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East Timor president returns home

East Timor president returns home

President Jose Ramos-Horta has returned to East Timor after recuperating from wounds sustained in an assassination attempt more than two months ago. The 58-year-old leader was shot twice by rebels in front of his house in Dili on February 11, in a coordinated attack on the country's leadership. full story
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