U.N. East Timor police "cowards": Ramos-Horta's brother
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The brother of East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta on Thursday accused United Nations security forces of behaving like "bloody cowards" and said they hid, rather than defended the wounded leader against rebels.
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East Timor&#039;s ex-prime minister has been ordered to appear in court after failing to turn up for questioning last month over allegations he authorised a hit squad to be armed to eliminate his opponents.
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More international police will soon be sent to East Timor to restore order following recent deadly violence, an Australian minister said, as three local police officers gunned down last month were laid to rest.
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The man widely tipped to be named this week as East Timor&#039;s new premier, Jose Ramos-Horta, has taken charge of a meeting of ministers to plot the tiny nation&#039;s route from crisis.
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The Security Council set up a new UN mission for restive East Timor, including up to 1,608 police personnel, for at least six months to help restore security and help steer the tiny Pacific territory toward next year's polls.
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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 said on Saturday it would  contribute up to 130 police to a new U.N. mission in East  Timor, in addition to troops sent to restore order after a wave  of violence in the fledgling nation three months ago.
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Australian troops have stormed the stronghold of East Timorese rebel Alfredo Reinado, killing four of his armed men, but failed to capture the fugitive leader, an Australian defence official said Sunday.
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East Timor athletes training for the Olympics face obstacles that range from a lack of cash to buy even basic equipment to sporadic gang violence and fears of chaos following an assassination attempt against President Jose Ramos-Horta.
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East Timor&#039;s ruling party has snubbed a demand from the president and kept Mari Alkatiri on as prime minister, even though his departure had been seen as crucial to ending weeks of political turmoil.
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DILI, East Timor -- East Timor President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta was shot in the stomach during an attack on his home Monday by renegade soldiers, an army spokesman said.
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UN police and international peacekeepers are continuing the hunt for East Timor's rebel military leader Major Alfredo Reinado as New Zealand denied it was responsible for guarding the prison from which he escaped.
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: UN secretary-general Kofi Annan said yesterday he was âdisappointedâ his son did not tell him the full story of his ties to a firm involved in the UN oil-for-food programme, now under investigation.
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East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta was in a serious but stable condition on Tuesday in an Australian hospital, but medics were planning more surgery for up to three gunshot wounds, a senior doctor said.
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An East Timor rebel leader asked to negotiate with authorities Thursday as an Australian-led international force surrounded his hideout, but rejected calls to surrender, a witness with him said.
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose  Ramos-Horta is to be East Timor&#039;s new prime minister, President  Xanana Gusmao told reporters on Saturday, a move aimed at  ending weeks of political uncertainty in Asia&#039;s newest nation.
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta was sworn in as East Timor&#039;s new prime minister Monday, pledging to end the violence that has wracked Asia&#039;s newest nation and sent 150,000 people fleeing their homes.