Dr. Jose Ramos-Horta is the president of East Timor, the former Portuguese colony shattered by conflict in 1999. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate recently spoke with CNN's Richard Quest in the presidential office about his lifelong work fighting for his people, achieving independence, and the 2006 violence that plagued the country. Ramos-Horta also spoke about the role the United Nations plays in his country and how he has reconciled with the Indonesian army.
Choking back tears, the president of East Timor said goodbye Wednesday to the Australian hospital staff who took care of him for five weeks following an assassination attempt at home.
In his first public comments, East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta thanked his medical staff and supporters but refrained from talking about the assassination attempt against him.
Australian Prime Minster Kevin Rudd on a one-day visit to the East Timorese capital Dili Friday pledged his nation's continued support in the aftermath of this week's assassination attempts on the prime minister and president.
East Timor declared a 48-hour state of emergency Tuesday one day after assassination attempts on President Jose Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao.
Renegade East Timorese commander Alfredo Reinado once boasted of his evasion and ambush skills to TIME. Last week a shootout with Presidential security guards led to his death
A market and 10 houses were torched in East Timor during fighting between gangs armed with machetes and steel darts, the United Nations said Thursday. The organization also reported that two people were reported killed in another confrontation.
East Timor's foreign minister has backed the accuracy of an independent report claiming up to 183,000 people died as a result of Indonesian military activity during its 24-year occupation of East Timor.
Dr. Jose Ramos-Horta is the president of East Timor, the former Portuguese colony shattered by conflict in 1999. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate recently spoke with CNN's Richard Quest in the presidential office about his lifelong work fighting for his people, achieving independence, and the 2006 violence that plagued the country. Ramos-Horta also spoke about the role the United Nations plays in his country and how he has reconciled with the Indonesian army.
Choking back tears, the president of East Timor said goodbye Wednesday to the Australian hospital staff who took care of him for five weeks following an assassination attempt at home.
In his first public comments, East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta thanked his medical staff and supporters but refrained from talking about the assassination attempt against him.
Australian Prime Minster Kevin Rudd on a one-day visit to the East Timorese capital Dili Friday pledged his nation's continued support in the aftermath of this week's assassination attempts on the prime minister and president.
East Timor declared a 48-hour state of emergency Tuesday one day after assassination attempts on President Jose Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao.
Renegade East Timorese commander Alfredo Reinado once boasted of his evasion and ambush skills to TIME. Last week a shootout with Presidential security guards led to his death
A market and 10 houses were torched in East Timor during fighting between gangs armed with machetes and steel darts, the United Nations said Thursday. The organization also reported that two people were reported killed in another confrontation.
East Timor's foreign minister has backed the accuracy of an independent report claiming up to 183,000 people died as a result of Indonesian military activity during its 24-year occupation of East Timor.
An agreement between Australia and East Timor on revenue sharing from disputed oil and gas fields in the Timor Sea could be in place by the end of this year, following talks in Canberra.
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