Presidential vote underway

April 09, 2007

Voters in East Timor go to the polls, hoping a new election will bring an end to a year of instability. Supporters of rival candidates clashed during campaigning last week, injuring more than 30 people and prompting international troops to fire tear gas and warning shots. Pro-Jakarta militiamen went on a violent rampage following a 1999 vote for independence, killing about 1,000 people and destroying much of the territory's infrastructure.