EAST TIMOR: Woman accused of president kidnap plot

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Updated February 19, 2008 21:41:16

Police in East Timor have released the Australian woman arrested yesterday in relation to the attacks on the country's leaders last week. Authorities suspect the East Timorese Australian dual citizen, Angelita Pires, was involved in the planning of what is now being called an attempted kidnapping of the President, Jose Ramos Horta.

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