Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Australian troops arrive to boost East Timor security (Reuters)

Special U.N police from Portugal stand guard outside the office of East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta in Dili February 12, 2008, after the country's interim president Vicente Guterres had declared a state of emergency. 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. Ramos-Horta was critically wounded at his home in Dili on Monday in an assassination attempt by rebel soldiers and was airlifted to Darwin on life support after treatment at an Australian military hospital. (Lirio Da Fonseca/Reuters)Reuters - Australian troops began arriving in East Timor on Tuesday to help enforce a state of emergency declared after a double assassination attempt that left the tiny nation's president in hospital with triple gunshot wounds.


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