Independence
BBC News: East Timor: Birth of a nation, Celebrating the Birth of a Nation, PBS Online NewsHour: East Timor Independence, The United Nations Will Stay
Secession
Amnesty International - East Timor Library, BBC: The Trials of East Timor, Campaign To Free East Timor, CNN.com - Conflict In East Timor: A Timeline, Crisis in East Timor, Death of a nation: The Timor Conspiracy, East Timor - Focus on Human Rights, 2002, East Timor Campaign, Ireland, East Timor Coverage: Time.com, East Timor democracy leaders named Nobel Peace Pri
East Timor Revisited: Ford, Kissinger and the Indo
Edited by William Burr and Michael L. Evans and published in the National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 62. Includes original documents [pdf].
East Timor: A Brief History
Interactive guide by the Guardian, UK.