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...they'd been passed over for promotion and unjustly accused of having mounted only half-hearted resistance to Indonesia's 24-year occupation of the former Portuguese colony, which ended in 1999. For four days in late April they demonstrated in Dili. Then, on April 28, Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri ordered the army to break up the protest, which it did with stunning brutality, leaving at least five dead and many more wounded. That worsened longstanding tensions within the Army and police, triggering open rebellion...
...tense meeting took place with Defense Minister Roques Rodrigues. "I heard the Colonel say: "I can destroy them all and rebuild again tomorrow,'' Reinado says. The Minister refused to give his approval, saying such an order would have to come from the Prime Minister. He then drove Lere to Alkatiri's residence, where a lengthy meeting took place. Afterward, Lere saw Reinado at Tasi Tolu. "He told me he has approval to take action," Reinado recalls. "I said, 'You do it without any written order or justification.'" He says Lere was not using official procedures, instead issuing commands...
...tiny country, where life expectancy is just 57 years, is still on economic life-support. Aid group Oxfam last week warned it would become a failed state unless it could negotiate a bigger share of petroleum revenues. Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri says his country intends to save most of the oil income for future generations and will not follow the example of resource-rich neighbors that have squandered their wealth or been strangled by corruption: "Without a strong institutional footing, high levels of public investment would be dangerous." Idleness will not be tolerated either, he says. "We need to push...
...boundary talks will resume in Canberra in September. "Australia is refusing to negotiate on the main issue-the location of the lateral boundaries," says Galbraith. "There's a significant gap at the moment, and closing that gap will take a long time," counters Australia's Downer. East Timor's Alkatiri says his country is open to a "creative solution" but would call on "mutual friends" if the talks fail. Downer says Australia is open to fresh ideas: "We have heard a lot of abuse and criticism, but in terms of constructive solutions, let's see them...
...negotiations and its plans to meet the basic needs of citizens and save half the expected revenues in a fund for future generations - like the thousand young Catholics gathered at a conference in Ermera, a coffee-growing area some 50 km from Dili. It's taken Prime Minister Alkatiri and his escort almost three hours to make the hazardous road journey here, but at the end of his pep talk, he takes 90 minutes of questions. The main issue seems to be the security situation over the coming months, as U.N. forces are wound down. Alkatiri is also asked...