East Timor goes to poll today

East Timor will go to the polls on Saturday in a close presidential contest that pits the Nobel Prize-winning incumbent against about a dozen hopefuls, including the ex-lover of his would-be assassin.
The vote marks a decade since one of the world's youngest nations gained independence after Indonesia's 24-year occupation, which ended with a bloody vote for separation by Timorese in 1999 and cost up to 183,000 lives.
President Jose Ramos-Horta, who shared the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize with East Timorese Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo for his tireless efforts to free his nation, is easily the most well-known candidate.