East Timor

An unchanged landscape in Washington
The administration's confused and negligent policy toward human rights abuses in Indonesia is not likely to change in the wake of the tsunami.
Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky
The nation's most implacable critic of U.S. foreign policy argues that the war is unjust, America is the biggest terrorist state and intellectuals always support official violence.
Militia U.
Vermont's Norwich University continues to make Indonesians into soldiers, despite a suspension of military cooperation between the two countries.
Death of a journalist
Reporter Sander Thoenes was touring a neighborhood in Dili, the capital of East Timor. Then soldiers opened fire.
Letters to the Editor
"For Love of the Game" review strikes out; college students should learn to leave the nest; since when is George Bush an "education governor"?
Allan Nairn freed, deported by Indonesia
The American reporter who revealed rights abuses in East Timor, detained by Indonesian soldiers last week, is released.
Letters to the Editor
It's time for action in East Timor; misunderstanding "Stigmata"; cybercommunism and "free" software.
Free Allan Nairn!
An American reporter faces 10 years in a brutal Indonesian jail. His crime: Refusing to turn away from acts of inhumanity. The United States must act -- now.
Another U.N. disaster
United Nations ineptitude has paved the way for the current East Timor crisis.
Mute no more
Indonesia's greatest novelist reflects on his nation's upcoming election and on the crimes of his archenemy, Suharto.
This week in travel
Wanderlust's select guide to the top travel-related news stories from around the globe
This week in travel
Wanderlust's select guide to the top travel-related news stories from around the globe
This week in travel
Wanderlust's select guide to the top travel-related news stories from around the globe
Dickering with the devil
Without a vigiilant Congress, the U.S. could find itself supporting a new military dictatorship in Indonesia.

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