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East Timor President and Peace Prize Winner Wounded in Apparent Coup Attempt

HeadlineFeb 11, 2008

In East Timor, President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose
Ramos-Horta has been seriously wounded during an apparent coup attempt. Ramos-Horta is in critical condition on full life support and has been put into an induced coma. Gunmen attacked his home in a pre-dawn attack. Jose Ramos-Horta won the Nobel Peace Prize for helping to lead East Timor’s bid for independence from Indonesia. Since East Timor became an independent nation, he has served as prime minister and president.

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