Dili paper back to normal

DILI, East Timor: Suara Timor Timur, the only daily newspaper published in East Timor province, went back to 12 pages yesterday as the newsprint crisis came to an end.

Managing editor Yosephus G. Lema said that the paper had to cut down to eight pages for two weeks during the crisis.

The paper had only increased its pages from eight to 12 on June 1, but was forced to cut back to eight two weeks later because of the shortages. At one point in the crisis, the paper came close to not appearing at all. (05)