(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-03-24 15:28

DILI, East Timor -- East Timor extended by one month a state of emergency imposed after last month's assassination attempts on the president and prime minister.

East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta (C) returns to thank the hospital staff at Royal Darwin Hospital March 19, 2008. The country extended by one month a state of emergency. [Agencies]

Parliament voted for the extension Sunday after an appeal by acting President Fernando Lasama de Araujo. The emergency order, which bans rallies and imposes a nighttime curfew, was due to end the same day.

 

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De Araujo said East Timor was largely stable but that security in some western districts remained "fragile."

President Jose Ramos-Horta was wounded in a February 11 gun attack close to his home during which his guards shot and killed infamous rebel leader Alfredo Reinado.

An hour later, attackers fired on a motorcade carrying Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao. He escaped unhurt.

Ramos-Horta only recently left hospital in Australia after multiple surgeries.