REMARKABLY forgiving of Indonesia for its brutal 24-year
occupation of their country, Timor-Leste's leaders seem less
tolerant of Australia. As the president, José Ramos-Horta, sets
off for a state visit to Australia on 21st June, he will be
packing a little list of grudges.  One is that Australia, one of
the country's biggest donors, squanders its aid on foreign
consultants. Meanwhile, a popular American-Canadian NGO, the
Peace Dividend Trust, that is creating much-needed local jobs,
is seeing its funds from Australia's AusAID dry up. Mr Ramos-
Horta wrote to Australia's ambassador that the group's project
had a “more tangible and important impact” than any other
economic-assistance project.  Timor-Leste has also long been
nurturing a grievance about the oil- and gas- rich fields in the
Timor Sea straddling its maritime borders with Australia. Since
independence in 2002, negotiations on sharing the resources have
at times been acrimonious. Australia's second-largest oil
company, Woodside, recently proposed pr