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Jose Ramos-Horta, President of Timor-Leste addresses 63rd session of the General Assembly at the UN on September 25, 2008 in New York City. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff)
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JAKARTA, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was sworn in Tuesday for a second five-year term as president of Indonesia, officials said.
JAKARTA, July 15 (UPI) -- Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono expressed sympathy Tuesday over human rights violations during Timor-Leste's independence referendum.
DILI, Timor-Leste, April 29 (UPI) -- U.N. officials in Timor-Leste Tuesday welcomed the surrender of 12 rebels wanted in an assassination attempt on the nation's president and prime minister.
GLENO, Timor-Leste, April 26 (UPI) -- The army in Timor-Leste says it has taken a leading rebel commander into custody following negotiations mediated by a Catholic priest.
DILI, Timor-Leste, April 17 (UPI) -- Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta returned safely to the capital of Dili after requiring two months of recovery because of an assassination attempt.
DILI, Timor-Leste, April 17 (UPI) -- Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta is back home Thursday, having returned from Australia where he was treated for serious gunshot wounds.
BRUSSELS, April 1 (UPI) -- Stability in Timor-Leste could be threatened if a solution isn't found for the country's displaced people, according to a new International Crisis group report.
DILI, Timor-Leste, March 12 (UPI) -- The president of Timore-Leste says he once helped the rebel who shot him in an assassination attempt that left him hospitalized in Australia.
DARWIN, Australia, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta is conscious after emerging from an induced coma following an assassination attempt, the country's prime minister said.
DILI, Timor-Leste, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd pledged support for Timor-Leste in the wake of rebel attacks on the southeast Asian country's president and prime minister.
