Across Asia: East Timor

PM visits Ramos-Horta

East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao visited President Jose Ramos-Horta in an Australian hospital yesterday in a show of solidarity after the two men were targeted by rebels in assassination attempts in February. Gusmao said he was happy to see Ramos-Horta walking again after the shooting that had left him critically wounded, and hoped the operation to capture the remaining rebels behind the attacks would end this week.