The people of East Timor will head to the polls Saturday for the country's first parliamentary elections. As VOA's Nancy-Amelia Collins reports from the capital Dili, most hope a new government ...

As the counting of votes drags on for East Timor's parliamentary elections, it is becoming clear that the ruling Fretilin party will have its numbers cut by around half. While Fretilin appears to ...

The campaign period for East Timor's parliamentary elections has ended with relatively little violence, but tensions remain and security is tight in this volatile country. VOA's Nancy-Amelia ...

Voting gets under way in second parliamentary elections since independence. ... Polls open in East Timor. ... Published On 29 Jun 2007 29 Jun 2007.

Polling booths have closed in East Timor, where people have been casting their ballots in the first parliamentary elections since independence in 2002. Skip to main content ABC News Homepage ...

DILI, East Timor – A Nobel laureate squared off with two rivals in presidential elections Monday that could test East Timor's fragile calm a year after one of the world's youngest and poorest ...

06/28/2007, 00.00. EAST TIMOR. Send to a friend. No unrest expected on the eve of parliamentary elections.

18 April 2007 - The 2007 Presidential election is the first national election conducted by the independent state of Timor-Leste. Twelve observers from the Solidarity Observer Mission for East ...

June 27 (Reuters) - East Timor holds parliamentary polls on Saturday, as a new party led by former President Xanana Gusmao seeks to break the grip on power held by the ruling Fretilin party since ...

Jill Sternberg is East Timor Country Coordinator for the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network, a grassroots organization that's been advocating for the self-determination and rights of Timorese ...

Less than 10 per cent of the national vote has been counted since yesterday's Parliamentary poll in East Timor. Skip to main content. ABC ... Posted Sun 1 Jul 2007 at 9:38am Sunday 1 Jul 2007 at 9 ...