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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>*** Book Launch***</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Hatene kona ba/ Compreender/ Understanding/ Mengerti Timor-Leste</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial>Edited by Michael Leach, Nuno Canas Mendes, </FONT><FONT face=Arial>Antero B. da Silva, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial>Alarico da Costa Ximenes and Bob Boughton. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial>Hawthorn: Swinburne Press, 328pp.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>The refereed proceedings of the Timor-Leste Studies Association's <EM>Understanding Timor-Leste </EM>conference (UNTL, 2-3 July 2009) will be launched in Dili on:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>SATURDAY 27 FEBRUARY, 6-8 p.m., at </STRONG><STRONG>HOTEL DILI</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=street-address>Avenida dos Direitos Humanos, Lecidere</SPAN>, Dili.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial>Snacks provided, drinks available at bar.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial>All welcome. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Papers in the edited collection are divided into four language sections (Tetum-Dili, Portuguese, English and Bahasa Indonesia), along with a special section on Adult and Popular Education. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>See attached pdf of contents for details.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>COPIES</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>FREE to East Timorese University Libraries / College Libraries / Reading Rooms.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>All other copies: €20 / $US25 / $A30.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>All proceeds fund copies to East Timorese higher education providers.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Dr Michael Leach</DIV>
<DIV>Senior Lecturer in Politics</DIV>
<DIV>Faculty of Life and Social Sciences</DIV>
<DIV>Swinburne University of Technology</DIV>
<DIV>PO Box 218 Hawthorn VIC </DIV>
<DIV>AUSTRALIA 3122</DIV>
<DIV>Phone: +61 3 9214 5357</DIV>
<DIV>Fax: +61 3 9819 0574</DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:mleach@swin.edu.au">mleach@swin.edu.au</A></DIV></BODY></HTML>