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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: José Manuel Ramos-Horta (Portuguese pronunciation: ), GCL (born 26 December 1949) is the second President of East Timor since independence from Indonesia, taking office on 20 May 2007. He is a co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize and a former Prime Minister, having served from 2006 until his inauguration as President after winning the 2007 East Timorese presidential election. As a founder and former member of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (FRETILIN), Ramos-Horta served as the exiled spokesman for the East Timorese resistance during the years of the Indonesian occupation of East Timor (1975 to 1999). While he has continued to work with FRETILIN, Ramos-Horta resigned from the party in 1988, and has since remained an independent politician. After East Timor achieved independence in 2002, Ramos-Horta was appointed as the country's first Foreign Minister. He served in this position until his resignation on 25 June 2006, amidst political turmoil. On 26 June, following the resignation of Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri, Ramos-Horta was appointed acting Prime Minister by the President, Xanana Gusmão. Two weeks later, on 10 July 2006, he was officially sworn in as the second Prime Minister of East Timor. On 11 February 2008, Ramos-Horta was injured when he was shot during an assassination attempt. Of mestiço ethnicity, Ramos-Horta was born in Dili, capital of East Timor, to a Timorese mother and a Portuguese father who had been exiled to what was then Portuguese Timor by the Salazar dictatorship. He was educated in a Catholic mission in the small village of Soibada, later chosen by FRETILIN as headquarters after the Indonesian invasion. Of his eleven brothers and sisters, four were killed by the Indonesian military. Ramos-Hor... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=49030 ... Read more

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Chapters: José Ramos-Horta, Ted Kennedy, Faith Whittlesey, Harold Hongju Koh, Elihu Root, Daniel David Ntanda Nsereko, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Gonzalo Parra Aranguren, List of Hague Academy of International Law People, Nasim Hasan Shah, Jack Goldsmith, Hisashi Owada, Georg Konrad Morgen, Peter Tomka, Herbert Kraus, John V. Tunney, Curtis Doebbler, Elbridge Durbrow, Frede Castberg, Lazare Kopelmanas, William Deane, Symeon C. Symeonides, Pieter Kooijmans, Francesco Paolo Fulci, Ben Bot, George Grafton Wilson, Fernando María Castiella Y Maíz, Elihu Lauterpacht, Patricia Mcgovern, A. H. M. Moniruzzaman, Howard S. Levie, Roberto Ago, Mohamed Bennouna, Richard M. Mosk, Marcus Daly, Shi Jiuyong, Joseph Sinde Warioba, Wang Tieya, Eelco Van Kleffens, Jamshid Momtaz, Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade, Tobias Michael Carel Asser, Francisco Rezek, Francisco Cavalcanti Pontes de Miranda, Thomas Mayr-Harting, John Bertrand Conlan, Georges Scelle, Frank Joseph Guarini, Bruno Simma, Emory M. Sneeden, Robert Poydasheff, Assad Kotaite, Raymond Ranjeva, Irma S. Raker, Kamel Morjane, Robert Redslob. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 268. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (February 22, 1932 August 25, 2009) was a United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. First elected to the U.S. Senate in November 1962, he was re-elected nine times and served for 47 years until his death. He was the second most senior member of the Senate when he died and is the fourth-longest-serving senator in U.S. history. For many years the most prominent living member of the Kennedy family, he was the last surviving son of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., the youngest brother of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy, both victims of assassination, and Joseph P. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=184136 ... Read more

