East Timor goes to polls
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East Timorese voted on Saturday in a parliamentary election that could put the impoverished, young country on a new path after communal violence last year.
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East Timor&#039;s capital was returning to normal after Australian troops took to the streets to restore order and stop bloody clashes between the Timorese military and rebel soldiers.
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East Timor&#39;s ruling Fretilin party took an early lead Monday as ballot counting gained momentum after weekend parliamentary polls which EU observers hailed as democratic.
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An East Timor independence hero was challenging a former prime minister for leadership in this fledgling democracy as important parliamentary elections got under way Saturday.
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LAGA, East Timor  - Jose Ramos-Horta, the Nobel Peace Prize winner who took over as East Timor's prime minister last year, formally announced on Sunday he would run for the presidency in April's election.
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East Timorese Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta declared that he will run for the presidency in the April elections.
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East Timor's ruling party took an early lead on Monday over a party launched by resistance hero Xanana Gusmao, after a weekend parliamentary ballot in Asia's youngest nation.
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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's parliament has approved a  state budget of nearly $350 million for 2008 that aims to  improve security and tackle poverty in Asia's youngest nation.
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ASIA/TIMOR EST - A un mese dal voto per le presidenziali, entra nel vivo la campagna elettorale. Nuovi spiragli per la pacificazione del paese, grazie alla mediazione della Chiesa Dili (Agenzia Fides) - Entra nel vivo la campagna elettorale per le elezioni presidenziali a Timor Est , previste il 9 aprile prossimo. Dopo lÂannuncio della candidatura di JosÃ¨ Ramos-Horta, premio Nobel per la Pace e attuale Primo Ministro, la Corte...
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ABOUT 140 million Indonesians are expected to vote today in the country&#39;s first direct presidential election, with incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri hoping for a late surge of support to cling to office.
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East Timor&#039;s former prime minister Mari Alkatiri urged thousands of supporters to take their fight to the ballot box amid hopes of an end to the political crisis paralyzing the country.
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Nobel prize-winner Jose Ramos-Horta has been named as East Timor&#039;s new prime minister, President Xanana Gusmao announced, ending weeks of political uncertainty in the nation.
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd jetted into East Timor Friday to lend support to the fledgling nation's efforts to stabilise and rebuild after violence last year.
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Minority parties in East Timor headed by a party set up by independence leader Xanana Gusmao announced Friday they had formed a coalition and would seek to form a government after recent polls.
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East Timor's Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta formally announces he will run for the presidency in April's polls.
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Voters across Indonesia's Aceh province have flocked to polling stations for elections they hope will cement the tsunami-ravaged region's path to peace after three decades of war.