East Timor hotel development reveals multiple graves (AsiaOne)
DILI, March 11 (Reuters) – The construction of a luxury hotel near East Timor’s capital has uncovered machine-dug graves containing remains of people who may have been killed during the country’s occupation by Indonesia, scientists said on Thursday.
Indonesian militantsrecruiting on video (The Record and Herald News)
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — From the safety of a forest camp, a commander of a new Indonesian militant group looks into a camera and ridicules the notorious extremist group Jemaah Islamiyah: They are not violent enough, come and join us, he shouts, an automatic rifle in one hand.
East Timor still waiting for apology (Sky News Australia)
East Timor’s President Jose Ramos-Horta says Indonesia still needs to apologise over its brutal occupation of the half-island even if relations between the neighbours have improved.
Iran’s link to China includes nukes, missiles (The Washington Times)
KIEV | Recent developments in Iran confirm that China is providing Tehran with critical defense technologies and weapons systems, including some that violate stated Chinese policies aimed at preventing nuclear proliferation. The disclosure of Chinese military aid comes as the Obama administration is trying to persuade Beijing to join other members of the U.N. Security Council, European Union …
East Timor threatens to scuttle gas development (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
East Timor’s president Jose Ramos-Horta says his country is serious about making sure its interests are not ignored in the development of the Greater Sunrise Gas field.
East Timor denies supporting human rights tribunal (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
East Timor’s President, Jose Ramos-Horta, says a press release issued by Amnesty International has misrepresented his comments about calls for an international tribunal in East Timor.
E Timor ‘still needs Indonesia apology’ (Brisbane Times)
East Timor’s President Jose Ramos-Horta says Indonesia still needs to apologise over its brutal occupation of the half-island.
China May Allow Individual Tourists to Visit Taiwan, Yang Says (Bloomberg)
March 17 (Bloomberg) — China may allow individual tourists to visit Taiwan, according to a Chinese government spokesman, in a move to further open the flow of exchanges across the Taiwan Strait.
Tata, Chevron bid for Indonesian project (Express India)
Tata Power Co Ltd and Chevron Corp’s Indonesian unit are among several firms which have submitted bids for a geothermal power project in Indonesia, a ministry official said on Wednesday.
China says still wants military talks with Taiwan (The Malaysian Insider)
BEIJING, March 17 — China still wants talks on building military and security trust with Taiwan, a spokesman said today, despite Beijing’s anger over recent US arms sales to the island. China has claimed sovereignty over self-ruled Taiwan since 1949, when Mao Zedong’s forces won the Chinese civil war and Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists fled to the island. Beijing has threatened to attack if …
