DILI( Reuters)-East Timorese independence figure and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Jose Ramos-Horta

Nearly a million people in East Timor were voting for president on Saturday in an election that will test the young nation’s stability amid a protracted political crisis and economic uncertainty. Voters lined up to cast their ballots as polling booths opened at 7 a.m.in Dili, the capital, and elsewhere across the country. Incumbent Francisco “ Lu Olo ” Guterres, 67, a former guerilla leader from the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor party, known by its local acronym Fretilin, is

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East Timor is headed for a runoff presidential election after Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta failed to secure more than 50% of the vote despite a commanding lead over a fellow former independence fighter, incumbent President Francisco “ Lu Olo ” Guterres.... Ramos-Horta, East Timor’s president from 2007 to 2012, and Guterres have traded accusations of causing a yearslong political paralysis.... The president is responsible for naming the government and dissolving parliament....

Ramos-Horta, 72, is one of East Timor's best known political figures and previously served as prime minister then as the country's second president from 2007 to 2012.... He was a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in 1996 for his efforts to bring a peaceful resolution to the conflict in East Timor when the country was brutally occupied by Indonesia.... In the first round of the election in April he narrowly missed securing an outright majority....

East Timor is headed for a runoff presidential election after Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta failed to secure more than 50% of the vote despite a commanding lead over a fellow former independence fighter, incumbent President Francisco “ Lu Olo ” Guterres.... Ramos-Horta, East Timor’s president from 2007 to 2012, and Guterres have traded accusations of causing a yearslong political paralysis.... The president is responsible for naming the government and dissolving parliament....

Voters in East Timor are choosing a president in a runoff Tuesday between former independence fighters who’ve blamed each other for years of political paralysis.... Ramos-Horta received 46.6%, incumbent President Francisco “ Lu Olo ” Guterres won 22.1% and the other votes were divided among 14 other candidates in the March 19 election.... Ramos-Horta, 72, and Guterres, 67, were both resistance figures during Indonesia’s occupation of East Timor....

At the centre of it all is a biryani.... She moved from East Timor with her husband and son nearly a decade ago.... " Some people order the cakes from me and I order the food from them, so we exchange," she added....

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