E. Timor's President Invokes Emergency Powers
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DILI, East Timor, March 5 -- East Timor's president invoked emergency powers on Monday to quell unrest after hundreds of young men demanding a withdrawal of foreign troops blockaded roads with burning tires and concrete blocks. The United States issued a travel warning, and Australia said it would...
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East Timor declared a state of emergency Tuesday after rebel attacks on the country's top leaders left the president in "extremely serious" condition with gunshot wounds.
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Authorities in East Timor impose a night-time curfew after an attack on President Jose Ramos-Horta.
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The speaker of Turkey's parliament on Friday called an emergency session to pass legal reforms meant to help the country's chances of starting membership talks with the European Union.
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Â· Government ordered to give reason for crackdownÂ· President awaits key court ruling on re-election bid
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East Timor's Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta formally announces he will run for the presidency in April's polls.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has issued decrees to bypass constitutional limits on his powers to establish an emergency government shutting out Islamist Hamas, aides said on Sunday.
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JERUSALEM -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas dissolved the Palestinian government yesterday and declared a state of emergency after rival Hamas forces took complete control of the Gaza Strip in what the Islamic movement called the territory's "liberation."
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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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East Timor's prime minister met Tuesday with hundreds of soldiers whose dismissal earlier this year sparked fierce gunbattles in the capital, and the eventual installation of a new government.
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East Timor's prosecutor-general said on Wednesday he would issue arrest warrants for 18 people believed to be involved in assassination attempts on the Southeast Asian nation's president and prime minister.
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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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East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta was  shot and critically wounded at his home in Dili on Monday in an  assassination attempt by rebel soldiers that analysts said  could spark renewed violence and political chaos in the tiny  nation.
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East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta was shot and seriously wounded Monday by rebel soldiers in an attempt to assassinate the nation's leaders, and was airlifted to Australia for emergency treatment.
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The Palestinian president swears in a new emergency government, excluding the Islamist movement, Hamas.
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East Timor&#039;s President Xanana Gusmao has welcomed Australian Prime Minister John Howard in Dili, thanking the Australian leader for the deployment of his country&#039;s peacekeepers.
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Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta has been sworn as East Timor&#039;s new prime minister, in a move which boosted hopes for a lasting peace and an end to weeks of political uncertainty in the young nation.