Posted AT 6:47 AM EDT on 11/02/08
East Timor president critically wounded in attack
DILI, East Timor — Rebel soldiers shot and critically wounded East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta and opened fire on the prime minister Monday in a failed coup in the recently independent nation, officials said. A top rebel leader was killed during one of the attacks.
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