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Ramos-Horta delays its east timor deal

Jose Ramos-Horta reported to intervene in delaying a controversial $400 million deal to buy three highly polluting second-hand power stations for East Timor. The plants would commit gas-rich East Timor to importing heavy oil for at least three decades for plants that use difficult-to-manage technology that has already been phased out in many countries for [...]