Two Biggest Parties Neck-and-Neck In East Timor Election

The two largest parties in East Timor’s parliamentary election were neck-and-neck, according to preliminary results Sunday, with neither expected to secure enough support to govern alone. With 90 percent of votes from Saturday’s election counted, the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT) — led by independence hero Xanana Gusmao — had about 28 percent of … Read more