Timorese president walked into gunfight
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The rebels jumped from two cars, firing machine guns as they stormed the compound of President Jose Ramos-Horta. "Traitor! Traitor!" they shouted, hunting for the Nobel Peace Prize winner.
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East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta was Tuesday in a serious but stable condition after surgery overnight for gunshot wounds from an assassination attempt that plunged the nation into a fresh crisis.
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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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Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made a lightning visit to East Timor's locked-down capital Dili on Friday in a show of strength after a double assassination attempt on the fledgling nation's leadership.
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East Timor's military and international  forces have launched an operation against rebels hiding in  hills near the capital following an assassination attempt on  the country's president.
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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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Former East Timor Prime Minister Mari  Alkatiri is suspected of arming civilians during the recent  violence in Asia's newest nation and cannot leave Dili, the  country's attorney general said on Thursday.
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President JosÃ© Ramos-Horta of East Timor was in an Australian hospital after being shot by rebel soldiers.
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East Timor's military and international forces have launched an operation against rebels hiding in hills near the capital following an assassination attempt on the country's president.
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In the wake of Mondayâs twinned attacks on the president and prime minister of East Timor, the United Nations and East Timorese police have begun a joint investigation.
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Rebel soldiers attacked the home of East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta early on Monday and he has been wounded in the stomach by gunfire, a military spokesman said on Monday.
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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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Armored U.N. vehicles guarded East Timor's leaders Tuesday under a state of emergency declared after rebel soldiers critically wounded the Nobel Peace Prize-winning president and fired at the prime minister's convoy.
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The fate of East Timor Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri, blamed by opponents for the unrest that gripped the tiny nation last month, is hanging in the balance after the president asked him to resign.
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East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta on Monday said it was police personnel who shot dead two activists during campaign rallies for a new party headed by former East Timor president Xanana Gusmao.
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An East Timorese independence hero faced off against a former prime minister for leadership in this fledgling democracy as important parliamentary elections got under way Saturday.
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East Timor will no longer negotiate with renegade soldiers accused of attacking the nation's two top leaders last week, the acting president warned Monday, as the first arrest was made in the case.