East Timor coalition seeks power
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Former President Xanana Gusmao seeks to form a coalition government after last week's elections.
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East Timor Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta began his new job collecting weapons from civilians as the nation tries to rebuild from a spate of violence.
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Indonesia and East Timor  announced plans on Tuesday to create a joint commission in  hopes of putting behind them a 1999 rampage in which Indonesian  gangs killed about 1,000 East Timorese.
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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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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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East Timor&#039;s president has issued an appeal for calm as thousands of supporters of ex-prime minister Mari Alkatiri prepared to camp out after rolling through the capital in a major show of strength.
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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's people have turned out in high numbers for three rounds of elections, but the show of democracy cannot mask mounting challenges facing Asia's newest nation five years after independence.
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Australia, Indonesia and East Timor should  aim to increase cooperation at upcoming three-country talks,  Jakarta's foreign minister said on Sunday, amid renewed  concerns about stability in the tiny fledging nation.
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The United Nations point man in East Timor said Thursday he was in favour of extending the global body's stabilisation mission in the troubled fledgling nation.
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East Timor&#039;s prime minister said Monday he was ready to resign to help end weeks of unrest and political turmoil in the tiny nation.
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Australia's prime minister and the United  Nations chief on Friday pledged continued support for East  Timor to ensure peace and stability in the tiny nation.
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East Timor's soft laws are making it difficult to quell unrest in the country, its Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta said on Tuesday in an interview broadcast on Portuguese radio.
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The president of East Timor. Jose Ramos-Horta, is shot in the stomach during an attack by a rebel soldier.
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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 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 prime minister will likely resign, his spokesman said Wednesday, as the country&#039;s president and members of the beleaguered leader&#039;s own party joined a chorus of people saying he no longer had their trust.