DILI, East Timor - Hundreds of people lined up before dawn Wednesday to vote in presidential elections in East Timor, a critical step toward maintaining peace in Asia's newest nation following violence last year that took it to the brink of civil war.
Around 500,000 people are eligible to vote in the polls, which pit Nobel Peace Prize winner and acting prime minister Jose Ramos-Horta against Fransisco "Lu-Olo" Guterres, an ex-guerilla who spent years in the jungles fighting Indonesian rule.
Wednesday's vote follows balloting last month that did not produce an outright winner.
Most analysts see 57-year-old Ramos-Horta - who fled East Timor during Indonesia's …
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