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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Dear Colleagues,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The book</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><I></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><I> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Democratic Governance in Timor-Leste: Reconciling the Local and the National</FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> (ed. D. Mearns) containing papers from the conference held at Charles Darwin University in February 2008 will be launched by The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory, The Honourable Jane Aagard MLA</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> at the Northern Territory Parliament on Friday 31 October 2008.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The book is now available for purchase from CDU Press. For more information please visit the foll</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">o</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">wing site:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><A HREF="http://www.cdu.edu.au/cdupress/recent.html"><SPAN LANG="en-au">http://www.cdu.edu.au/cdupress/recent.html</SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au">Regards</SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au">Steve</SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><A NAME=""><SPAN LANG="en-au">Dr Steven Farram</SPAN></A></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au">Research Associate</SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au">School of Creative Arts and Humanities</SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au">Faculty of Law, Business and Arts</SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au">Charles Darwin University</SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au">Darwin, Northern Territory</SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au">Australia</SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au">Telephone: (08) 8946 6865</SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au">Facsimile: (08) 8946 6540</SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au">Email: steven.farram@cdu.edu.au</SPAN></P>
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