se faz em poucos anos. "Mas eu acredito: com o atual esforço, com o apoio generoso de Portugal e do Brasil, o português rapidamente será uma língua real no nosso país, no sentido de que as pessoas a usem no dia-a-dia, nas trocas comerciais, nas conversas de família, nos campos de futebol, nas festas, nas zaragatas, usa-se o português, portanto o português real e não apenas falado pela elite, pelos políticos etc".&lt;br /&gt;Nos debates anuais da Assembléia Geral, encerrados na última passada, o presidente de Portugal, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, pediu apoio a uma presença maior do português em organizações internacionais incluindo as Nações Unidas. A política de internacionalizar a língua portuguesa foi lançada por Portugal e endossada pela CPLP - Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa, em julho.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Discordia sobre tribunal&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O presidente do Timor-Leste também afirmou que discorda de propostas para criação de um tribunal internacional para julgar responsáveis por crimes e violações cometidos no Timor durante a luta pela independência do país, da Indonésia.&lt;br /&gt;Segundo Ramos Horta, ele mesmo é uma vítima de violações dos direitos humanos e por isso fala com propriedade sobre a necessidade de perdão. "Eu faço parte desta população que é vítima que morreu ou sobreviveu e tem as cicatrizes físicas e emocionais da guerra. Eu perdi quatro irmãos mortos pelos indonésios. Eu próprio quase morri em 11 de fevereiro por ato irracional de um grupo de pessoas que chocou profundamente o povo e a comunidade internacional. Eu sei o que é ser vítima e o que é a violência. Mas é necessário para as vítimas tentar esquecer o passado. Não esquecer os familiares que morreram, mas esquecer do que ocorreu no passado. É isso o que o Timor-Leste tem que fazer para não ser refém do trauma, do drama do passado", disse.&lt;br /&gt;De acordo com o presidente do Timor-Leste, um tribunal internacional para julgar crimes do passado não seria uma tarefa fácil de realizar e traria mais problemas que soluções.&lt;br /&gt;"É impossível levar os generais indonésios a julgamento. Ninguém o vai fazer. E com razão. Se houvesse um tribunal internacional contra a Indonésia, primeiro: não haverá ninguém para julgar porque a Indonésia não vai cooperar. Segundo: vai completamente subverter, desestabilizar as nossas relações com a Indonésia. A Indonésia, que com muito sentido de Estado, deu um passo a frente ao nosso encontro. Como nós também demos um passo em frente ao encontro da Indonésia, da nova Indonésia. Como vamos nós fazer isso à Indonésia? A esse país que também luta pela democracia? Então é melhor não falar de um tribunal internacional porque haveria muitos ali a sentarem ali em Haia a serem julgados", afirmou.&lt;br /&gt;A Comissão de Verdade e Amizade foi formada em 2005 para apurar casos de violações de direitos humanos, assassinatos e outros crimes cometidos durante a luta pela independência da Indonésia.&lt;br /&gt;O momento final da violência ocorreu após o anúncio do resultado de um referendo em 1999 que decidia pela soberania do Timor-Leste como nação. Vários timorenses foram mortos incluindo nove funcionários das Nações Unidas.&lt;br /&gt;O último relatório da Comissão de Verdade e Amizade foi divulgado em agosto finalizando assim os trabalhos do grupo.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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Ximenes Belo</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3PqREMeILUI/SPCAl1xGovI/AAAAAAAABUc/AcD2FOFInDU/s1600-h/Nossa+Senhora+no+cimo+do+monte+Ramelau+em+Timor-Leste.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255842152717918962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3PqREMeILUI/SPCAl1xGovI/AAAAAAAABUc/AcD2FOFInDU/s200/Nossa+Senhora+no+cimo+do+monte+Ramelau+em+Timor-Leste.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;08 de Outubro de 2008, 06:54&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Valongo, 08 Out (Lusa) - &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;O bispo D. Ximenes Belo defendeu hoje, em Valongo, que Timor-Leste precisa de "um verdadeiro diálogo" para resolver os seus problemas e aconselhou os dirigentes políticos locais a "trabalhar mais pelo povo".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;"Pessoalmente tenho esperança que as coisas se resolvam com diálogo e em paz", disse Ximenes Belo à Agência Lusa, no final da conferência que proferiu na Biblioteca Municipal do Valongo, intitulada Ecos do Oriente e centrada na "situação da língua portuguesa" no antigo território português.&lt;br /&gt;O prelado falou da Marcha da Paz, convocada pela Fretilin (Frente Revolucionária do Timor Leste Independente), o maior partido da oposição, para data ainda não especificada.&lt;br /&gt;"Creio que o Governo e o povo timorense estão atentos", salientou, sem se alongar em grandes considerações.&lt;br /&gt;O primeiro-ministro timorense é que já tomou posição sobre a marcha, tendo dito terça-feira, em Díli, que não vai permitir que surja "uma nova onda de instabilidade".&lt;br /&gt;"Vamos permitir que haja manifestação porque é um direito constitucional, mas estamos preocupados com o risco de uma nova onda de instabilidade", frisou Xanana Gusmão.&lt;br /&gt;O presidente timorense também já se pronunciou sobre a iniciativa anunciada pela Fretilin, a força política que venceu as eleições legislativas de 30 de Junho de 2007, sem maioria absoluta, tendo, no entanto, ficado fora do governo entretanto constituído.&lt;br /&gt;"Se a Marcha da Paz é para falar de novo da alegada inconstitucionalidade do 4º Governo, é grave", comentou José Ramos Horta.&lt;br /&gt;"Os problemas devem ser encarados com cabeça fria", defende D. Ximenes Belo.&lt;br /&gt;"Mas por outro lado, com cabeça fria também podemos e devemos pensar que se as manifestações trazem problemas é melhor dialogar", afirmou.&lt;br /&gt;Ximenes Belo é da opinião que "vai levar tempo" até haver paz na sociedade timorense.&lt;br /&gt;"Há muito trauma e é preciso muita educação para que haja reconciliação, diálogo, paz e respeito pelos direitos humanos e por isso vai levar tempo", sustentou, insistindo sempre na necessidade de os dirigentes políticos locais dialogarem entre si.&lt;br /&gt;Sobre a língua portuguesa em Timor Leste, tema de que se ocupou na conferência que deu em Valongo, o bispo lançou alguns avisos.&lt;br /&gt;"Hoje, a implementação da língua portuguesa depara-se com muitos obstáculos, porque há sectores da sociedade timorense que são contra o seu uso", destacou.&lt;br /&gt;O português, uma das línguas oficiais do país, juntamente com o tétum, compete não só com esta mas também com o indonésio e o inglês, sendo estas as "línguas de trabalho", como explicou o homem que chefiou a igreja católica timorense entre 1983 e 2002 e que, em conjunto com Ramos Horta, recebeu o Prémio Nobel da Paz em 1996.&lt;br /&gt;Ximenes Belo diz que "há insuficiência de professores, de livros, de rádios" e de outros meios de difusão da língua portuguesa.&lt;br /&gt;"Exige-se maior empenhamento dos governantes de lá, de Timor-Leste" na divulgação e promoção da língua portuguesa, defendeu também, especificando que o indonésio ainda prevalece porque "tem uma estrutura mais fácil do que o português".&lt;br /&gt;A boa notícia é que "o governo timorense actual quer que até 2.012 todos os professores usem a língua portuguesa" nas suas escolas.&lt;br /&gt;AYM.&lt;br /&gt;Lusa/Fim&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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Boaventura de Manufahi - Uma pequena historia de um grande Timorense'/><author><name>Timor-Leste de Manufahi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07521394458105231550</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3PqREMeILUI/SQHfSc90UrI/AAAAAAAABVQ/dsmdykvp21M/S220/D.