We separated and yet managed to come back together." David Blight is a historian at Yale University in Connecticut and an expert on the Civil War.

VOA: special.2011.04.09

So they had to come back. While independence has not yet brought prosperity, many in East Timor, like Elsa Expostu,who grows coffee in the rural highlands of the Aleiu district, say they are still better off today.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

They were so effective and cost effective and yet immunization rates were on the decline if you look back 10 years ago, However,she says in the last nine years, immunization rates for such diseases as diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis have risen sharply.

VOA: standard.2010.01.29