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...Taiwan, which competes under the nebulous title of "Chinese Taipei"?joined the parade of athletes in last Friday's Opening Ceremony of the 28th Olympiad. Some, including the Americans, Russians and Chinese, are hoping to burnish their countries' reputations with bulging medal counts. Others, including Bhutan and East Timor, which is competing for the first time, are simply happy to wave their flags. Unlike high-profile gold-medal hopefuls, many of whom travel with their own personal trainers and a fridge full of optimal training food, athletes from these smaller nations exist in an alternate universe of constant anonymity...
...ANNOUNCED. OVERTURNED CONVICTIONS for four members of Indonesia's security forces, for alleged crimes against humanity during East Timor's violent 1999 independence referendum in which as many as 1,500 were killed; by an Indonesian appeals court in Jakarta. The decision, made last month but announced on Aug. 6, leaves standing the convictions of just two (both East Timorese civilians) of the 18 originally indicted...
...been in the right place at a turbulent time: American human-rights activist Sidney Jones, head of the organization's Southeast Asian office, and a handful of expatriate and Indonesian researchers have produced 39 uncompromising reports on subjects ranging from bloody conflicts in Aceh, Ambon and East Timor to the origins of Islamic terror in the region...
...While the country's annual budget of $80 million ($100 per person) relies heavily on donors, that's slowly changing. In February, operator ConocoPhillips reported a regular flow of "wet gas" from the JPDA's Bayu-Undan field, which is expected to bring East Timor $100 million a year for 20 years. But outside the current boundaries, Australia is issuing new exploration licenses and receiving revenue from the Laminaria fields. "Australia is continuing to take oil from the area in dispute at a rate of $1 million a day," says Peter Galbraith, a former U.S. diplomat who leads Dili...
...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...