East Timor President Jose Ramos Horta poses with Australian Prime Minister John Howard prior to their meeting in Dili, 26 July 2007. Howard arrived...
Malaysian policeman stands guard as officials unload boxes of ballot papers in Dili, 23 June 2007. East Timor's caretaker Prime Minister Estanislau...
Former East Timorese president Xanan Gusmao, Parliament President Fransisco "Lu Olo" Guteres look on as the new President Jose Ramos-Horta signs...
President candidate Francisco Guterres, popularly known as Lu-Olo, talks to journalists during a press conference in Dili, 06 May 2007. Lu-Olo, a...
East Timorese policemen load a ballot box for distribution to 13 districts in Dili, 04 May 2007. East Timor presidential candidate Jose Ramos-Horta...
East Timorese children show photos of the presidential candidate of the Fretilin party as Australian soldiers take a rest in Dili, 02 May 2007. The...
East Timorese Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta also presidential candidate, stands next to Fernando "Lasama" de Araujo during a campaign in Dili, 26...
Two Australian soldiers, part of the UN peace keeping force, guards the area where a gas leakage occured in a port in Dili, 16 April 2007. The area...
East Timorese President Xanana Gusmao speaks at a press conference in Dili, 11 April 2007. East Timor's presidential election was headed for a second...
East Timorese electoral workers carry ballot boxes from a UN a helicopter as part of the United Nation's assistance to East Timor on the eve of the...
East Timorese boys ride their biycles in front of a cathedral church in Dili, 07 April 2007. The 09 April election will be the first since East Timor...
East Timorese presidential candidate Ramos Horta speaks during an election debate in Dili, 05 April 2007. East Timor holds a presidential election on...
East Timorese President Xanana Gusmao shares a light moment with presidential candidate Ramos Horta during an election campaign in Dili, 04 April...
Police officers patrol near by a refugee camp in Dili, 09 September 2006. Dozens of youths attacked a refugee camp in the latest episode of unrest to...
French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin speaks during the annual conference of the French Ambassadors, 30 August 2006 in Paris. AFP PHOTO OLIVIER...
Australian soldiers arrest a protestor after he was caught throwing rocks towards military trucks as protesters headed back to the outskirts in Dili,...
Anti former east Timorese prime minister Mari Alkatiri shout slogans as supporter of Alkatiri parade in Dili, 2006. Thousands of supporters of East...
East Timorese former defence minister and foreign minister Ramos Horta talks to people in Dili, 26 June 2006. East Timor's outgoing foreign minister...
Students and activists hold a protest in Dili 25 June 2006. East Timor's ruling party snubbed a demand from president Xanana Gusmao that prime...
Women and children ride a truck as they flee their homes in Dili, 05 May 2006. At least 21,000 residents have fled the East Timorese capital Dili, a...
East Timorese refugees gather at a makeshift camp in Dili, 29 April 2009. Troops fanned out across the East Timorese capital Dili, a day after a...
East Timor's military commander Brigadier General Taur Matan Ruak gestures as he talks to journalists in Dili, 17 March 2006. East Timor's military...
Two East Timorese mothers cry during a ceremony to commemorate the Santa Cruze tragedy in Dili, 12 November 2005. East Timorese people demanded their...
Child looks on as she stands among Muslim women attending Eid Al-Fitr prayers in Dili, 03 November 2005. Muslims consider Eid-al Fitr, which falls at...
East Timor Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri and United States ambassador in East Timor Joseph Rees carry wreath of flowers in Dili, 09 September 2005....
East Timorese girls perform a traditional dance during the 30th founding anniversary celebration of Falintil in Manatuto, 20 August 2005. The...
East Timorese Truth commission members Felicidade Guterres, Ramos Horta, Jacinto Alves, Aniceto Guteres, Deonisio Babo and Cirilio Vasconselos pose...
East Timorese President Xanana Gusmao stands with his new cabinet members during a swearing ceremony in Dili, 28 July 2005. No reason was given for...
Man collects rubbish at a waste dump about 30kms from East Timor's capital city Dili, 11 July 2005. East Timor President Xanana Gusmao said...
