DILI

dēˈlē, city (2002 est. pop. 49,900), capital of East Timor. on the N coast of Timor, on Ombai Strait. Dili is the largest city and chief port and commercial center of East Timor. Soap, perfume, and pottery are produced, and coffee is processed. In World War II, Dili was occupied by the Japanese from Feb., 1942, until end of the war. Much of the city was destroyed in the violence following the 1999 vote for East Timorese independence. The Univ. of East Timor is there.

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International Governance of War-Torn Territories: Rule and Reconstruction
Book by Richard Caplan; Oxford University Press, 2005
Subjects: Conflict Management, Peacekeeping Forces
...Author interviews with UNTAET officials, Dili. As early as March 1999, the Australian...Author interview with CIVPOL officials, Dili. 42 Cited in Arthur C. Helton, The Price...Lao Hamutuk, The Lao Hamutuk Bulletin (Dili), 4/5 (2003), available at www...
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East Timor's Unfinished Struggle: Inside the Timorese Resistance
Book by Constâncio Pinto, Matthew Jardine; South End, 1997
Subjects: Pinto, Constancio, Timor Timur (Indonesia)--History--Autonomy And Independence Movements
...quiet and began formulating an excuse to go to Dili. Three days later, I decided it was time to go to Dili and join my parents. My excuse was that my...They wrote a letter for me and I took it to Dili. When I asked to leave, the commander gave...
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The Turkish Language Reform: A Catastrophic Success
Book by Geoffrey M. Lewis; Oxford University, 1999
Subjects: Turkish Language--History, Turkish Language--Reform
...1935 , "Turk dilinin Sami dillerle munasebeti", Turk Dili , 15: 1-97. ----- 1937 , "Gunes Dil Teorisine...001Fitim Bakanli+ggi. oRS YAMAN 1989 , "Bilim Dili, Hekimlik Dili", in Bilim Dili Turkce, Yazin Dili Turkce Ankara...
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Guilty Pleas in International Criminal Law: Constructing a Restorative Justice Approach
Book by Nancy Amoury Combs; Stanford University Press, 2007
Subjects: International Criminal Courts--Rules And Practice, International Offenses, Plea Bargaining
...Correia, Abilio Mendez, Prosecutor v., Dili District Court, Special Panels for Serious...Mendez Correia (March 2, 2004). -, Dili District Court, Special Panels for Serious...da Costa, Agustinho, Prosecutor v., Dili District Court, Special Panels for Serious...
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The Jews in Sicily - Vol. 4
Book by Shlomo Simonsohn; Brill, 2002
Subjects: Cairo Genizah, Jews--Italy--Sicily--History--Sources, Sicily (Italy)--Ethnic Relations--History--Sources
...Iohanni Dixar, lu quali richippi per manu dilu thesoreri dili dinari dili Iudeki deputati per subsidiu dila chitati di Tropia per compliri lu cambiu di quilli uncie undichi dili quali lu dictu conservaturi, ad pareri dilu dictu nobili...
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Catharina Williams-Van Klinken, John Hajek, and Rachel Nordlinger. 2002. Tetun Dili: A Grammar of an East Timorese Language
Journal article by Aone Van Engelenhoven; Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 43, 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Tetun Dili: A Grammar of an East Timorese Language (Book)--Book reviews
...and Rachel Nordlinger. 2002. Tetun Dili: A Grammar of an East Timorese Language...and Rachel Nordlinger. 2002. Tetun Dili: A Grammar of an East Timorese Language...of which there are actually few in Tetun Dili; 4.2 elaborates on the significant overlap...
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Exit Asimbabbar? the Reading of ^sup D^as/dili-ím-barbar
Journal article by Bendt Alster; Journal of Cuneiform Studies, Vol. 56, 2004
...Asimbabbar? the Reading of ^sup D^as/dili-im-barbar by Bendt Alster In a recently...ES) = Sa si-su dnam-rat, "AS/dili-imbabbar (is) Sin whose rising is brilliant...keeps the possibility of reading deli or dili open, stating that there is "no variant...
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Fragments of Utopia: Popular Yearnings in East Timor
Journal article by Douglas Kammen; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 40, 2009
Subjects: Cable News Network, Cable television broadcasting industry--Political aspects, Gusmao, Xanana--Political activity, Prime ministers--Political aspects, United Nations, World Bank
...details and utter lack of direction, in Dili, this was referred to as the crisis...but rather offer critiques of the current Dili-centrism and propose very different sets...In the grand Palacio do Governo on the Dili waterfront, offices in the Ministry of...
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Turkish Language and Literature Education in Turkey (Brief History-Problems-Recommendations)
Journal article by Latif Beyreli; Education, Vol. 129, 2009
Subjects: Language instruction--Analysis, Literature--Study and teaching, Turkey--Educational aspects, Turkish language--Study and teaching
...2004). ARAZ, Rifat (1998): "Turk Dili ve Edebiyati Dersinin Mufredat Programma...48. AYDIN, Ergin (1989): "Turk Dili ve Edebiyati Dersi Liselerde Amaca Hizmet...BALCI, Veysel (2002): Liselerde Turk Dili ve Edebiyati Ogretiminin Degerlendirilmesi...
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The United Nations in East Timor: Intervention at the Military Operational Level
Journal article by David Dickens; Contemporary Southeast Asia, Vol. 23, 2001
Subjects: Australia, Australian foreign relations--East Timor, East Timor--Political aspects, Humanitarian aid--Political aspects, International mediation--Analysis, International relations--Evaluation, Timorese foreign relations--Australia, United Nations--International relations
...the meeting, Cosgrove told reporters at Dili airport that he was "happy to be here...infrastructure, such as a section of the Dili wharf which was the only place that could...there to restore peace and stability to Dili. 27 Senior officers within INTERFET were...
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magazine articles on: Dili  - 118 results

