NEWS BULLETIN:
DILI, East Timor - Rebel soldiers shot and critically wounded East Timor’s president and opened fire on the prime minister Monday in a failed coup attempt in the recently independent nation. A top rebel leader was killed during one of the attacks.
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President Jose Ramos-Horta, a Nobel Peace laureate, was injured in the stomach and chest. He was flown to a hospital in Australia under sedation. A medical official there said doctors were hopeful he would make a “very good recovery.”
Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, escaped an attack on his motorcade unhurt.
source: Associated Press story
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