Manchester United's player Cristiano Ronaldo receives a souvenir from East Timor President Xanana Gusmao during a ceremony in Dili, 18 June 2005....
Australian troops buy souvenirs befor leaving East Timor, in Maliana, 13 June 2005. Australia started pulling its last peacekeeping troops out of...
East Timorese parade during the anniversary of East Timor independence in Dili, 20 May 2005. East Timor President Xanana Gusmao said that joblessness...
East Timorese military police hold an anti-terror drill under Brazilian military police instructors in Dili 12 May 2005. Police in East Timor scoured...
East Timor national police thoroughly check a vehicle entering the gate of a government building in Dili, 11 May 2005. Australia's most senior police...
Jose Teixeira State Secretary for tourism, environment and oil comes out from a meeting room as Australian official stands after a meeting in Dili,...
Newspaper vendor in Dili sells local papers reporting about the new pope as the people celebrate in the largely Catholic East Timor, 20 April 2005....
An elderly Timorese woman receives a host during a Mass pray for Pope John Paul II in Dili 02 April 2005. About 97% Roman Chatolics of East Timorese...
Two East Timorese fishermen do their trade in the coastal line off Dili 23 March 2005. East Timor and Australia will resume talks on how to share $30...
East Timor President Xanana Gusmao throws a flower wreath into the sea in front of the government office in downtown Dili, 09 January 2005, as part...
Supporter of Ukraine's pro-West opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko holds a campaign poster reading "Yes" during a mass jubiliation after...
Police Unit Border chief Domingos Maia points to some illegal ways being used by Indonesian to enter its country border om Covalima-Lakumaras, in...
President of the National Council of Timorese Resistance Xanana Gusmao speaks to his people in front of United Nations Transitional Administration in...
East Timorese President Xanana Gusmao gestures during a ceremony marking the second anniversary of the youngest country in the world, in Dili 20 May...
Malaysian Brig. General Datu Ali Nasruddin gestures beside Mari Alkatiri , East Timorese Prime Minister during a ceremonial at Nikolao Lobato airport...
East Timorese President Xanana Gusmao talks during a press conference in Dili, 01 May 2004. East Timor would work with former military chief General...
An East Timorese girl places a traditional cloth around the neck of the leader of the Australian delegation, Chris Moraith , during a meeting between...
Australian activists hold a banner and show their support during a protest by East Timorese outside the Australian embassy in Dili, 14 April 2004....
Ethnic Timorese-Indonesian Catholic nuns line up at the Indonesian mission office before casting their vote for the Indonesian general election in...
Indonesian people who live in Dili, East Timor hand in voting forms in Dili, 03 April 2004. Indonesians are concerned about two elections, 05 April's...
East Timorese activists hold an anti-US banner during a protest in Dili, 20 March 2004. Scores of human rights activists held a peace demonstration...
Former head of the United Nation mission administration in East Timor Ian Martin swears in before testifying during the hearing with East Timor...
Prison officers escort former Indonesian militias member in East Timor Jose da Costa , Inacio de Oliviera , Miquel Mau and Gilberto Fernandez in to...
East Timorese President Xanana Gusmao laughs with Japanese Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Ichiro Ansawa during their meeting in Dili, 03 February...
East Timor's President Xanana Gusmao sings with other East TImorese during a Christmas celebration in Dili, 24 December 2003. Mojority Chirstian in...
East Timor President Xanana Gusmao hold his second son, Kay Olo, on his shoulder after independence ceremony in Dili, 28 November 2003. East Timorese...
Australian peace keeping force soldiers parade in Suai, 14 November 2003. United Nations in East Timor will withdraw PKF soldiers gradually until the...
Maria Da Costa, whose son was killed in the Santa Cruz massacre cries during a ceremony in Dili, 12 November 2003. Hundreds of residents attended the...
East Timor President Xanana Gusmao and Australia's Victorian state Premier Steve Bracks bring flowers for a memorial ceremony in the village of...
East Timorese President Xanana Gusmao shakes hand with Australia's Victoria State Premier Steve Bracks prior a meeting in Dili, 30 October 2003....
President of the new independent state of East Timor, Xanana Gusmao inspects the border at Oecusi in East Timor, 28 October 2003. Xanana visited...