East Timor to get 90% of Timor Gap oil revenues after new treaty with
Australia; more than the 50% the Indonesian occupiers got. Quite a laudable
deal, and probably quite good for the fledgling nation; at least now they're
less likely to be forced by the World Bank into enslaving their populations in
"export processing zones" to pay off debts. Though let us not forget that
Australia did screw East Timor over quite shamefully by vigorously
recognising the Indonesian occupation, and that the previous Timor Gap treaty
was a reward from Indonesia to its southern accomplices in the rape of Timor.