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Chapters: Hague Academy of International Law People, José Ramos-Horta, Ted Kennedy, Faith Whittlesey, Harold Hongju Koh, Elihu Root, Daniel David Ntanda Nsereko, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Gonzalo Parra Aranguren, List of Hague Academy of International Law People, Nasim Hasan Shah, Jack Goldsmith, Hisashi Owada, Georg Konrad Morgen, Peter Tomka, Herbert Kraus, John V. Tunney, Curtis Doebbler, Elbridge Durbrow, Frede Castberg, Lazare Kopelmanas, William Deane, Symeon C. Symeonides, Pieter Kooijmans, Francesco Paolo Fulci, Ben Bot, George Grafton Wilson, Fernando María Castiella Y Maíz, Elihu Lauterpacht, Patricia Mcgovern, A. H. M. Moniruzzaman, Howard S. Levie, Roberto Ago, Mohamed Bennouna, Richard M. Mosk, Marcus Daly, Shi Jiuyong, Joseph Sinde Warioba, Wang Tieya, Eelco Van Kleffens, Jamshid Momtaz, Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade, Tobias Michael Carel Asser, Francisco Rezek, Francisco Cavalcanti Pontes de Miranda, Thomas Mayr-Harting, John Bertrand Conlan, Georges Scelle, Frank Joseph Guarini, Bruno Simma, Emory M. Sneeden, Robert Poydasheff, Assad Kotaite, Raymond Ranjeva, Irma S. Raker, Kamel Morjane, Robert Redslob. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 261. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (February 22, 1932 August 25, 2009) was a United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. First elected to the U.S. Senate in November 1962, he was re-elected nine times and served for 47 years until his death. He was the second most senior member of the Senate when he died and is the fourth-longest-serving senator in U.S. history. For many years the most prominent living member of the Kennedy family, he was the last surviving son of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., the youngest brother of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy, bo...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=184136 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: José Manuel Ramos-Horta (Portuguese pronunciation: ), GCL (born 26 December 1949) is the second President of East Timor since independence from Indonesia, taking office on 20 May 2007. He is a co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize and a former Prime Minister, having served from 2006 until his inauguration as President after winning the 2007 East Timorese presidential election. As a founder and former member of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (FRETILIN), Ramos-Horta served as the exiled spokesman for the East Timorese resistance during the years of the Indonesian occupation of East Timor (1975 to 1999). While he has continued to work with FRETILIN, Ramos-Horta resigned from the party in 1988, and has since remained an independent politician. After East Timor achieved independence in 2002, Ramos-Horta was appointed as the country's first Foreign Minister. He served in this position until his resignation on 25 June 2006, amidst political turmoil. On 26 June, following the resignation of Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri, Ramos-Horta was appointed acting Prime Minister by the President, Xanana Gusmão. Two weeks later, on 10 July 2006, he was officially sworn in as the second Prime Minister of East Timor. On 11 February 2008, Ramos-Horta was injured when he was shot during an assassination attempt. Of mestiço ethnicity, Ramos-Horta was born in Dili, capital of East Timor, to a Timorese mother and a Portuguese father who had been exiled to what was then Portuguese Timor by the Salazar dictatorship. He was educated in a Catholic mission in the small village of Soibada, later chosen by FRETILIN as headquarters after the Indonesian invasion. Of his eleven brothers and sisters, four were killed by the Indonesian military. Ramos-Hor... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=49030 ... Read more

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Chapters: José Ramos-Horta, Xanana Gusmão, Mari Alkatiri, Estanislau Da Silva, Prime Minister of East Timor. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: José Manuel Ramos-Horta (Portuguese pronunciation: ), GCL (born 26 December 1949) is the second President of East Timor since independence from Indonesia, taking office on 20 May 2007. He is a co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize and a former Prime Minister, having served from 2006 until his inauguration as President after winning the 2007 East Timorese presidential election. As a founder and former member of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (FRETILIN), Ramos-Horta served as the exiled spokesman for the East Timorese resistance during the years of the Indonesian occupation of East Timor (1975 to 1999). While he has continued to work with FRETILIN, Ramos-Horta resigned from the party in 1988, and has since remained an independent politician. After East Timor achieved independence in 2002, Ramos-Horta was appointed as the country's first Foreign Minister. He served in this position until his resignation on 25 June 2006, amidst political turmoil. On 26 June, following the resignation of Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri, Ramos-Horta was appointed acting Prime Minister by the President, Xanana Gusmão. Two weeks later, on 10 July 2006, he was officially sworn in as the second Prime Minister of East Timor. On 11 February 2008, Ramos-Horta was injured when he was shot during an assassination attempt. Of mestiço ethnicity, Ramos-Horta was born in Dili, capital of East Timor, to a Timorese mother and a Portuguese father who had been exiled to what was then Portuguese Timor by the Salazar dictatorship. He was educated in a Catholic mission in the small village of Soibada, later chosen by FRETILI...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=49030 ... Read more

