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Timor-Leste’s Xanana Gusmão pays tribute to journalist Robert Domm over independence struggle

November 13, 2025

Pacific Media Watch Timor-Leste Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão has paid tribute to the “courageous and determined” contribution of Australian journalist Robert Domm to the struggle of the Timorese people in gaining independence from Indonesia. He died last Friday. Domm was remembered for meeting in secret with the then Timorese resistance leader Gusmão in ... <a title="Timor-Leste’s Xanana Gusmão pays tribute to journalist Robert Domm over independence struggle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/timor-lestes-xanana-gusmao-pays-tribute-to-journalist-robert-domm-over-independence-struggle/" aria-label="Read more about Timor-Leste’s Xanana Gusmão pays tribute to journalist Robert Domm over independence struggle">Read more</a>

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New Caledonia, French Polynesia at UN decolonisation seminar in Dili

May 21, 2025

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Caledonia and French Polynesia have sent strong delegations this week to the United Nations Pacific regional seminar on the implementation of the Fourth International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism in Timor-Leste. The seminar opened in Dili today and ends on Friday. As French Pacific ... <a title="New Caledonia, French Polynesia at UN decolonisation seminar in Dili" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/21/new-caledonia-french-polynesia-at-un-decolonisation-seminar-in-dili/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia, French Polynesia at UN decolonisation seminar in Dili">Read more</a>