Word: timorously
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...foreign investor in countries as diverse as Sudan and Cambodia. In exchange for the natural resources needed to feed China's economic engine, Beijing began an assiduous campaign to win foreign hearts and minds by financing stadiums, hospitals and lavish government offices. The Foreign Ministry in East Timor was built courtesy of the Chinese, while Guinea-Bissau's marble-accented parliament building was a gift from Beijing...
...Police announced a war-crimes investigation into their deaths. Says Gary Cunningham's brother Greig: "We don't believe in the death penalty, but we want to see the people responsible face justice. They should be prosecuted on the evidence we now know." (Read "A Last Meeting with East Timor's Rebel Leader...
...five journalists were attempting to film Indonesian troops as they crossed into East Timor and attacked the tiny village of Balibo on a road about six miles (10 km) from the Indonesian border. The men, who were working for Australian television networks, believed the attacking Indonesian soldiers would treat them as noncombatants because of their status as international journalists. But shortly after the assault, their bodies were found in a house in the village. Indonesian military authorities said the five were caught in cross fire. Some Indonesian accounts even included extraordinary claims that some of the men had been wearing...
...forced out of a room where he had been hiding. Their bodies were later "burned to a crisp." Pinch found that Peters died from "wounds sustained when he was shot and/or stabbed deliberately and not in the heat of battle by members of the Indonesian special forces." (Read "East Timor: Dark Days in Dili...
...Cunningham believe it could have something to do with a sudden burst of publicity about the case thanks to the release of the Australian-produced film Balibo, which recounts the incident. Based on the book Cover-Up by veteran journalist Jill Jolliffe, who has spent years reporting on East Timor, and featuring actor Anthony LaPaglia, the film presents a brutally frank depiction of the fate of the journalists. Says Cunningham: "Without being cynical, I think it's a nice coincidence that the movie has just come out. There's been an incredible response to the movie. It's shockingly confronting...