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Chapters: Tina Arena, Bảo Đại, José Ramos-Horta, Jean-Claude Duvalier, Amin Maalouf, Princess Ashraf Pahlavi, Neagu Djuvara, Nam Phương, Khaled Hosseini, Wilhelm Stepper-Tristis, Michèle Bennett, Kc Concepcion, Afrancesado, Jean Moréas, Viktor Sanikidze, Dewi Sukarno, Bao Long, Oscar Cox, Oleksiy Pecherov, Charlene Consolacion, Garth Joseph, Valentin Poénaru, Monica Lovinescu, Ung Thi, Bảo Thắng, Carla Boyd, Artur London, Paul Barbă Neagră, Sviatlana Volnaya, Virgil Ierunca, Phương Liên. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 135. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: José Manuel Ramos-Horta (Portuguese pronunciation: ), GCL (born 26 December 1949) is the second President of East Timor since independence from Indonesia, taking office on 20 May 2007. He is a co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize and a former Prime Minister, having served from 2006 until his inauguration as President after winning the 2007 East Timorese presidential election. As a founder and former member of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (FRETILIN), Ramos-Horta served as the exiled spokesman for the East Timorese resistance during the years of the Indonesian occupation of East Timor (1975 to 1999). While he has continued to work with FRETILIN, Ramos-Horta resigned from the party in 1988, and has since remained an independent politician. After East Timor achieved independence in 2002, Ramos-Horta was appointed as the country's first Foreign Minister. He served in this position until his resignation on 25 June 2006, amidst political turmoil. On 26 June, following the resignation of Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri, Ramos-Horta was appointed acting Prime Minister by the President, Xanana Gusmão. Two weeks later, on 10 July 2006, he was officially sworn in as the second Prime Minister of East Timor. On 11 F...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=49030 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: People From Dili (District), José Ramos-Horta, Mari Alkatiri, Estanislau Da Silva, Adriano Quintão, Martinho de Araújo, Mariana Diaz Ximenez, Fernando Sylvan. Excerpt: José Manuel Ramos-Horta (Portuguese pronunciation: ), GCL (born 26 December 1949) is the second President of East Timor since independence from Indonesia, taking office on 20 May 2007. He is a co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize and a former Prime Minister, having served from 2006 until his inauguration as President after winning the 2007 East Timorese presidential election. As a founder and former member of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (FRETILIN), Ramos-Horta served as the exiled spokesman for the East Timorese resistance during the years of the Indonesian occupation of East Timor (1975 to 1999). While he has continued to work with FRETILIN, Ramos-Horta resigned from the party in 1988, and has since remained an independent politician. After East Timor achieved independence in 2002, Ramos-Horta was appointed as the country's first Foreign Minister. He served in this position until his resignation on 25 June 2006, amidst political turmoil. On 26 June, following the resignation of Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri, Ramos-Horta was appointed acting Prime Minister by the President, Xanana Gusmão. Two weeks later, on 10 July 2006, he was officially sworn in as the second Prime Minister of East Timor. On 11 February 2008, Ramos-Horta was injured when he was shot during an assassination attempt. Of mestiço ethnicity, Ramos-Horta was born in Dili, capital of East Timor, to a Timorese mother and a Portuguese father who had been exiled to what was then Portuguese Timor by the Salazar dictatorship. He was educated in a Catholic mission in the small village of So... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=49030 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : José Ramos-Horta, Xanana Gusmão, Estanislau Da Silva, Marí Alkatiri, Nicolau Dos Reis Lobato, Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, Zacarias Da Costa, Adalgisa Magno Guterres. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : José Manuel Ramos-Horta (né le 26 décembre 1949 à Dili, Timor-Oriental), est un homme politique est-timorais. Premier ministre du 10 juillet 2006 au 19 mai 2007, il est devenu président de la République démocratique du Timor-Oriental le 20 mai 2007. Il obtient en 1993 le prix Rafto pour ses efforts pour la paix au Timor-Oriental. Il recevra ensuite le Prix Nobel de la paix avec Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo pour leur travail lors de la recherche d'une résolution pacifique et équitable du conflit au Timor oriental. Le 25 juin 2006, le parti au pouvoir a refusé de limoger le Premier ministre Mari Alkatiri, malgré les appels pressants du président Xanana Gusmão et la pression de milliers de manifestants. Cette attitude a provoqué sa démission immédiate, en signe de protestation tout comme celles du ministre des Transports, de la Communication et des Travaux publics, Ovideo Amaral, et du vice-ministre de la Santé, Luis Maria dos Reis Lobato. Ministre d'État, ministre des Affaires étrangères et de la Coopération du est-timorais de 2002 au 25 juin 2006. Ministre de la Défense par intérim du 3 juin 2005 au 25 juin 2006. Ramos-Horta est nommé Premier ministre, le 10 juillet suivant. Se présentant comme candidat indépendant à l'élection présidentielle du printemps 2007 (avec le soutien du président sortant Xanana Gusmão), il obtient, lors du premier tour, le 9 avril, 88 102 voix, soit 21,81 % des suffrages exprimés, en seconde position derrière Francisco Guterres dit « Lu-Olo », soutenu par le Fretilin, qui obti...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: José Manuel Ramos-Horta (Portuguese pronunciation: ), GCL (born 26 December 1949) is the second President of East Timor since independence from Indonesia, taking office on 20 May 2007. He is a co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize and a former Prime Minister, having served from 2006 until his inauguration as President after winning the 2007 East Timorese presidential election. As a founder and former member of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (FRETILIN), Ramos-Horta served as the exiled spokesman for the East Timorese resistance during the years of the Indonesian occupation of East Timor (1975 to 1999). While he has continued to work with FRETILIN, Ramos-Horta resigned from the party in 1988, and has since remained an independent politician. After East Timor achieved independence in 2002, Ramos-Horta was appointed as the country's first Foreign Minister. He served in this position until his resignation on 25 June 2006, amidst political turmoil. On 26 June, following the resignation of Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri, Ramos-Horta was appointed acting Prime Minister by the President, Xanana Gusmão. Two weeks later, on 10 July 2006, he was officially sworn in as the second Prime Minister of East Timor. On 11 February 2008, Ramos-Horta was injured when he was shot during an assassination attempt. Of mestiço ethnicity, Ramos-Horta was born in Dili, capital of East Timor, to a Timorese mother and a Portuguese father who had been exiled to what was then Portuguese Timor by the Salazar dictatorship. He was educated in a Catholic mission in the small village of Soibada, later chosen by FRETILIN as headquarters after the Indonesian invasion. Of his eleven brothers and sisters, four were killed by the Indonesian military. Ramos-Horta studied Public International Law at the Hague Academy of International Law (1983) and at Antioch University where he completed a Master of Arts...http://booksllc.net/?l=de ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: East Timorese of Arab Descent, East Timorese of Portuguese Descent, José Ramos-Horta, Xanana Gusmão, Mari Alkatiri, Manuel Carrascalão. Excerpt: José Manuel Ramos-Horta (Portuguese pronunciation: ), GCL (born 26 December 1949) is the second President of East Timor since independence from Indonesia, taking office on 20 May 2007. He is a co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize and a former Prime Minister, having served from 2006 until his inauguration as President after winning the 2007 East Timorese presidential election. As a founder and former member of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (FRETILIN), Ramos-Horta served as the exiled spokesman for the East Timorese resistance during the years of the Indonesian occupation of East Timor (1975 to 1999). While he has continued to work with FRETILIN, Ramos-Horta resigned from the party in 1988, and has since remained an independent politician. After East Timor achieved independence in 2002, Ramos-Horta was appointed as the country's first Foreign Minister. He served in this position until his resignation on 25 June 2006, amidst political turmoil. On 26 June, following the resignation of Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri, Ramos-Horta was appointed acting Prime Minister by the President, Xanana Gusmão. Two weeks later, on 10 July 2006, he was officially sworn in as the second Prime Minister of East Timor. On 11 February 2008, Ramos-Horta was injured when he was shot during an assassination attempt. Of mestiço ethnicity, Ramos-Horta was born in Dili, capital of East Timor, to a Timorese mother and a Portuguese father who had been exiled to what was then Portuguese Timor by the Salazar dictatorship. He was educated in a Catholic mission in the small village of Soibada, later chosen by ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=49030 ... Read more

