Ramos-Horta says he is on shortlist to be East Timor PM
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Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta has said he is one of three short-listed candidates nominated by East Timor&#039;s ruling party to become the next prime minister of the crisis-wracked nation.
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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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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'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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Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd touched down in East Timor Friday for a lightning visit designed to show support for the tiny nation's government after the shooting of its president this week.
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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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East Timor&#39;s president and prime minister are to testify to the Indonesia-East Timor commission later in September over violence surrounding East Timor&#39;s 1999 independence vote.
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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 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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An East Timorese who was a pro-Indonesia activist during the tiny nation&#39;s 1999 independence vote said Wednesday that Indonesia&#39;s military should be held responsible for violence occurring then.
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East Timor&#039;s president on Thursday threatened to resign after the ruling party defied his orders to oust the prime minister, deepening a political crisis in the tiny nation following weeks of bloody street battles.
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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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Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Wednesday he would visit East Timor on Thursday for talks with President Jose Ramos-Horta.
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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&#39;s ruling Fretilin party kept a slight lead Tuesday with about half the votes counted after weekend legislative elections in the troubled young nation, the official tally showed.
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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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Troops and police enforced a state of emergency across East Timor on Tuesday as President Jose Ramos-Horta recuperated from an assassination bid that doctors said he was lucky to survive.