Why East Timor Has Declared War on Ninjas. 6 ... of mutant turtles dwelling in a sewer. But in East Timor, ... in the psyche of a nation still traumatized and torn by years of occupation and civil ...

Hundreds of people at East Timor’s main airport cheered earlier in the day as an Australian plane delivered the first international troops sent to keep the country from civil war. Thank God ...

1975 - November - After brief civil war, Fretilin (Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor) declares East Timor independent. Indonesian invasion 1975 - December - Indonesia invades ...

Amid civil war, East Timor was annexed by Indonesia in 1976 and declared the country’s 27th province following Portugal’s democratization and its decision to shed its colonies the year before.

Helde Marcal Belo, a civil servant, in tears after the Mass, said he had been moved by Francis' decision to visit East Timor last year as part of a gruelling 12-day tour of Asia and Oceania, the ...

After brief civil war, left-wing Fretilin party unilaterally declares East Timor independent. Indonesia invades, using its fight against communism as a pretext. It annexes territory in a move not ...

After brief civil war, left-wing Fretilin party unilaterally declares East Timor independent. Indonesia invades, using its fight against communism as a pretext. It annexes territory in a move not ...