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Chapters: Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, José Ramos-Horta, Martinho Da Costa Lopes, Francisco Guterres, Basilio Do Nascimento. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: José Manuel Ramos-Horta (Portuguese pronunciation: ), GCL (born 26 December 1949) is the second President of East Timor since independence from Indonesia, taking office on 20 May 2007. He is a co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize and a former Prime Minister, having served from 2006 until his inauguration as President after winning the 2007 East Timorese presidential election. As a founder and former member of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (FRETILIN), Ramos-Horta served as the exiled spokesman for the East Timorese resistance during the years of the Indonesian occupation of East Timor (1975 to 1999). While he has continued to work with FRETILIN, Ramos-Horta resigned from the party in 1988, and has since remained an independent politician. After East Timor achieved independence in 2002, Ramos-Horta was appointed as the country's first Foreign Minister. He served in this position until his resignation on 25 June 2006, amidst political turmoil. On 26 June, following the resignation of Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri, Ramos-Horta was appointed acting Prime Minister by the President, Xanana Gusmão. Two weeks later, on 10 July 2006, he was officially sworn in as the second Prime Minister of East Timor. On 11 February 2008, Ramos-Horta was injured when he was shot during an assassination attempt. Of mestiço ethnicity, Ramos-Horta was born in Dili, capital of East Timor, to a Timorese mother and a Portuguese father who had been exiled to what was then Portuguese Timor by the Salazar dictatorship. He was educated in a Catholic mission in the small village of Soibada, later ch...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=49030 ... Read more

