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UNITED NATIONS, 10 December 2010 - Human rights are the foundation of freedom, peace, development and justice — and the heart of the work of the United Nations around the world. Laws to protect and promote human rights are…

Dili, 22 November 2010 (IRIN) - Timor-Leste's government is engaging rural communities to improve the country's road network, which is almost 60 percent unpaved, to create jobs and develop vital infrastructure. The TIM-Works…

Dear representatives of the international and Sudanese press, Distinguished members of the diplomatic corps, I would like to thank you all for coming on this public holiday. Attention over the past months had been focused on…

Dili, 11 November 2010 (IRIN) - Hardly a tremor was felt in Timor-Leste after the undersea 6.1 magnitude earthquake 85km north of the capital, Dili, on 16 October. The country, sited in one of the world's most volatile…

Dili, 14 October 2010 (IRIN) - HIV prevalence is low in Timor-Leste - 0.2 percent based on results from the latest surveillance by the government and World Health Organization (WHO). But this rate is rapidly increasing and…

Dili, 11 October 2010 - "My wife and I have 6 children under the age of 9. We survive on what little I can farm from public land. We own 2 hens and 2 pigs". Blasius Abi's life is just one example of the hand-to-mouth…

Dili, 30 September 2010 - "I wanted the chance to serve my nation. The Timorese Parliament needs legal drafters for the long term future of the country." So says Mr. Aires Francisco Cabral, one of the 10 legal drafters…

Dili/ Suai, 29 September 2010 (IRIN) - An unrelenting rainy season linked to La Niña has dragged on for months in Timor-Leste and left farmers without a June harvest and unsure when to plant for the next one. Farmers in the…

28 September 2010 -- The security of civilians in Darfur as well as access for peacekeepers and aid agencies to those in need were among the issues discussed today during yesterday’s talks between the United Nations, the…

Dili/ Suai, 21 September 2010 (IRIN) - The government of Timor-Leste is struggling to implement a recently adopted law criminalizing domestic violence, amid scepticism that it is too much, too soon. "We are a teenager of a…