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| Australia pledges E Timor support | Australia pledges E Timor support |
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| Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says his government will do all it can to safeguard democracy in East Timor after attacks on its president and PM. | |
| On his second visit to East Timor in only two months, Mr Rudd said his support was "absolutely rock solid". | On his second visit to East Timor in only two months, Mr Rudd said his support was "absolutely rock solid". |
| President Jose Ramos-Horta was seriously hurt in Monday's shooting, and is being treated in Australia. | President Jose Ramos-Horta was seriously hurt in Monday's shooting, and is being treated in Australia. |
| Canberra has sent extra peacekeepers to Dili, where Mr Rudd's immediate concern will be to assess the security threat. | Canberra has sent extra peacekeepers to Dili, where Mr Rudd's immediate concern will be to assess the security threat. |
| Mr Rudd, who approved the deployment of an additional 350 Australian troops in the wake of the attacks, is expected to hold talks with Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, acting President Fernando de Araujo, and the head of the parliamentary opposition. | |
| Australia sent additional peacekeepers after the attacksBut the BBC's Jonathan Head in Dili says Mr Rudd has a difficult diplomatic path to tread, as many East Timorese are suspicious and resentful of Australia's high-profile role in their country. | Australia sent additional peacekeepers after the attacksBut the BBC's Jonathan Head in Dili says Mr Rudd has a difficult diplomatic path to tread, as many East Timorese are suspicious and resentful of Australia's high-profile role in their country. |
| Mr Rudd's priority will be to ascertain the remaining security threat, he says. | Mr Rudd's priority will be to ascertain the remaining security threat, he says. |
| Our correspondent says he is also likely to press the government to start addressing its huge long-term challenges; mass unemployment, the thousands of displaced families living in squalid camps, and the failure so far to spend any oil revenues on badly-needed infrastructure. | Our correspondent says he is also likely to press the government to start addressing its huge long-term challenges; mass unemployment, the thousands of displaced families living in squalid camps, and the failure so far to spend any oil revenues on badly-needed infrastructure. |
| Australian-led international forces are now combing the hills behind Dili for the remaining rebels believed to be responsible for the twin attack. | Australian-led international forces are now combing the hills behind Dili for the remaining rebels believed to be responsible for the twin attack. |
| Past grievances | Past grievances |
| A state of emergency declared by Mr Gusmao, who narrowly escaped injury in the ambush, remains in place. The parliamentary opposition has stood by the government. | A state of emergency declared by Mr Gusmao, who narrowly escaped injury in the ambush, remains in place. The parliamentary opposition has stood by the government. |
| Emotional scenes at the funeral of Alfredo Reinado on ThursdayIn a BBC interview on Thursday, one of the rebels involved in the attacks, Gastao Salsinha, denied attempting to assassinate the two high profile figures. | Emotional scenes at the funeral of Alfredo Reinado on ThursdayIn a BBC interview on Thursday, one of the rebels involved in the attacks, Gastao Salsinha, denied attempting to assassinate the two high profile figures. |
| He said security personnel for President Ramos-Horta started the fire fight that killed rebel chief Alfredo Reinado. | He said security personnel for President Ramos-Horta started the fire fight that killed rebel chief Alfredo Reinado. |
| Speaking from hiding, Mr Salsinha said he had now taken over as rebel leader. UN troops have been in East Timor since a wave of street violence in mid-2006. | Speaking from hiding, Mr Salsinha said he had now taken over as rebel leader. UN troops have been in East Timor since a wave of street violence in mid-2006. |
| A group of rebel soldiers with grievances dating back to that unrest is thought to have carried out Monday's attacks. | A group of rebel soldiers with grievances dating back to that unrest is thought to have carried out Monday's attacks. |
| East Timor won independence in 2002 after decades under Indonesian rule. | East Timor won independence in 2002 after decades under Indonesian rule. |