+Boaventura+de+Manufahi+-+Meio+corpo.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3PqREMeILUI/SO1ouhqTX9I/AAAAAAAABT8/4uywDTO0pOE/s72-c/D.+Boaventura.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>42</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288985454698549375.post-7449262698565487624</id><published>2008-10-08T17:24:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2008-10-08T17:25:54.652+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Chefe das Forças Armadas e ex-ministro pretendem rejeitar imunidade</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;O chefe das Forças Armadas e o ex-ministro da Defesa de Timor-Leste pretendem ser inquiridos no processo de entrega de armas em 2006, "rejeitando" a sua alegada imunidade, afirmou hoje à Agência Lusa um dos seus advogados.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A equipa de defesa do Estado-Maior alega que "a imunidade nem sequer existe neste caso e neste momento do processo". "A troca de declarações entre a Procuradoria-geral da República (PGR) e a Presidência da República não faz sentido", adiantou a mesma fonte à Lusa. "Por isso e porque não têm nada a esconder, Taur Matan Ruak e Roque Rodrigues querem ser ouvidos no processo das armas de 2006", declarou à Lusa um dos seus advogados. O brigadeiro-general Taur Matan Ruak, chefe do Estado-Maior-general das Falintil-Forças de Defesa de Timor-Leste (F-FDTL) e o ex-ministro Roque Rodrigues são indicados como suspeitos no relatório final da Comissão Especial Independente de Inquérito (CEII) para Timor-Leste. A CEII recomenda a abertura de uma investigação judicial a várias pessoas ligadas à distribuição de armas, incluindo o CEMGFA e o ex-ministro. Três oficiais superiores do Estado-Maior timorense foram já inquiridos pelo Ministério Público no caso da entrega de armas a civis em Maio de 2006: os coronéis Lere Anan Timor e Falur Rate Laek e o major Mau Buti. A PGR pediu há quatro meses à Presidência da República o levantamento da imunidade de Taur Matan Ruak e Roque Rodrigues, membros do Conselho Superior de Segurança e Defesa Nacional (CSSDN). "Este facto não impede que eles sejam ouvidos, como se tem dito", explicou à Lusa um dos advogados que defende os oficiais das F-FDTL neste caso. "A imunidade dos membros do CSSDN existe apenas quando existe uma acusação e este processo ainda não chegou sequer a essa fase, pois está ainda na fase de inquérito", salientou a mesma fonte. "Só quando e se houver uma acusação definitiva é que a imunidade deverá ser levantada", acrescentou o advogado, citando a lei que cria e regula o CSSDN. "Mesmo nessa situação, quem levanta a imunidade é o CSSDN, não é o Presidente da República", argumenta ainda o advogado das F-FDTL e de Roque Rodrigues. O jurista explicou também que "os membros da CSSDN estão imunes das suas opiniões emitidas enquanto elementos do Conselho". No entanto, relativamente a outros crimes que venham a cometer, os membros do CSSDN "podem ser presos em flagrante delito ou quando são acusados de crimes com pena superior a três anos de prisão". Nestes casos, é o tribunal que pode levantar a imunidade. Em Maio de 2006, tanto Taur Matan Ruak como Roque Rodrigues eram membros do CSSDN por inerência de funções. Actualmente, o ex-ministro da Defesa está no Conselho por nomeação presidencial. Roque Rodrigues, que está na Presidência da República no âmbito do Grupo de Trabalho para a Reforma do Sector de Segurança, deverá abordar com o chefe de Estado, José Ramos-Horta a questão do processo das armas. Aguardava-se hoje ainda um encontro, não anunciado oficialmente, do chefe de Estado com o CEMGFA. José Ramos-Horta defendeu terça-feira que "há outras prioridades do Procurador-geral da República e da nação" que não passam pelo processo da entrega de armas. 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Ximenes Belo</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;08 de Outubro de 2008, 06:54&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Valongo, 08 Out (Lusa) - &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;O bispo D. Ximenes Belo defendeu hoje, em Valongo, que Timor-Leste precisa de "um verdadeiro diálogo" para resolver os seus problemas e aconselhou os dirigentes políticos locais a "trabalhar mais pelo povo".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;"Pessoalmente tenho esperança que as coisas se resolvam com diálogo e em paz", disse Ximenes Belo à Agência Lusa, no final da conferência que proferiu na Biblioteca Municipal do Valongo, intitulada Ecos do Oriente e centrada na "situação da língua portuguesa" no antigo território português.&lt;br /&gt;O prelado falou da Marcha da Paz, convocada pela Fretilin (Frente Revolucionária do Timor Leste Independente), o maior partido da oposição, para data ainda não especificada.&lt;br /&gt;"Creio que o Governo e o povo timorense estão atentos", salientou, sem se alongar em grandes considerações.&lt;br /&gt;O primeiro-ministro timorense é que já tomou posição sobre a marcha, tendo dito terça-feira, em Díli, que não vai permitir que surja "uma nova onda de instabilidade".&lt;br /&gt;"Vamos permitir que haja manifestação porque é um direito constitucional, mas estamos preocupados com o risco de uma nova onda de instabilidade", frisou Xanana Gusmão.&lt;br /&gt;O presidente timorense também já se pronunciou sobre a iniciativa anunciada pela Fretilin, a força política que venceu as eleições legislativas de 30 de Junho de 2007, sem maioria absoluta, tendo, no entanto, ficado fora do governo entretanto constituído.&lt;br /&gt;"Se a Marcha da Paz é para falar de novo da alegada inconstitucionalidade do 4º Governo, é grave", comentou José Ramos Horta.&lt;br /&gt;"Os problemas devem ser encarados com cabeça fria", defende D. Ximenes Belo.&lt;br /&gt;"Mas por outro lado, com cabeça fria também podemos e devemos pensar que se as manifestações trazem problemas é melhor dialogar", afirmou.&lt;br /&gt;Ximenes Belo é da opinião que "vai levar tempo" até haver paz na sociedade timorense.&lt;br /&gt;"Há muito trauma e é preciso muita educação para que haja reconciliação, diálogo, paz e respeito pelos direitos humanos e por isso vai levar tempo", sustentou, insistindo sempre na necessidade de os dirigentes políticos locais dialogarem entre si.&lt;br /&gt;Sobre a língua portuguesa em Timor Leste, tema de que se ocupou na conferência que deu em Valongo, o bispo lançou alguns avisos.&lt;br /&gt;"Hoje, a implementação da língua portuguesa depara-se com muitos obstáculos, porque há sectores da sociedade timorense que são contra o seu uso", destacou.&lt;br /&gt;O português, uma das línguas oficiais do país, juntamente com o tétum, compete não só com esta mas também com o indonésio e o inglês, sendo estas as "línguas de trabalho", como explicou o homem que chefiou a igreja católica timorense entre 1983 e 2002 e que, em conjunto com Ramos Horta, recebeu o Prémio Nobel da Paz em 1996.&lt;br /&gt;Ximenes Belo diz que "há insuficiência de professores, de livros, de rádios" e de outros meios de difusão da língua portuguesa.&lt;br /&gt;"Exige-se maior empenhamento dos governantes de lá, de Timor-Leste" na divulgação e promoção da língua portuguesa, defendeu também, especificando que o indonésio ainda prevalece porque "tem uma estrutura mais fácil do que o português".&lt;br /&gt;A boa notícia é que "o governo timorense actual quer que até 2.012 todos os professores usem a língua portuguesa" nas suas escolas.&lt;br /&gt;AYM.&lt;br /&gt;Lusa/Fim&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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Ximenes Belo'/><author><name>Timor-Leste de Manufahi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07521394458105231550</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3PqREMeILUI/SQHfSc90UrI/AAAAAAAABVQ/dsmdykvp21M/S220/D.