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East Timor leader critically wounded

CASUALTIES Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado and one of his men were killed in the attack on the residence of President Ramos-Horta, who is being treated in an Australian hospital

AP , DILI

Deposed prime minister Mari Alkatiri has long maintained that Ramos-Horta's government is illegitimate. His political party immediately condemned yesterday's attacks in a statement released to the media.

East Timor, a former Portuguese colony, gained independence in 2002 after voting to break free from more than two decades of brutal Indonesian occupation.

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