Dire Straits

Dire Straits
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
... Papua is different to East Timor, a former Portuguese colony invaded in 1975. It's territory Indonesian will not cede without a full-scale war. ...
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Seedy Macau poised to become Asia's Las Vegas
Houston Chronicle - United States
... country, the same companies that erected many of Las Vegas' more prominent resort casinos are investing billions of dollars in the former Portuguese colony. ...
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Macau bank freeze angers North Korea
Baltimore Sun - United States
By Barbara Demick. MACAU // For decades, this former Portuguese colony was renowned as a haunt of counterfeiters, drug runners and spies. ...
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Tensions between Australia and Indonesia over asylum for Papuan ...
Asian Tribune - Bangkok,Thailand
... After decades of backing the 1975 Indonesian annexation of the former Portuguese colony in East Timor, Canberra switched its stance in order to head off ...

France wants to 'choose' its immigrants
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
... Still, it was a step up from Sao Vicente, one of nine desert islands that make up the former Portuguese colony of Cape Verde and the one where Pires was born. ...

Packer's helping hand
Australian - Sydney,Australia
... deal with the 28-year-old Lawrence Ho, the son of Macau casino veteran Stanley Ho, to go into the casino business together in the former Portuguese colony. ...