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Billy Dili
Magazine article by R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.; The American Spectator, Vol. 35, July 2002
Subjects: Books, Clinton, Bill, Presidents, Retirement
Billy Dili by R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr -WASHINGTON Who...the capital of the new country is called Dili just adds to the joke. I can hear the president...Rice tells me East Timors capital is called Dili. The next Clinton news stories are going...
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Keeping Order in East Timor
Magazine article by Alan Harman; Law & Order, Vol. 48, March 2000
Subjects: East Timor Indonesia, Independence movements, Peacekeeping forces, Police, Volunteers
...with "Deputy" Moro Lazo. The town was Dili, East Timors now destroyed capital, and...Australian forces-so much strife. Chaos in Dili Castle knew it was going to be a rough...culminated in the siege of the UN compound in Dili by Indonesian-armed militias. Australian...
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Birth of a Nation: East Timor Is about to Gain Full Independence after a Long, Hard Fight but It Has Paid a Colossal Cost. It Is Ranked among the Poorest Countries on Earth and Faces a Herculean Struggle to Drag Itself out of Abject Poverty
Magazine article by Matthew Brace; Geographical, Vol. 74, April 2002
Subjects: Democratization--East Timor, East Timor--Politics and government, International relations--Social aspects, Self-determination, National--Analysis, United Nations--Economic assistance
...airport to the centre of the capital, Dili, well. It is the citys main highway...elections are supposedly imminent, although in Dili dates have a habit of changing. Former...Squares are likely to spring up all over Dili. With the signing of a declaration in...
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The Internationals: A Growing New-But Familiar-Social Order Thrives in the World's Trouble Spots
Magazine article by Mark Lee; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 290, July 2002
Subjects: Cities and towns, Civil war--Indonesia, East Timor, International relations--Media coverage, International travel regulations--United States, Recreation, Travel--Planning, United Nations--Political activity
...a hotel in Myanmar, and then towed to Dili, the capital of East Timor. A long guarded...they serve. Any UN employee arriving in Dili instantly becomes one of the wealthiest...in New York City, but its a fortune in Dili. The internationals there typically rent...
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Internationals: A Growing New - but Familiar - Social Order Thrives in the World's Trouble Spots
Magazine article by Mark Lee; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 290, July 2002
Subjects: East Timor
...a hotel in Myanmar, and then towed to Dili, the capital of East Timor. A long guarded...they serve. Any UN employee arriving in Dili instantly becomes one of the wealthiest...in New York City, but its a fortune in Dili. The internationals there typically rent...
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newspaper articles on: Dili  - 138 results

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Rioting Continues in Dili
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), June 1, 2006
Rioting Continues in Dili. Youths battled with machetes on the streets of East Timors capital Dili yesterday and fresh arson and looting broke...lawlessness. Clashes have left sections of Dili abandoned and destroyed. Foreign troops appeared...
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East Timor Left a Wasteland: Bodies Litter Ground outside Dili; People Search for Scraps of Food
Newspaper article by Richard S. Ehrlich; The Washington Times, October 12, 1999
Subjects: East Timor
...wasteland: Bodies litter ground outside Dili; people search for scraps of food by Richard S. Ehrlich DILI, East Timor - Society has turned topsy...countryside of the divided island, while in Dili, gangs of angry young men hurl obscenities...
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Eating out in Dili
Newspaper article; The Northern Star (Lismore, Australia), July 30, 2011
Eating out in Dili. WELL-established restaurants abound in Dili. Many are run by westerners, but look a little further...cycling to the statue. The last few times I have visited Dili, I have also noticed the humble pizza is on nearly all...
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Moore Drinks on Dili
Newspaper article; The People (London, England), April 2, 2006
Subjects: Beverages, Horse racing, Horse-racing
Moore Drinks on Dili. Byline: By Frank WILSON STAN MOORE was absent from Kempton yesterday...trainer when news reached him of his first Listed triumph thanks to Dont Dili Dalis success in the intercasino.co.uk Masaka Stakes. John Egan steered...
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[euro]56M A YEAR SPENT BY OUR DIPLOMATS; Astonishing Cost of 76 Embassies from Kampala to East Timor Revealed; We Even Spend [Euro]150,000 in Dili (That's in East Timor) and [Euro]1m in Kampala
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 5, 2011
Subjects: Acquisitions and mergers, Diplomats
...Revealed; We Even Spend Euro150,000 in Dili (Thats in East Timor) and Euro1m in Kampala...to run, while other locations such as Dili - the capital of the tiny state of East...Copenhagen 448,180 Dar es Salaam 720,238 Dili 148,716 Edinburgh 236,941 Freetown...
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encyclopedia articles on: Dili  - 4 results

 
 
1.
Dili
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DILI de le, city (2002 est. pop. 49,900...on the N coast of Timor, on Ombai Strait. Dili is the largest city and chief port and commercial...and coffee is processed. In World War II, Dili was occupied by the Japanese from Feb...
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East Timor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Oecussi) on the northwest coast of Timor, and offshore islands. Dili , on the north coast, is the capital and largest city, as well...countrys main port. Other large cities include Dare, outside Dili, and Baucau, the site of the main airport, on the northeast...
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Belo, Carlos Felipe Ximenes
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...ordained in 1980. He returned to East Timor and was named director of Fatumaca College. Appointed apostolic administrator of Dili in 1983, he became the primary Catholic leader in the largely Catholic country. Belo was an outspoken critic of East Timors...
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Delilah
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DELILAH dili l , in the Book of Judges, courtesan in the pay of the Philistines, perhaps a Philistine herself, who was loved by Samson...


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