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Special correspondent Kira Kay examines East Timor's ongoing effort to rebuild itself, 10 years after winning independence from Indonesia. The report is part of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting's Fragile States project, a partnership with the Bureau for International Reporting.

Credits:
Reporter: Kira Kay
Producer / Camera / Editor: Jason Maloney
Production Associates: Gayathri Vaidyanathan, Elspeth Montgomery

A production of the Bureau for International Reporting
In partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

Photos Courtesy of the United Nations:
Eskinder Debebe
M Kobayashi
Martine Perret

And the United States Air Force

Project

This project was produced in partnership with the Bureau for International Reporting.
September 1, 2010 / The Stanley Foundation
Kira Kay, Jason Maloney
More than a billion people across 60 nations are living in fragile or failing states, like Haiti, Bosnia, the DRC and East Timor. What is needed to stabilize these particular countries?
September 20, 2009 /
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