+Boaventura+de+Manufahi+-+Meio+corpo.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288985454698549375.post-3173663050365943365</id><published>2008-10-07T18:14:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2008-10-07T18:17:18.748+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Bancos centrais dos PALOP e Timor-Leste temem redução de investimento</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3PqREMeILUI/SOt9WEs_5HI/AAAAAAAABTs/HkoFHDzNE1U/s1600-h/dinheiro-em-arvore.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254431208430888050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3PqREMeILUI/SOt9WEs_5HI/AAAAAAAABTs/HkoFHDzNE1U/s200/dinheiro-em-arvore.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;07 de Outubro de 2008, 15:21&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lisboa, 07 Out (Lusa) - &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Os governadores dos bancos centrais dos países africanos lusófonos e Timor-Leste confiam na capacidade dos seus países enfrentarem a crise financeira internacional, mas temem uma redução de investimento e ajuda, e "esquecimento" da "outra crise", a da inflação.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;No XVIII Encontro de Lisboa das delegações dos Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa (PALOP) e Timor-Leste à assembleia anual do Fundo Monetário Internacional (FMI) e Banco Mundial (BM), Miguens Oliveira, vice-governador do Banco Nacional de Angola, afirmou que a situação actual do país "permite encarar com optimismo a situação".&lt;br /&gt;"Como todos vão sofrer, poderemos ir sofrendo" os efeitos da crise internacional - que está para já a implicar uma descida do preço do principal produto de exportação angolano, o petróleo - mas "não nos sentindo excessivamente afectados por ela", disse Miguens no encontro que teve o Banco de Portugal como anfitrião.&lt;br /&gt;Oliveira elogiou a política governamental de aplicar as receitas petrolíferas "na diversificação da infra-estrutura económica", em vez de seguir o conselho de entesourá-las, que "teria significado colocar [o dinheiro] nos bancos que estão a falir e nas aplicações financeiras que não eram tão seguras quanto isso".&lt;br /&gt;"É mais seguro investir num agricultor moçambicano do que num especulador de bolsa norte-americano", afirmou.&lt;br /&gt;Preocupado com o investimento está o governador do Banco de Cabo Verde, Carlos Burgo, que afirmou já se sentir uma redução no imobiliário turístico e na dificuldade de obter financiamento.&lt;br /&gt;"Não sentimos efeito directo da crise, mas sim indirectamente, nos fluxos financeiros e de financiamento", afirmou.&lt;br /&gt;Apesar disso, afirmou, "a economia será capaz de absorver o impacto da crise sem recorrer ao financiamento externo" disponível, nomeadamente de Portugal e do FMI.&lt;br /&gt;Também o governador do Banco Central de São Tomé e Príncipe, Luís de Sousa, manifestou preocupação quanto a uma possível recalendarização de grandes projectos de investimento, como o porto de águas profundas e porto logístico, devido a problemas na obtenção de financiamento por parte dos investidores.&lt;br /&gt;Mesmo antes desta crise, que afecta o arquipélago de forma indirecta, vivia-se uma "situação de desequilíbrio", tratando-se de uma economia "muito aberta ao exterior" e "dependente de donativos e empréstimos para a balança de pagamentos", que tem vindo a sofrer "preocupantes" impactos ao nível dos preços ao consumidor.&lt;br /&gt;João Fadiá, director do Banco Central dos Estados da África Ocidental para a Guiné-Bissau salientou que "a grande preocupação" para os países da região é o nível de preços ao consumidor, hoje próximo dos 10 por cento.&lt;br /&gt;Ernesto Gove, governador do Banco de Moçambique, deixou em Lisboa "um apelo" às autoridades internacionais para que "não desviem a atenção da outra crise", a da escalada da inflação nos bens essenciais para a população, que já causou conflitos civis de pequena dimensão.&lt;br /&gt;"Apesar de algum abrandamento, estão num patamar elevado, não estamos ainda refeitos da primeira crise, dos bens alimentares e combustíveis, o que torna difícil a gestão das políticas macroeconómicos", afirmou.&lt;br /&gt;Raquel Gonçalves Costa, directora da Autoridade Bancária de Pagamentos de Timor-Leste, salientou que os activos do sistema bancário têm vindo a aumentar, sobretudo graças a uma subida dos depósitos, deixando a banca timorense em boas condições para lidar com a situação de aperto financeiro.&lt;br /&gt;"As reservas actuais são mais do que suficientes para fazer face à situação", afirmou.&lt;br /&gt;PDF&lt;br /&gt;Lusa/Fim&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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Despite achieving independence in 1999, East Timor is still one of the poorest countries in Asia, with 40 per cent of the population living below the poverty line.As a six-year-old, Fernanda witnessed the horrors of war first hand. Now, three decades on, she has been dubbed East Timor's "Iron Lady" for her uncompromising commitment to achieving justice for her people."The church has always been a leading light in our struggle and the Catholic value system is still very important to the Timorese people", says Fernanda. "We now need help from Christians worldwide to ensure that justice, respect for human rights and the rule of law are enshrined in the modern day values of our newly independent nation".Borges will deliver her address, Tipping the scales of justice in a new nation, in support of international development agency Progressio's East Timor: Who Cares? campaign.The campaign is calling on the UK government to support the development of a Timor-based transitional justice centre to help the East Timorese government promote accountability, which will include the recognition of past atrocities. Progressio's Executive Director, Christine Allen, said: "East Timor is approaching the 10th anniversary of its 1999 landslide vote for independence. Fernanda Borges is one of the courageous politicians who has sided with the Timorese people to call for justice as an alternative to amnesty and impunity. We must heed her calls and speak out in solidarity with the people of East Timor so that the tenth anniversary of the independence vote can truly be a celebration of justice and hope for the people."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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Isto foi feito sob ordens do brigadeiro-general Matan Ruak e com o conhecimento do ministro da Defesa", diz o documento."Foram feitas listas contendo nomes e os correspondentes números de série das armas entregues, mas as pessoas não assinaram em como receberam as armas", apurou a Comissão.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Apreensão&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;A Comissão mostra sua preocupação pelo grau de distribuição ilegal e irregular de armas no Timor Leste e pela inércia demonstrada pelo Governo para fazer face à falta de controle de armas no seio das suas forças armadas perante informações e análises credíveis relativamente à ilegalidade e/ou irregularidade da posse de armas, sua movimentação e uso.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;A CEII concluiu que "as armas foram distribuídas com o conhecimento e aprovação das seguintes pessoas: Roque Rodrigues; Taur Matan Ruak; Tito da Costa Cristóvão, também conhecido por Lere Anan Timor; Manuel Freitas, também conhecido por Mau Buti; e Domingos Raul, também conhecido por Rate Laek Falur" (sic).