East Timor has extended by one month a state of emergency imposed after last month's assassination attempts on the president and prime minister.
Politicians voted for an extension last night after an appeal by acting President Fernando Lasama de Araujo. The emergency order, which bans rallies and imposes a night-time curfew, was due to end the same day. Mr 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. He only recently left a hospital in Australia after multiple surgeries. An hour later, attackers fired on a motorcade carrying Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao. He escaped unhurt.
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