East Timor rebel escapes as troops launch raid
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An Australian-led international peacekeeping force launched a raid to capture East Timor rebel Alfredo Reinado on Sunday, killing four people, an Australian commander said.
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The fugitive East Timor rebel leader surrounded in his hideout by Australian-led troops refused Friday to negotiate with a senior government official by telephone, demanding face-to-face talks.
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An East Timorese independence hero faced off against a former prime minister for leadership in this fledgling democracy as important parliamentary elections got under way Saturday.
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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's military and international  forces have launched an operation against rebels hiding in  hills near the capital following an assassination attempt on  the country's president.
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More than 50 prisoners, including rebel leader Alfredo Reinado, escape from prison in the East Timor capital, Dili.
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The rebel East Timor military leader who escaped from jail earlier this week appeared on television and criticized the country's government.
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Australia's top military commander on  Wednesday urged rebel East Timorese soldiers to surrender as  Australian commandos continue hunting them following an attack  last week on the country's leadership.
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East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta was  shot and critically wounded at his home in Dili on Monday in an  assassination attempt by rebel soldiers that analysts said  could spark renewed violence and political chaos in the tiny  nation.
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Armored U.N. vehicles guarded East Timor's leaders Tuesday under a state of emergency declared after rebel soldiers critically wounded the Nobel Peace Prize-winning president and fired at the prime minister's convoy.
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East Timor President and Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta was shot twice, while Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao escaped unhurt Monday in coordinated attacks blamed on rebel troops, officials said.
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At least 56 escaped from an East Timor jail by just walking out, the head of international forces there says.
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Australia rushed troops into East Timor to help enforce a security clampdown a day after assassination attempts on the president and prime minister.
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Gun battles erupted between disgruntled ex-soldiers and the military on the outskirts of East Timor&#039;s capital for a second day Wednesday, wounding a marine officer and prompting the U.S. Embassy to order nonessential personnel to leave.
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The international security force in East Timor have begun closing in on wanted rebel leader Major Alfredo Reinado's hideout with tanks and helicopters, a witness with the renegade soldier said Wednesday.
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Thousands are fleeing villages in eastern Sri Lanka amid fighting between Tamil Tigers and government forces.
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Rebel soldiers attacked the home of East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta early on Monday and he has been wounded in the stomach by gunfire, a military spokesman said on Monday.