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;A Comissão recomendou que estas pessoas sejam processadas judicialmente por transferência ilegal de armas.O International Crisis Group, que analisou a crise num relatório que precedeu o da CEII, disse que, "em contraste com a transferência secreta e ilegal de armas da Polícia a civis, esta (das F-FDTL) foi relativamente ordenada e bem documentada, tornando mais fácil a recolha das armas após a chegada de tropas internacionais".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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Acusar é fácil, justificar é difícil", afirmou Longuinhos Monteiro à Lusa.&lt;br /&gt;"O nosso trabalho é justificar. Mas não para satisfazer ninguém. Trabalhamos segundo a lei", explicou.&lt;br /&gt;O Procurador-geral timorense reagiu às críticas e ameaças de que tem sido alvo, considerando que a PGR "está entre a espada e a parede".&lt;br /&gt;"A verdade é a verdade e tem de ser esclarecida", afirmou Longuinhos Monteiro.&lt;br /&gt;A inquirição do coronel Lere Anan Timor, um dos comandantes das Falintil-Forças de Defesa de Timor-Leste (F-FDTL) envolvido no processo da transferência de armas em 2006, estava prevista para as 14:30 (06:30 em Lisboa).&lt;br /&gt;Foram também notificados no mesmo processo o coronel Falur Rate Laek e o major Mau Buti.&lt;br /&gt;Em paralelo, a Procuradoria-Geral da República (PGR) pediu ao Presidente da República o levantamento da imunidade do chefe do Estado-Maior-general das F-FDTL, brigadeiro-general Taur Matan Ruak, e do ex-ministro da Defesa, Roque Rodrigues.&lt;br /&gt;"O pedido foi feito há quatro meses e até agora não tivemos nenhuma notícia", afirmou Longuinhos Monteiro.&lt;br /&gt;Taur Matan Ruak e Roque Rodrigues gozam de imunidade por serem membros do Conselho Superior de Segurança e Defesa Nacional (CSSDN).&lt;br /&gt;"Não se pode dizer por enquanto se Taur Matan Ruak vai a tribunal ou não", explicou Longuinhos Monteiro na entrevista à Lusa.&lt;br /&gt;"Só agora iniciámos este processo, que foi aberto porque estes são citados no relatório da Comissão Especial Independente de Inquérito para Timor-Leste" aos acontecimentos de 2006, acrescentou Longuinhos Monteiro.&lt;br /&gt;"A população tem que perceber que não se pega nas pessoas para as colocar directamente no tribunal. Há um processo e nós trabalhamos segundo a lei", afirmou o Procurador-geral da República.&lt;br /&gt;"Chegou a altura de chamar os nomes citados pela CEII para prestarem algumas informações, para depois podermos decidir e fazer um despacho no processo" da transferência de armas, explicou ainda Longuinhos Monteiro.&lt;br /&gt;"Somos criticados por fazer e por não fazer. As pessoas não sabem qual é a justiça que está a ser aplicada em Timor-Leste", acusou o Procurador-geral.&lt;br /&gt;Questionado sobre se a classe política não entende o papel da PGR, Longuinhos Monteiro respondeu que tem "outra impressão".&lt;br /&gt;"Compreendem, claro. Foram políticos durante seis anos (desde a independência), com a Constituição na mão", comentou.&lt;br /&gt;"Falta agora a maturidade e consciência moral das pessoas de respeitarem os órgãos de soberania competentes. Na PGR não podemos interferir e exigimos o mesmo dos outros órgãos", afirmou Longuinhos Monteiro.&lt;br /&gt;Sete dos processos resultantes da CEII já conheceram decisão em tribunal, segundo o procurador-geral.&lt;br /&gt;"Alguns foram arquivados por não termos indícios", incluindo o processo contra o ex-primeiro-ministro Mari Alkatiri. Outros terminaram com condenações, como o do ex-ministro do Interior, Rogério Lobato.&lt;br /&gt;Três processos sobre a crise de 2006 estão em investigação, adiantou Longuinhos Monteiro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;PRM&lt;br /&gt;© 2008 LUSA - Agência de Notícias de Portugal, S.A.2008-09-29 06:15:02&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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"We are just coming out of independence. We are looking for the creation of possible industries and we really see this as part of an engine of economic growth."&lt;br /&gt;Between the Greater Sunrise field and East Timor lies a deep gash in the ocean floor, the 11,000-foot-deep Timor Trough, which Australia and its largest oil company, Woodside Petroleum Ltd., have argued makes it expensive and maybe even impossible to build a pipeline running north to the tiny state's shore.&lt;br /&gt;But The Associated Press has learned that East Timor has commissioned a survey that suggests the pipeline is feasible. U.S. piping specialist DeepGulf Inc. says that so far its survey indicates that building such a 125-mile pipeline would work, Marc Moszkowski, the company's president, told the AP.&lt;br /&gt;Woodside and a group of companies licensed to develop the Greater Sunrise field want to build a 530-kilometer pipeline running south to Darwin, where ConocoPhillips, of the group members, has built a $5 billion natural gas processing plant.&lt;br /&gt;Australia and Woodside argue that laying a pipeline to the East Timor would undercut profits and expose supplies to political upheaval, while Darwin is stable.&lt;br /&gt;The Greater Sunrise field lies almost entirely in territory claimed by both countries and neither can exploit it without approval from the other side. Under the current licensing agreement, they have until 2013 to sign a development plan.&lt;br /&gt;Gunbattles between rival security forces killed dozens in Dili in 2006 and toppled the government, while rebel troops in February tried to assassinate President Jose Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao. Australia has around 1,000 peacekeeping forces stationed across the mountainous nation of around a million people.&lt;br /&gt;Still, the venture partners, which also include Royal Dutch/Shell and Osaka Gas, are "prepared to consider the results of the Timor Leste government's independent study," Woodside said in a statement, the country's official name.&lt;br /&gt;Parts of the Timor Sea have been divided up into a complex system of revenue sharing zones with Australia, some based on boundaries drawn up more than three decades ago when the region was a Portuguese colony.&lt;br /&gt;There is no permanent maritime boundary and large portions remain fiercely debated. Lawyers hired by East Timor to draw up a boundary based on international law place the entire Greater Sunrise field in its territory.&lt;br /&gt;But the case cannot be heard by the U.N.'s courts for territorial disputes — the International Court of Justice and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea — because of legal exclusions obtained by Australia months before East Timor became independent in 2002.&lt;br /&gt;The Australian government is aware of the new pipeline study, said Tracey Winters, a spokeswoman for Resources and Energy Minister Martin Ferguson.&lt;br /&gt;"At the end of the day the decision on the location will be a commercial one," Winters said. Both countries "would like to see this developed as soon as possible."&lt;br /&gt;Paul Cleary, author of the book "Shakedown: Australia's Grab for Timor Oil," accuses Canberra of applying cutthroat negotiating tactics.&lt;br /&gt;"The pressure applied by Australia meant that the new country really didn't stand a fighting chance," wrote Cleary, who also advised the government in Dili on oil and gas policy.&lt;br /&gt;Winters declined to comment on those allegations.&lt;br /&gt;Pires said a new commercial national oil company is being created to invest "hundreds of millions of dollars" DeepGulf said it would cost to build the pipeline.&lt;br /&gt;Fifteen companies from five nations have already expressed interest in purchases of oil and liquid natural gas, he added.&lt;br /&gt;To bolster the argument for a pipeline to its coast, East Timor is conducting a joint feasibility study with Malaysia's national oil company, Petronas, for a multibillion-dollar liquid natural gas plant and petrochemical industry due to be released late October, Pires said.