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A U.S. aid agency had committed hundreds of millions of dollars to the project, which could help provide clean water. Now its board wants to pull out of the agreement. Reporting from Dili, East Timor Ravaged by a brutal military occupation, East Timor won its independence just over two decades ago. The young nation has built itself into a stable democracy, but poverty remains widespread. Nearly half of the children in Dili, the capital, are physically stunted by malnutrition and repeated infections from waterborne diseases. The city does not have a municipal sewer system, and drinking water is often contaminated by raw sewage. The United States offered to help fix the problem. A small U.S. development agency, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, agreed to spend $420 million in part to build a wastewater treatment system. The local government spent millions buying… (Updated 2 Oct 2025, 09:16 IST; source: link)