Rebel leader escapes E Timor jail
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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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Eight former pro-Jakarta militiamen have been jailed in East Timor for crimes against humanity committed in the mayhem surrounding a 1999 UN-backed vote that led to the country's separation from Indonesia.
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DILI, East Timor  - About 40 prisoners escaped from a jail in East Timor on Saturday, officials said, adding to security concerns in the tiny nation as it prepares for elections following political turmoil and violence last year.
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A convicted murderer escapes from the custody of Reliance guards while being treated at hospital.
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South Africa's most-wanted criminal is recaptured after escaping from top security C-Max prison near Pretoria.
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Muslim rebels released a top Philippine general, a senior government official and their aides on Sunday after holding them for two nights in their camp on a remote southern island.
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Officials called on a fugitive East Timorese rebel leader to surrender Thursday as international troops surrounded a mountain town where he and scores of armed followers were holed up.
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The fugitive East Timor rebel leader attacked overnight in his mountain stronghold by an Australian-led international security force has disappeared, witnesses said Sunday.
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A convicted murderer escapes from the custody of escort guards while being treated at hospital.
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The international force in East Timor closed in Wednesday on wanted rebel leader Major Alfredo Reinado, but the renegade has vowed a fight to the death.
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Australian troops backed by tanks, helicopters and airplanes have stormed the East Timor town where a rebel leader is holed up, entering his stronghold, a witness said on Sunday.
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A former apartheid soldier-turned-mercenary avoided the death penalty at a sentencing here Friday, but still received a 34-year prison term for trying to overthrow the government of this oil-rich West African nation.
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A notorious criminal escaped from a Belgian prison Sunday after a helicopter crash-landed inside the prison grounds, the local public prosecutor 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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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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East Timor President and Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta was shot twice, while Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao escaped unhurt Monday in coordinated attacks on their homes allegedly by rebel troops, officials said.
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East Timor President Xanana Gusmao made an emotional plea for peace after weeks of violence, as the tiny country&#039;s rebel leader pressed him to oust the unpopular prime minister.