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Chapters: José Ramos-Horta, Michael Carrington, James Nyamweya. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: José Manuel Ramos-Horta (Portuguese pronunciation: ), GCL (born 26 December 1949) is the second President of East Timor since independence from Indonesia, taking office on 20 May 2007. He is a co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize and a former Prime Minister, having served from 2006 until his inauguration as President after winning the 2007 East Timorese presidential election. As a founder and former member of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (FRETILIN), Ramos-Horta served as the exiled spokesman for the East Timorese resistance during the years of the Indonesian occupation of East Timor (1975 to 1999). While he has continued to work with FRETILIN, Ramos-Horta resigned from the party in 1988, and has since remained an independent politician. After East Timor achieved independence in 2002, Ramos-Horta was appointed as the country's first Foreign Minister. He served in this position until his resignation on 25 June 2006, amidst political turmoil. On 26 June, following the resignation of Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri, Ramos-Horta was appointed acting Prime Minister by the President, Xanana Gusmão. Two weeks later, on 10 July 2006, he was officially sworn in as the second Prime Minister of East Timor. On 11 February 2008, Ramos-Horta was injured when he was shot during an assassination attempt. Of mestiço ethnicity, Ramos-Horta was born in Dili, capital of East Timor, to a Timorese mother and a Portuguese father who had been exiled to what was then Portuguese Timor by the Salazar dictatorship. He was educated in a Catholic mission in the small village of Soibada, later chosen by FRETILIN as headquarters after the Indonesian invasi...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=49030 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: José Manuel Ramos-Horta (Portuguese pronunciation: ), GCL (born 26 December 1949) is the second President of East Timor since independence from Indonesia, taking office on 20 May 2007. He is a co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize and a former Prime Minister, having served from 2006 until his inauguration as President after winning the 2007 East Timorese presidential election. As a founder and former member of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (FRETILIN), Ramos-Horta served as the exiled spokesman for the East Timorese resistance during the years of the Indonesian occupation of East Timor (1975 to 1999). While he has continued to work with FRETILIN, Ramos-Horta resigned from the party in 1988, and has since remained an independent politician. After East Timor achieved independence in 2002, Ramos-Horta was appointed as the country's first Foreign Minister. He served in this position until his resignation on 25 June 2006, amidst political turmoil. On 26 June, following the resignation of Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri, Ramos-Horta was appointed acting Prime Minister by the President, Xanana Gusmão. Two weeks later, on 10 July 2006, he was officially sworn in as the second Prime Minister of East Timor. On 11 February 2008, Ramos-Horta was injured when he was shot during an assassination attempt. Of mestiço ethnicity, Ramos-Horta was born in Dili, capital of East Timor, to a Timorese mother and a Portuguese father who had been exiled to what was then Portuguese Timor by the Salazar dictatorship. He was educated in a Catholic mission in the small village of Soibada, later chosen by FRETILIN as headquarters after the Indonesian invasion. Of his eleven brothers and sisters, four were killed by the Indonesian military. Ramos-Hor... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=49030 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: East Timorese Christian Socialists, East Timorese Roman Catholics, Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, José Ramos-Horta, Xanana Gusmão, Martinho Da Costa Lopes, Francisco Guterres, Basilio Do Nascimento. Excerpt: José Manuel Ramos-Horta (Portuguese pronunciation: ), GCL (born 26 December 1949) is the second President of East Timor since independence from Indonesia, taking office on 20 May 2007. He is a co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize and a former Prime Minister, having served from 2006 until his inauguration as President after winning the 2007 East Timorese presidential election. As a founder and former member of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (FRETILIN), Ramos-Horta served as the exiled spokesman for the East Timorese resistance during the years of the Indonesian occupation of East Timor (1975 to 1999). While he has continued to work with FRETILIN, Ramos-Horta resigned from the party in 1988, and has since remained an independent politician. After East Timor achieved independence in 2002, Ramos-Horta was appointed as the country's first Foreign Minister. He served in this position until his resignation on 25 June 2006, amidst political turmoil. On 26 June, following the resignation of Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri, Ramos-Horta was appointed acting Prime Minister by the President, Xanana Gusmão. Two weeks later, on 10 July 2006, he was officially sworn in as the second Prime Minister of East Timor. On 11 February 2008, Ramos-Horta was injured when he was shot during an assassination attempt. Of mestiço ethnicity, Ramos-Horta was born in Dili, capital of East Timor, to a Timorese mother and a Portuguese father who had been exiled to what was then Portuguese Timor by the Salazar dictatorship. He was educated in a Cathol... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=49030 ... Read more

