New figures suggest the ruling Fretilin party has taken the lead in East Timor's presidential election. The final result will depend on a run-off election next month. Independent electoral observers ...

Fretilin spokesman Jose Teixeira said last night that "all doors are open for a dialogue" with Mr Gusmao's CNRT party. However, a coalition between the two bitterly opposed major parties remains ...

In the leadup to the United Nations-conducted ballot in East Timor on August 30 to elect a Constituent Assembly, the UN, the international media and leaders of Fretilin, the former independence ...

Dili (East Timor), Jun 22 (AP) Francisco Guterres, a former president of East Timor and a leading figure in the country’s independence movement, has died. He was 71. Guterres, widely known by his nom ...

The main opposition Fretilin party in East Timor will begin a campaign in the coming weeks to try to bring down the under-fire government led by Prime Minister and former freedom fighter Xanana Gusmao ...

The party at the heart of East Timor's struggle for independence is leading in early results from last week's historic elections… The party at the heart of East Timor's struggle for independence is ...

The Revolutionary Front for the Independence of Timor-Leste (FRETILIN) was barely a year old when Indonesia launched a full-scale invasion of the small Portuguese colony of East Timor (now Timor-Leste ...

AS EXPECTED, Fretilin won East Timor's election on August 30th. The formerly Marxist party bagged 55 of the 88 seats in the new constituent assembly. A vast victory by normal standards, but short of ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AUSTRALIAN troops in East Timor stole flags of the deposed Fretilin party, tore them up and wiped ...