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  • n  an island in Indonesia in the Malay Archipelago; the largest and most eastern of the Lesser Sunda Islands

  • That's how you say East Timor in Bahasa Indonesia.
Quotes

  • Julia Gillard in NEWS.com.au
    In it, she says: "In recent days I have discussed with President Ramos Horta of East Timor the possibility of establishing a regional processing centre for the purpose of receiving and processing irregular entrants."
  • Jose Ramos Horta in ABC Online
    I wouldn't want Timor-Leste to become an island prison for displaced persons ...... fleeing violence,he said. "If they were here, they will have to have certain freedoms."
  • Alexander Downer in USA Today
    I've always thought that Major Reinado was a pretty dangerous person, very unstable, (but he) has only had a small amount of support in East Timor,Former Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer told the Australian Broadcasting Corp....

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