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Seven years after the optimism born of independence, East Timor burns. Rival gangs fight in the streets, Australian soldiers try to keep the peace, and the people of Dili wait to see whether calm can be restored.
John Howard and Alexander Downer do Australia no favours in suggesting that to place Australia’s interests ahead of those of the United States, is proof of anti-Americanism or unsound policy.
This year’s May anniversary of independence for Timor Leste is Xanana Gusmão’s second as President and the country’s fifth as a free territory. Sara Niner looks at the current political machinations.
The arrival of West Papuan refugees raises complex questions. Discussion must begin by honouring the humanity of the West Papuans involved.
Mark Byrne looks at the particular characteristics that make an Australian 'hero', and asks what it is about the interior of this country that moulds the interior of our collective suconscious in such a unique way.
Jack Waterford examines the widening range of problems facing John Howard as jets over to visit George W. Bush for the seventh time in six years.
Robert Hefner speaks with Morag Fraser and Peter Steele about the qualities that made Eureka Street a special magazine.
Keith Shipton celebrates the photography of Michael Coyne.
Dawn Delaney examines the unwelcome legacy of violence against women following the conflict in East Timor.
Morag Fraser meets recent travellers to East Timor.
The forthcoming presidential elections in Indonesia are certain to surprise.
Gary Pearce follows Mourid Barghouti’s journey to Palestine in I Saw Ramallah.
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