E Timor 'risks upsurge in unrest'
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East Timor could slide into renewed violence if it does not reform its security services, a think-tank says.
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Rival gangs armed with machetes and stones fought in East Timor's capital late Thursday, injuring at least 13 people, witnesses and officials said. Hundreds of youths took part in the fighting in front of Guido Valadares Hospital, an Associated Press reporter at the scene 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.
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Gangs of youths allied to feuding East  Timor police or army units went on the rampage in parts of the  capital on Saturday, torching houses and vehicles as Australian  and Malaysian peacekeeping troops stepped up patrols.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Monday that East Timor's rebel leader should be &quot;neutralised&quot; as hundreds of protesters took to the streets over Australian troops trying to hunt him down.
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Crack Australian troops landed in East Timor as new fighting between the military and rebel soldiers forced thousands to flee the worst violence in the independent nation&#039;s history.
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East Timor was to issue arrest warrants for 18 suspects on Wednesday after assassination attempts on the prime minister and President Jose Ramos-Horta, who underwent further surgery on multiple gunshot wounds.
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At least 100,000 people have fled their homes in East Timor&#039;s capital because of days of violence, a spokeswoman for a group of aid agencies said Wednesday.
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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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Australian commandos arrived in chaotic  East Timor on Thursday, while raging gunbattles in the capital  killed at least three people and forced residents to huddle in  their homes.
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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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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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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&#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.
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An escalation of ethnic violence is threatening to plunge the country into chaos.
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Stone-throwing youths attacked refugee camps and torched homes in East Timor, raising tensions as thousands of supporters of ex-premier Mari Alkatiri waited outside the capital Dili.
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East Timor risks erupting in violence again if its government and the UN fail to quickly reform the country's security forces, which remain vulnerable to political abuse, a think-tank warned Friday.