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...Pedro Belo hasn't slept in two days. Commander of the Police District of Baucau, about 100km east of Dili, Belo is still wearing his body armor, yawning as sirens wail around his station. He sits at his desk reading reports of local outbreaks of violence that his men cannot respond to. "Every time we leave here they know, and they will attack this place," he says. "We've asked for help and we had the Australian soldiers come here, but they went around and then they left. They patrol in helicopters, but you can't catch anyone from...
...East Timor independence activists José Ramos-Horta and Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo jointly win the Nobel Prize for Peace...
Presley Professor of Social Medicine Paul Farmer was awarded the $100,000 Austin College Leadership Award last night in honor of his humanitarian work in medicine. A founding director of Partners in Health (PIH), a medical charity with offices around the world, Farmer was presented the honor at the Belo Mansion in Dallas, Texas. He will use the money to help make up for disparities in the organization’s budget, PIH spokesman Andrew Marx said. Farmer’s method of treating patients with multi-variable tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, developed during his time at PIH, revolutionized the approach...
...different kind of presidential style. Bush has sounded wistful lately about his more bipartisan days as a Texas Governor. "As you know, in Austin I was able to work with Democrats and Republicans to get a lot done," he said in an interview last week with Texas-based Belo Broadcasting. That's a new tone for a leader whose confidence and convictions have given his party its backbone for the past six years...
...Both leaders were disrespectful to the delegates, U.N. officials and the U.N. as an institution that represents our ultimate hope for peace. Secretary-General Kofi Annan should take measures to avoid such occurrences in the future and uphold the dignity of the institution. José Thomaz Gama da Silva Belo Horizonte, Brazil...