Ramos-Horta clinches E Timor presidency
Afp, Dili
Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta pledged to unite troubled East Timor yesterday after the former resistance leader clinched the election as president of one of the world's poorest nations. Holding an unassailable lead with 73 percent of the votes and 90 percent of the ballots counted, Ramos-Horta offered hope to a nervous electorate after a year of bloodshed and unrest that looked to tear the tiny country apart. "I will do my best not to fail the people who have voted for me, and not lose their trust and lose sight of their aspirations," he said, promising to work with defeated Francisco Guterres of the ruling Fretilin party.
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