East Timor

Pope Francis is on an ambitious 12-day visit to four countries across Southeast Asia and Oceania, his longest overseas journey yet.

The 87-year-old pope brought hundreds of kilograms of items to help support the local population, said Vatican spokesman.

Pope Francis will also visit East Timor, Singapore and Papua New Guinea over the next 10 days.

Over 12 days from Sept. 2-13, Pope Francis will travel nearly 33,000 km to visit Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore.

President Jose Ramos-Horta says Australia and Indonesia can "sleep at peace" because the island nation won't be a security concern to its neighbours.

All 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will join the exercise, including prospective member East Timor.

Sunday's contest was the fifth parliamentary election since East Timor, also known as Timor-Leste, a country of 1.3 million people that gained full independence in 2002.

The half-island nation, officially called Timor Leste, will also be granted observer status at high-level ASEAN meetings.

Hundreds of houses and other facilities such as a solar power plant were damaged.

It has been complicated by his hero status and loyal devotion from followers.

Prabowo was accused of involvement with military crimes in places like East Timor that have earned him scorn among human rights advocates.

Timor-Leste is an evolving story of struggle and nation-building, set in a land of untouched natural beauty.

Pengalaman berkunjung ke Timor-Leste, negara yang sarat dengan memori perjuangan, kemerdekaan dan keindahan alam yang tidak ternilai.

The quake struck eastern Indonesia at a depth of 14km kilometres under the Alor Sea roughly 77km from the East Timorese capital of Dili.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has tapped Jose Ramos-Horta, a former East Timor president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, as his new special representative to coup-stricken Guinea-Bissau.