Leavenworth Strategist

East Timor Extends Emergency Rule

By GUIDO GOULART 

DILI, East Timor (AP) — East Timor's Parliament on Friday extended by 30 days a state of emergency imposed after attacks by suspected rebels on the country's two top leaders.

The state of emergency, which bans rallies and imposes a nighttime curfew, was due to end Saturday.

Operation begins in East Timor

DILI, East Timor (AP) -- Australian troops backed by helicopters hunted Thursday for suspects in the attacks on East Timor's top leaders, as new details emerged on the strike that left the president critically wounded.

The operation, which also involved U.N. police officers and armored personnel carriers, took place on the outskirts of Dili and involved troops combing through the jungle searching for suspects, according to an Associated Press reporter at the scene.

U.N. spokesman Alison Cooper confirmed "anti-insurgency" operations had begun.