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East Timor president leaves Australian hospital

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.

Ramos-Horta speaks to public

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.

E. Timor's Ramos-Horta out of coma

East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta has regained consciousness and spoken to family members after emerging from an induced coma following an assassination attempt, the country's deputy prime minister told CNN Thursday.

Time.com: A Frustrating Manhunt in Timor

Forces are searching for the remnants of rebels who attempted to assassinate the country's prime minister and president

Rudd pledges support for East Timor

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.

E. Timor president survives shooting

East Timor's president Jose Ramos-Horta arrived in Australia on Monday on full life support after being shot twice in an assassination attempt in his country, a medical official said.

Quest for peace

"I have a dream". Martin Luther King's famous speech cemented his status as one of the world's greatest peace makers. The American civil rights activist was the youngest man ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize. His life mission was to make the planet a better place.

Time.com: East Timor: Dark Days in Dili

Violence breaks out following the naming of East Timor's new Prime Minister, threatening to plunge the fledgling nation back into chaos

East Timor searches for new PM

East Timor's President Xanana Gusmao and other leaders met in the capital Dili to pick a new prime minister a day after incumbent Mari Alkatiri resigned in an effort to end weeks of unrest and political instability.

East Timor PM 'ready to resign'

Amid pressure to step down, East Timor's embattled Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri said Monday he "is ready to resign" in an effort to end weeks of unrest.

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