East Timor's first year of freedom from Indonesia ... and public defenders were installed on January 7, 2000 but the court building, destroyed by the militias, was not ready until March.

U.S. Navy Seabees construction personnel are continuously based in East Timor, building and renovating schools and clinics. “The U.S. might fear China. We don’t fear (them) and we don’t fear ...

But transitioning energy production and/or building new energy sources are expensive, and East Timor faces severe financial challenges as the gas fields that provide a majority of its gross ...

Baucau is the second-largest city in East Timor, after Dili, the capital ... such as large colonial houses, churches, and public buildings. One of these is the Pousada de Baucau, a large pink hotel ...