Despite the crises the country faced, Atul Khare,the U.N.special representative for East Timor, is optimistic about its future.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

Two senior U.S.diplomats went to Burma last week to open the dialogue and at a Manila news conference with Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo, Clinton called the mission by Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian Affairs Kurt Campbell and his deputy Scott Marciel "very successful."

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

Peter Lacovara is Egypt,Nubia and the Near East curator for the Michael C.Carlos Museum of Emory University in Georgia.

VOA: special.2011.03.08

And President Yoweri Museveni recently joined other east African leaders in calling for a mission with twenty thousand troops.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

It all started after his father decided that there was no longer enough room in east Texas for his family.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

In December,the East African nation agreed to deploy police on international warships who would bring suspects to Kenya for trial.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

After he finished his studies at Harvard in eighteen seventy-six, he traveled in Europe and the Middle East for a year.

VOA: special.2010.07.11

But George Mitchell, the American special envoy for Middle East peace, has traveled between the two sides for months of indirect, or proximity,talks.

VOA: special.2010.08.21

Japan's desire to use East Asia to gain natural resources and sell manufactured products was in direct conflict with American plans for Asia.

VOA: special.2011.05.26

He also created a travel company that helps bring people to the Middle East for multicultural visits.

VOA: special.2011.05.25

For several days after Lincoln's assassination, his body lay in the East Room of the White House.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

More and more people decided to leave the crowded East for a new life in the West.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

But it criticized the University of East Anglia for holding back information from other scientists.

VOA: special.2010.04.27

The East Coast is along the Atlantic Ocean, which is known for its hurricanes.

VOA: special.2010.05.11

The mosaic has been active in East Africa for about one hundred years.

VOA: special.2010.06.08

Mister Lowell remained in East Asia for ten years.

VOA: special.2010.07.11

Dubai,Radia points out, is a major transit point for foreign travelers and an upscale shopping destination in the Middle East.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

It was a few months before East Timor's referendum for independence, and Indonesian forces were intent on intimidating potential pro-independence voters.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

He also said other members of the world community owe the drive for Middle East peace more than just verbal support.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

The United Nation's Serious Crimes Unit has indicted more than 390 people for crimes against humanity in East Timor.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

Jon Alterman is head of the Middle East program at the Center for Stategic and International Studies in Washington.

VOA: standard.2009.06.02