&lt;br /&gt;Direct spin-off for the emerging democracy would include a new 100-megawatt power plant that could eliminate national electricity shortages, a petrochemical storage and shipping port and thousands of jobs that could cut into towering unemployment of around 50 percent.&lt;br /&gt;Tax revenue from Greater Sunrise would reach around $3 billion over several decades for the plant's host country, according to estimates, on top of more than $10 billion from sales.&lt;br /&gt;With all sides holding deeply entrenched positions, the fight over the Timor Sea could drag on for years.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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They say he will escape justice if he is allowed to return to East Timor.&lt;br /&gt;Clinton Fernandes, principal analyst, East Timor, for Australia's intelligence corps in 1998-99, who saw the court documents in Dili last week, said the conviction was contained in a large court file on the death of the boy. The file is in the archives of East Timor's Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation.&lt;br /&gt;Dr Fernandes said Mr Campos's role as a collaborator was to identify East Timorese for interrogation and torture by the Indonesian military, and that he participated in their "disappearances".&lt;br /&gt;"The Australian embassy in Dili was presented with the [commission's] report in February 2006," Dr Fernandes said, "but, more than 2 ½ years later, they have never followed up by visiting the [commission] and asking for more information about war criminals."&lt;br /&gt;He said the Immigration Department had a representative in the embassy, so it could have discovered details of Mr Campos's activities any time after February 2006.&lt;br /&gt;Joanna Ximenes, the sister of the boy who died, said that on July 20 she alerted the Immigration Minister, the Attorney-General, Paul Lynch, the MP for Liverpool, the Prime Minister and the Department of Immigration Dob-In Line that Mr Campos had entered Australia.&lt;br /&gt;On August 8 she gave a detailed statement to the federal police about Mr Campos' alleged role in her brother's death but has heard nothing since.&lt;br /&gt;Dr Fernandes has also told the federal police of the role played by Mr Campos, who belonged to Satuan Tugas Intelijen - the intelligence taskforce/implementing body - in the Indonesian occupation of East Timor.&lt;br /&gt;An Immigration Department spokesman said Mr Campos had not been convicted of any war crime and did not appear on a watch list, and that having referred the matter to the federal police, it could do nothing more. The existence of the court documents was first reported on Channel Seven's Today Tonight.&lt;br /&gt;Mr Campos could not be reached for a response.&lt;br /&gt;This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/09/25/1222217430738.html &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3PqREMeILUI/SNpHvqJttHI/AAAAAAAABS0/acx2NBcykVg/s200/xanana+em+selos.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;2008-09-19 05:51:31&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Díli, 19 Set (Lusa) - A "percepção errada da política externa e da ideologia" de Timor-Leste pelos seus vizinhos está entre as ameaças à segurança do país, segundo um documento de reflexão do sector a que a Agência Lusa teve acesso.&lt;br /&gt;O relatório final do Simpósio sobre o Sector Nacional de Segurança de Timor-Leste, realizado de 12 a 18 de Setembro no Havai, inclui uma análise das ameaças actuais ou potenciais às prioridades nacionais.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;A falta de capacidade para integrar operações de manutenção de paz e o facto de Timor-Leste não pertencer à ASEAN (Associação de Nações do Sudeste Asiático) nem a outras organizações regionais são indicados como obstáculos à contribuição timorense para a estabilidade regional.&lt;br /&gt;O documento inicia-se com a identificação dos interesses nacionais de Timor-Leste, destacando "a defesa e garantia da soberania do território".&lt;br /&gt;Outras prioridades nacionais são "garantir a paz, liberdade e prosperidade do povo timorense", "garantir o primado da lei", "promover o desenvolvimento sustentável" e "contribuir para a estabilidade e segurança regional e internacional".&lt;br /&gt;Em relação às "capacidades e processos necessários para enfrentar causas e responder a desafios", o documento analisa com mais detalhe a defesa da soberania e da integridade territorial.&lt;br /&gt;O relatório final do simpósio aponta para "uma forte componente marítima", "capacidade de diplomacia preventiva", "integração de organizações regionais", "autoridade marítima integrada", "doutrina de segurança integrada" e "processo de construção de consensos em matérias de segurança nacional".&lt;br /&gt;Estes aspectos reflectem-se num outro capítulo do documento, dedicado às áreas de possível assistência internacional, com destaque para o "diálogo marítimo trilateral" entre Timor-Leste, Austrália e Indonésia.&lt;br /&gt;O documento salienta a importância para Timor-Leste de instituições como a Organização Marítima Internacional (IMO) e a participação na Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI, lançada por seis países em Dezembro de 2007 por iniciativa da Indonésia).&lt;br /&gt;A importância e as dificuldades colocadas em torno das línguas oficiais e de trabalho são abordadas em diferentes capítulos do relatório, por exemplo no contexto do sistema jurídico e no desenvolvimento de capacidade técnica e critérios de exigência.&lt;br /&gt;Entre os "próximos passos para implementar as recomendações" do simpósio, o documento inclui "a resposta rápida aos problemas dos veteranos de forma mais detalhada".&lt;br /&gt;O simpósio sobre o sector de segurança foi acolhido pelo Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS), uma instituição de pesquisa ligada ao Comando do Pacífico (PACOM) das forças norte-americanas.&lt;br /&gt;Deputados, antigos governantes e oficiais das forças de segurança, diplomatas e representantes das Nações Unidas participaram dos quatro dias de discussão.&lt;br /&gt;Vários dos participantes, ouvidos pela Lusa no regresso a Díli, consideraram o simpósio "uma oportunidade de diálogo intratimorense".&lt;br /&gt;PRM&lt;br /&gt;Lusa/fim&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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Now we just sit here at the stall all day, and perhaps we'll earn a dollar or two."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Resource curse&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;It is ironic, then, that East Timor has been held up in the past few years as an economic role model - ironic, too, that it has done this by sitting on a large and growing pot of oil savings.&lt;br /&gt;Oil and gas - buried under the Timor Sea - are what give East Timor a future.&lt;br /&gt;They underwrote its independence after the Indonesian army left, taking with it the area's economic lifeline and destroying its sparse infrastructure on their way out.&lt;br /&gt;So far East Timor has built up a fund of about $3bn (£1.63bn). It may not sound like a lot but for a population of less than a million people, in a country where a budget of $300m has proved hard to spend, it is a fortune.&lt;br /&gt;But this economic blessing also comes with a warning. No country like East Timor has ever managed to use a sudden influx of oil money to create a stable and transparent economy.&lt;br /&gt;The developing world is dotted with examples of what economists called the Resource Curse - too much easy money flooding the system, bringing with it inflation, corruption and the death of any private enterprise.