Word: timorously
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...RESIGNED. Mari Alkatiri, 57, Prime Minister of East Timor, after clashes between disgruntled soldiers and government loyalists led to the tiny nation's worst violence since its 1999 independence from Indonesia; in Dili. Alkatiri, whom critics allege also hired a hit squad to eliminate his political opponents, agreed to step down after East Timor's widely respected President, Xanana Gusm?o, threatened to resign himself if he did not. "They destroyed Dili town, burned, looted and killed our people," railed Alkatiri while announcing his resignation, "and then they accuse me of being a terrorist...
...than New Zealanders. Australia's economic ambitions are closely entwined with the growth of China and India; the Kiwis are yet to be recognized as players in this game. Australia's government is strapped on to the Americans in Iraq, while its troops are leading local interventions in East Timor and the Solomons. Under Prime Minister John Howard, Australia's politics have shifted to the right. Although less "p.c." than she appeared a year ago, Prime Minister Clark can still sound like a denizen of Helengrad. New Zealand's Labor-led government has taken quite a different diplomatic and military...
...tries to divide you on regional or ethnic lines ... Let no one deprive you of your hard-won freedom, of your right to live in security and without fear." KOFI ANNAN, U.N. Secretary General, speaking amid violence between government troops and a breakaway faction of soldiers in East Timor's capital, Dili, that has killed at least 27 people...
...strange that there are riots going on in Paris, East Timor and Kabul the very week Katie Couric leaves NBC ... Am I the only one connecting the dots here?" --TOM BODETT...
...Juggling three mobile phones, Reinado gives orders, takes calls from journalists, and snipes at East Timor's government. Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri is "just a cockroach," he says with a laugh. "He tried to kill me. But I never hide. They know where to find me. I'm waiting for them...