There was a big turnout for East Timor's first democratic election after centuries of foreign domination.
The saddest Asian story for the World Economic Forum is East Timor, No. 122 and slipping.
In Maliana in western East Timor, returning locals claim that 45 people were killed there.
And the general responsible for East Timor for many years was himself a Catholic.
But it is clear that the army in East Timor is resisting Mr Habibie's plans.
Small and impoverished East Timor may not be seen to be worth that cost.
This week Mr Habibie sent the commander of the armed forces, General Wiranto, to East Timor.
They were driven out of East Timor after it gained its independence last year.
But the recent mayhem in East Timor made Mr Cohen's visit the most difficult yet.
Australia then became the only western country to recognise Indonesia's claim of sovereignty over East Timor.
Indonesia and Portugal seem to have achieved real progress in discussions over the fate of East Timor.
Mr Cameron welcomed China's provision of troops for UN peacekeeping missions in Congo, East Timor and Lebanon.
Indonesia has a golden chance to cut its losses in East Timor, and to disengage with dignity.
Panama, Ecuador, El Salvador, East Timor, the Federates States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islandss are dollarized.
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Habibie, Mr Suharto's little-liked and hand-picked successor, has said that East Timor could instead be granted independence.
After a 24-year Indonesian occupation, a referendum in East Timor had voted four-to-one in favour of independence.
From the start there has been a sense of unreality about Indonesia's new policy for East Timor.
Colonized by Portugal in 1702, East Timor declared its independence in 1975 but was promptly invaded by Indonesia.
Away from the cozy confines of the U.N. tower, Quest travels to East Timor to witness grassroots peacekeeping.
As Arnold Kohen describes in his book, Indonesia even managed to divide the Catholic Church over East Timor.
The Malaysian government last November strongly criticised a conference in Kuala Lumpur on Indonesia's role in East Timor.
The new chief minister, Mari Alkatiri, accepts that East Timor will be dependent on foreign aid for several years.
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We will need new doctrines for international intervention in places like Kosovo and, more recently and tragically, East Timor.
Even by that standard, though, Indonesia's seizure in 1975 of East Timor, which the Dutch never owned, was unjustified.
On March 14th, Indonesia finally convened the first of its special human-rights courts on the 1999 East Timor violence.
The prospect of foreign intervention in East Timor has already unleashed trouble elsewhere.
Australia turned a blind eye when Indonesia invaded East Timor in 1975, after Portugal, the colonial power, had bolted.
Bosnia and Kosovo both wanted foreign troops as a protection against Serbia, and East Timor had similar feelings towards Indonesia.
Other countries, including Mexico, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and East Timor, have set up similar funds, and are pouring money into them.
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In an ideal world, East Timor would now enter a transitional period of several years before a vote were held.
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