EAST TIMOR: President on road to recovery

Updated February 21, 2008 21:40:12

The spirits of supporters of East Timor's President Jose Ramos Horta have been lifted with the news that he is out of an induced coma. Dr Ramos Horta has undergone a series of operations at the Royal Darwin Hospital since being shot in a failed assassination attempt in East Timor ten days ago.

Presenter: Fiona Churchman
Speakers: Jose Luis Guterres, East Timor Deputy Prime Minister; Dr Len Notaras, General Manager of the Royal Darwin Hospital