Tense calm in East Timor as Australia takes control of security
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Tense calm prevailed in the capital of East Timor as Australian troops took control of security to stop a bloodbath between the Timorese military and rebel soldiers.
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East Timor rebel leader Alfredo Reinado must be &quot;neutralised&quot; after escaping an attack by crack international troops on his hideout, Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Monday.
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Hundreds of additional Australian troops have landed in Dili to boost an international peacekeeping force sent to quell violence and restore order in East Timor.
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Elite Australian troops backed by tanks, planes and helicopters stormed an East Timor rebel leader's stronghold but the renegade evaded capture and is still on the loose, officials said Sunday.
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The fate of East Timor Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri, blamed by opponents for the unrest that gripped the tiny nation last month, is hanging in the balance after the president asked him to resign.
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East Timor readied for the swearing-in this week of its new prime minister, Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta, whose appointment raises hopes for an end to weeks of tension in the young nation.
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Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made a lightning visit to East Timor's locked-down capital Dili on Friday in a show of strength after a double assassination attempt on the fledgling nation's leadership.
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Australian commandos arrived in chaotic  East Timor on Thursday, while raging gunbattles in the capital  killed at least three people and forced residents to huddle in  their homes.
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President JosÃ© Ramos-Horta of East Timor was in an Australian hospital after being shot by rebel soldiers.
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Elite Australian troops arrived in the troubled Solomon Islands on Thursday as the body of an Australian peacekeeper, the first casualty of Canberra&#39;s tough South Pacific security policy, arrived home.
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The capital of tiny East Timor was quiet  but tense on Tuesday, a day after thousands of supporters of  rebel leader Alfredo Reinado burned tires and threw stones to  protest a raid by international troops on the fugitive's  hideout.
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East Timor&#039;s president appealed for calm between ethnic gangs as international troops said they had succeeded in disarming the fighters who were pushing the tiny country into chaos.
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Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made a lightning visit to East Timor on Friday to pledge support after an assassination attempt on the country's president, Jose Ramos-Horta.
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President Xanana Gusmao assumed emergency powers and took sole control over the army in violence-wracked East Timor but refused calls to sack his much-criticised prime minister.
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East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta was shot and seriously wounded Monday by rebel soldiers in an attempt to assassinate the nation's leaders, and was airlifted to Australia for emergency treatment.
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An Australian peacekeeper was shot dead on patrol in the troubled Solomon Islands capital Honiara on Wednesday, the first Australian casualty under a new, tougher security policy in the South Pacific.
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An Aboriginal community in northern Australia is calm and under heavy guard after the death of a young indigenous man in police custody triggered riots.