&lt;br /&gt;Can East Timor prove that it can, in fact, be done? That taking oil and gas out of the ground can be good for the host country as well as its customers? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Spending spree&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Until now, it has largely avoided the usual tripwires.&lt;br /&gt;East Timor's Petroleum Fund was modeled on Norway's - considered to be perhaps the best in the world - and wrapped in safeguards that prevented governments from frittering away the country's future.&lt;br /&gt;But as the account grows, and the frustration of people like Isabel begins to nag at their leaders' consciences, the money is starting to burn a hole in the government's pocket.&lt;br /&gt;This year, for the first time, the government dipped into the fund itself. In addition to withdrawing its usual sustainable amount - basically the interest on the savings - it took a slice of the capital to help fund a 122% increase in the annual budget.&lt;br /&gt;Spending some of East Timor's oil money is not necessarily a bad idea.&lt;br /&gt;Oil and gas revenues currently make up more than 95% of the government's income and there is a pressing need to create a more stable mainstream economy for when those resources run out.&lt;br /&gt;But most of the extra money in this year's budget was to enable the government to subsidise rice and fuel prices - not exactly a contribution to Timor's long-term growth.&lt;br /&gt;And the finance minister herself admits this was more about avoiding potential instability than building a future economy. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Budget race&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;East Timor's beauty is startling. But you do not have to drive that far south of where Isabel sits at her market stall for the road to peter out into a mountain track.&lt;br /&gt;And try paying for that long and bumpy journey by credit card, or even arranging a taxi after dark, and it is obvious why the five-star hotels are not being built.&lt;br /&gt;East Timor needs roads, electricity and education - and the government knows it.&lt;br /&gt;But red tape and lack of capacity have made it difficult to spend here.&lt;br /&gt;So Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has recently dismantled some of that bureaucracy, issued tight budget deadlines and started a private ministerial spending race - scored with fruit.&lt;br /&gt;Each ministry now lives in fear of this surreal internal ritual. Spend more than 80% of your budget and you are labelled with a durian fruit - the Timorese government equivalent of a gold star.&lt;br /&gt;No one wants to be a banana - the lowest spenders in the cabinet.&lt;br /&gt;The result, its critics say, is a raft of rushed, badly thought-out projects, many of which seem to have stalled.&lt;br /&gt;The tender processes have often been very short - sometimes a matter of weeks.&lt;br /&gt;Civil society groups - and the opposition - complain they are being kept in the dark, and ministry insiders say corners are being cut, opening the door to corruption.&lt;br /&gt;All of which has landed a few strongly worded letters on the prime minister's desk - some of them from Timor's international partners, worried at the precedents being set.&lt;br /&gt;But this young country still has a shot at getting it right and showing the world the curse can be avoided, and that is really because it has two things going for it.&lt;br /&gt;One is a strong and vocal civil society and a vibrant opposition. The other is its size.&lt;br /&gt;Ironically, East Timor's lack of development and its small, scattered population allow it to look for what some experts term a "21st Century solution" to development - nimble, decentralised programmes that focus on training and mobile services.&lt;br /&gt;So much advice, so much criticism - many ministers sound a little inured to it now.&lt;br /&gt;As the deputy finance minister told me recently: "Sometimes we worry too much. If we worry too much about expenditure, then you also have no result in the end."&lt;br /&gt;True enough. But worry too little, and the result might also be the same. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Story from BBC NEWS:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7629881.stmPublished: 2008/09/24 01:09:02 GMT© BBC MMVIII&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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Se não houve obras nenhumas, o acordo mais normal é a família deslocada pagar duzentos dólares à família que ocupou a casa", explicou Carlos Alberto de Araújo à Lusa.Duzentos dólares é uma quantia superior ao ordenado médio mensal de um funcionário público ou de um empregado numa empresa privada.Conforme frisou Maria Domingas Alves em entrevista à Lusa, há uma semana, "o processo de diálogo, inserido na estratégia do governo para resolver o problema dos deslocados, não pretende tocar na titularidade das casas"."Isso é um problema diferente, muito mais vasto, e que, se fosse incluído na estratégia atual, teria como conseqüência atrasar o retorno dos deslocados pelo menos mais um ano", salientou a ministra da Solidariedade Social.O princípio orientador do esvaziamento dos campos (havia 53 em Dili, dois anos depois da crise) é o regresso à situação de fato anterior à violência de abril e maio de 2006.Seis equipes de diálogo entre deslocados e as comunidades estão no local há várias semanas, com 26 funcionários, atuando em todos os subdistritos de Dili exceto a Ilha de Ataúro (Dom Aleixo, Vera Cruz, Cristo-Rei, Metinaro e Nain Feto).Começou também o processo de seleção das equipes de diálogo que atuarão em algumas zonas críticas de Baucau (leste) e Ermera (oeste).A apresentação das equipes de diálogo aconteceu logo após uma cerimônia que marcou o início do retorno às comunidades de origem dos deslocados de Dom Bosco, um dos maiores campos da capital.O início do esvaziamento do campo Dom Bosco foi marcado pelo protesto de um suposto grupo de jovens deslocados, que interpelaram Maria Domingas Alves e acusaram o MSS de "discriminação".O administrador do campo acusou os jovens de "nem sequer pertencerem ao Dom Bosco".O programa de diálogo do MSS é apoiado pelo PNUD e financiado pelas agências de cooperação da Austrália e Nova Zelândia, com um total de US$ 720 mil.Até hoje, 6277 famílias regressaram às comunidades ou a alojamentos provisórios no âmbito da estratégia "Hamutuk Hari’i Futuru" ("Juntos Construindo o Futuro") e "cerca de 24 campos foram encerrados", afirmou Maria Domingas Alves.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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Já o governo chinês anunciou a doação de US$ 300 mil, segundo informou nesta sexta-feira (5) a agência Prensa Latina.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Uma nota difundida no diário Granma destaca que o premiê de Timor Leste, Xanana Gusmão, informou por meio das emissoras de TV de seu país a determinação governamental.&lt;br /&gt;O alto dirigente timorense afirmou que, como a solidariedade com outros povos é um princípio recolhido na Constituição de sua nação, o Conselho de Ministros adotou uma Resolução para doar 500 mil dólares ao povo e governo de Cuba.&lt;br /&gt;Gusmão ofereceu dados sobre a envergadura dos acontecimentos meteorológicos acontecidos durante o fim de semana último em Cuba, incluindo a escola de estudantes timorenses na Ilha da Juventude, a 60 quilômetros ao sul de Havana.&lt;br /&gt;Acrescentou que o furacão categoria quatro na escala Zaffir-Simpson, de cinco, é considerado o maior dos últimos 50 anos.&lt;br /&gt;O texto ressalta que ao povo cubano lhe comove o gesto já que Timor Leste é um pequeno país do Terceiro Mundo e de recursos limitados que dessa forma expressa seus sentimentos de fraternidade e estimula nosso espírito internacionalista.