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Over 200,000 East Timorese were killed on this island since the 1975 Indonesian invasion and the publication of this book in 1997.

Here is a first-hand account of East Timor's independence movement written by one of its leaders. As a young man, Constancio Pinto witnessed the invasion, which resulted in one of the most appalling cases of cultural genocide in the twentieth century. The author describes his own experiences and the bravery of his compatriots in their struggle against Indonesia's occupation.

Inside the East Timor Resistance is a vivid and immediate account of the East Timorese independence struggle, written at a time when its result was still very much in doubt. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, published by Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science, Inc. on January 1, 1997. The length of the article is 1337 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: The Nobel Committee selected Jose Ramos-Horta, former foreign minister of East Timor, and Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo of East Timor as co-recipients of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize. The two have led efforts by East Timor to gain its independence from Indonesia since 1975.

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Title: Nobel hears East Timor: the Norwegian Nobel Committee thrust a generation-long rebellion into the spotlight, but is anyone watching?
Author: Keith Suter
Publication: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 1997
Publisher: Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science, Inc.
Volume: v53Issue: n1Page: p47(2)

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This digital document is an article from Siempre!, published by Thomson Gale on June 4, 2006. The length of the article is 760 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Ya se barajan nombres: la sucesión en la ONU.(Organización de Naciones Unidas)
Author: María Cristina Rosas
Publication: Siempre! (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 4, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 53Issue: 2764Page: 61(1)

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