Tragedy and death seems to be a regular fixture of Timor Loro Saes journey as a nation. With a population of 800,000 (one fifth of Jakartas) the destitute country in the eastern part of Timor Island has changed master several times in the past decades. In 1974, the Portuguese left the region (Portuguese Timor) when the Flower Revolution occurred in Portugal. Two years later, the Indonesians invaded and baptized it as East Timor. Twenty-three