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ajuda chinesa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Ao mesmo tempo, o governo chinês anunciou a doação de 300 mil dólares a Cuba. Além desta ação, a Sociedade da Cruz Vermelha da China entregará US$ 50 mil a sua homóloga da ilha.&lt;br /&gt;Esta mostra de solidariedade soma-se a uma mensagem enviada às máximas autoridades cubanas pelo presidente Hu Jintao pouco depois que o fenômeno meteorológico devastou no último fim de semana zonas do leste de Cuba, incluída a Ilha da Juventude.&lt;br /&gt;Nessa ocasião, o mandatário chinês expressou a convicção de que o povo cubano, sob a direção do governo e do Partido Comunista, se recuperará cedo deste desastre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GOVERNO ESPANHOL AJUDA CUBA APÓS FURACÃO GUSTAV&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;HAVANA, 5 SET (ANSA) - O governo espanhol enviou hoje um avião a Cuba com US$ 82 mil em ajuda para amenizar os danos provocados após a passagem do furacão Gustav. A ajuda se soma às contribuições da Rússia, China, Timor Leste e Cruz Vermelha.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A carga de 15 toneladas inclui geradores elétricos, material para abrigos, kits para higiene, mosquiteiros e depósitos de água, informou em um comunicado a embaixada da Espanha em Havana. O envio de ajuda, procedente do Centro Logístico Humanitário de Cooperação Espanhola na América Latina, no Panamá, é conseqüência do acordo fechado durante a reunião da Comissão Mista de Cooperação entre Espanha e Cuba, revelou o comunicado. "Temos escutado as necessidades e respondido com rapidez", disse aos jornalistas o embaixador espanhol em Cuba, Carlos Alonso, segundo publicou a agência cubana Prensa Latina. Este é o primeiro de vários envios de ajuda, acrescentou o diplomata, que anunciou um programa de reconstrução de escolas na Ilha da Juventude. A chegada da missão espanhola aconteceu um dia depois que dois aviões do governo russo aterrissaram carregados de tendas, materiais de construção, camas, cobertores e cabos elétricos, segundo afirmou Prensa Latina. O governo chinês divulgou nesta sexta-feira a doação de US$ 300 mil, enquanto que a Cruz Vermelha da China entregará outros US$ 50 mil à sua correspondente no país, disseram fontes da embaixada cubana em Pequim, citadas pela Prensa Latina. O governo do Timor Leste -- cujo presidente, José Ramos Horta, realiza nestes dias uma visita oficial a Cuba, onde hoje foi recebido pelo presidente Raúl Castro -- afirmou que vai doar US$ 500 mil. Gustav, com ventos de até 340 km/hr, é considerado o furacão mais potente que passou por Cuba nos últimos 50 anos. Não provocou mortes, mas na Ilha da Juventude e em Pinar Del Rio destruiu mais de 100 mil habitações, escolas, hospitais, sistemas energéticos e telefônicos, e terras para cultivo. 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Existiam diversas soluções casuísticas que às vezes geravam problemas, nomeadamente a continuidade de um ou outro juiz. Agora, o que passa a existir é um processo de recrutamento regulado, desencadeado por iniciativa das autoridades de Timor-Leste, com intervenção de órgãos em Portugal, como o Conselho Superior de Magistratura ou a Procuradoria-geral da República", explicou.&lt;br /&gt;Alberto Costa precisou que o protocolo que vai ser assinado passa a definir as condições que são concedidas a estes magistrados, que incluem, da parte portuguesa, "o respectivo vencimento e os subsídios a que têm direito, tal como aconteceria se estivessem em Portugal".&lt;br /&gt;"Todos os seus direitos e deveres são acautelados", frisou.&lt;br /&gt;Do lado das Nações Unidas e do Governo timorense ficam as responsabilidades de garantia de habitação, alimentação e transportes.&lt;br /&gt;O segundo protocolo que vai ser assinado nesta deslocação oficial abrange todas as actividades tuteladas pelos ministérios da Justiça de Portugal e Timor-Leste.&lt;br /&gt;"O objectivo é promover a colaboração em toda a área da justiça. Desde a formação até à disponibilização de peritos, passando pela transferência de boas práticas neste domínio, elaboração de legislação, e as formas de colaboração à distância, nomeadamente através do uso de correio electrónico e de videoconferência para resolver problemas que se colocam no plano jurídico, através da colaboração de profissionais dos dois países", destacou.&lt;br /&gt;"A cooperação entre Portugal e Timor-Leste estava a precisar que fosse assegurado um quadro alargado de cooperação, que incluísse elementos de modernização da ordem jurídica, não apenas os tão importantes elementos da formação de juristas e de técnicos e oficias de justiça", defendeu.&lt;br /&gt;"Pretendemos dar continuidade e valorizar a cooperação judicial. 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(Reuters: Gary Ramage/Pool)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;An East Timorese guest worker scheme is likely to be on the agenda during a visit to Canberra next week by East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, who will hold talks with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;An East Timor government official has spent months in talks with business and government authorities in Western Australia's remote north and an agreement has been signed with the WA Government on bringing East Timorese to work in Australia's remote Kimberley region.&lt;br /&gt;East Timor is now proposing that about 300 workers and trainees come to Australia under the first year of a pilot scheme .&lt;br /&gt;East Timor is one of the world's poorest nations, with unemployment at above 60 per cent, and its Government has described an urgent need to develop its skills base.&lt;br /&gt;The idea comes after Australia's decision to pilot a scheme for Pacific Island workers to fill what farmers say is a labour shortage in Australian horticulture.&lt;br /&gt;Kevin Austin is the East Timor official who has been working on aspects of a possible scheme in WA.&lt;br /&gt;"There are several industries we have looked at but these are all industries that are having labour shortage crisis issues and these are all industries Timor can gain skills from," Mr Austin has told ABC radio's AM.&lt;br /&gt;He says some of the industries in northern WA that are facing crippling labour shortages are tourism, forestry and aquaculture, and he says it makes sense to bring Timorese workers to the Kimberley.&lt;br /&gt;"What we've proposed is 300 employees and trainees in the first pilot year and we're also requesting 100 occupational trainees," Mr Austin said.&lt;br /&gt;"Timor would benefit from the fact that we have such a large youth unemployed and unskilled so-called bubble; these people certainly would assist in Timor's national and human security recovery and development."&lt;br /&gt;One company that has struggled to find and keep staff is the Cable Beach Resort at Broome, which says it can have 30 jobs vacant at any time of year, with no one to fill them.&lt;br /&gt;The resort tends to rely on backpackers, but with their tendency to move on quickly, they do not answer the need for a more stable workforce.&lt;br /&gt;Cable Beach Resort general manager Ron Sedon says Timorese workers could easily fill some of those jobs, particularly as gardeners, landscapers, housekeepers and food and beverage workers.&lt;br /&gt;"I also think that given Australia's close relationship with East Timor at the moment, we have a moral responsibility to develop a workforce," Mr Sedon said.&lt;br /&gt;Local business support is so strong that Western Australia has signed an agreement with East Timor to bring workers to the Kimberley.&lt;br /&gt;If the Commonwealth agrees, the workers would work anywhere from Broome to Kununurra, with employers paying their transport, accommodation and meals.&lt;br /&gt;Mr Austin also says the training role is important.&lt;br /&gt;"Initially we looked at semi- to low-skilled positions," he said.&lt;br /&gt;"We are now looking at other skilled areas that would assist Timor in gaining skills, so we're not just talking about employment, we're also looking at a dual program of both employment and skilling to help Timor with its own strategic industries that will help its recovery and development."&lt;br /&gt;The Federal Government will not say if its Pacific worker pilot program will be expanded to include workers from East Timor.&lt;br /&gt;But Mr Austin is hopeful that the ground work that has already been done will pay off and bring an announcement in Canberra next week to coincide with Mr Gusmao's visit.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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The 25-year-old was one of 13 runners who failed to complete the gruelling course, which began at Tiananmen Square and ended in front of a packed house at the National Stadium.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;East Timor’s sole competitor at the Beijing Games, who uses a combination of prayer and the songs of Alicia Keys to help pump her up for big events, succumbed to a bruised left foot and reluctantly quit at the 26-kilometre mark.&lt;br /&gt;The injury dashed her hopes of completing the 42-kilometre run and of emulating the heroic efforts of fellow countrywoman Agueda Fatima Amaral at the 2000 Sydney Games. Running as an Individual Olympic Athlete, Amaral triumphantly entered the Homebush arena third last in a fi eld of 45. She knelt down and clasped her hands in prayer before being reminded that she had to complete a lap of the stadium.&lt;br /&gt;It was an Olympic moment that Dias Ximenes witnessed fi rst hand, sitting in the stadium with Jose Ramos Horta, the man who is now the country’s president.&lt;br /&gt;"I was so proud of her and I wanted to be like her," said Dias Ximenes.For East Timor’s athletes, however, just getting to Beijing is a victory of sorts.&lt;br /&gt;Her teammate and fellow marathoner Augusto Soares was prevented from making the journey after his coach – who was not included among the support staff selected to tag along – had refused to let him attend.&lt;br /&gt;Helder Encarnacao, a member of the delegation with the East Timor National Olympic Committee, said Soares lived with his coach and was stopped from leaving when the delegation departed for Beijing earlier this month.&lt;br /&gt;He said an attempt was made to bring Soares over after the team arrived.&lt;br /&gt;"But we couldn’t get in touch with him," said Encarnacao, adding that Soares had possibly returned to his home village after the coach’s unusual intervention.&lt;br /&gt;Sunday’s marathon was only Dias Ximenes’s third. Her fi rst was at the Asian Games in South Korea in 2002 and her second was this year in Malang, in Indonesia.&lt;br /&gt;"I’ve been training for two hours every day, except Sunday when I go to church," said Dias Ximenes. "I know that the people of East Timor support me and I hope I can do the best for my country."&lt;br /&gt;The diminutive Dias Ximenes said highlights of her time in Beijing have included mingling and swapping pins with the likes of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, US basketballers and track-and-fi eld stars at the Olympic athletes’ village.&lt;br /&gt;After the Games, she intends to return to Bali, where she recently completed a university course in management.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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Ficou num coma prolongado e esteve às portas da morte em Darwin, Austrália, onde foi tratado.No mesmo dia e quase à mesma hora, o primeiro-ministro e ex-Presidente, Xanana Gusmão, saiu ileso de um atentado à coluna de veículos que o transporta de casa para o seu gabinete."The Australian" diz que estes dados das autópsias permitem concluir que os acontecimentos no recinto da residência presidencial não são tão claros como tinham sido descritos até aqui e que é de admitir que Reinado e Exposto possam ter sido atraídos para uma armadilha ou ter sido feitos prisioneiros antes de serem executados.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;East Timor rebel could have been executed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:59pm EDT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CANBERRA, Aug 13 (Reuters) - An autopsy of East Timor rebel leader Alfredo Reinado and a top lieutenant pointed to their execution, rather than being shot by security forces during a presidential assassination attempt, a report said on Wednesday.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The autopsy showed rebel soldier Leopoldino Exposto was shot once in the back of the head at "close range" following the February 11 assassination attempt on President Jose Ramos Horta, the Australian newspaper said.Reinado, the 42-year-old army major who led a year-long mutiny against the government, was also shot and killed at Ramos Horta's presidential compound and four bullet entry wounds showed he was also shot at extreme close range."There were multiple complex gunshot wound (sic) on the left face surrounding the left eye, base of nose, upper cheek and forehead with laceration and blackening of the skin," Reinado's autopsy said.Reports of executions by security forces could stoke fresh tensions in the fledgling country, where ethnic tensions are still raw.East Timor has been unable to achieve stability since its hard-won independence, with the army splitting along regional lines in 2006, triggering violence that killed 37 people and drove 150,000 from their homes.The autopsy said burning and blackening around Reinado's wounds in the eye, neck, chest and hand suggested he had been shot at a distance of less than 30 cms, rather than by guards standing 10 metres away, which is the official version of events."Burning and blackening is a feature of very close-range shots, probably from less than a foot away. If you see burning and soot-type burning, it indicates that the barrel of the gun was very close to the skin's surface," David Ranson, of the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, told the newspaper.Nobel Peace Prize winner Ramos Horta was critically wounded in the assassination attempt and he spent two months recovering in Australia, where he was flown for life-saving surgery.The attack also targetted Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, who escaped injury.The autopsies were conducted by forensic pathologist Muhammad Nurul Islam, who wrote that Exposto and Reinado were killed with a high-velocity rifle.Nurul said Reinado's wounds featured "blackening/burning" especially so in his left eye, where the marks covered a large 10cm x 9cm area, possibly indicating a point-blank shot.Chest wounds also featured burning and blackening, despite the fact Reinado was wearing a heavy black ammunition vest. Exposto had a "satellite shaped gunshot wound on the back of the head centrally located", the report said. A United Nations report into the assassination attempt has not yet been released, while a criminal investigation by East Timor's prosecutor-general is running late.Nurul said the question whether Reinado had launched his attack because of a drinking or drug binge would never be answered, as the Dili morgue had no toxicological testing equipment, the newspaper said.More than 2,500 foreign troops and police remain in the country to help local security forces maintain stability. (Reporting by Rob Taylor; Editing by David Fogarty)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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