President Jose Ramos-Horta

The good news early today is that President Ramos-Jorta of East Timor is in a serious but stable condition and seems to be gradually improving from the assassinaiton attempt of last Monday. We pray for his continuing and complete recovery. Ramos-Horta won the Nobel peace Prize in 1996 for his nonviolent campaign against the 24-year Indonesian occupation. We had looked forward to hearing him speak in June since he had agreed to be one of the keynote speakers at the 2008 International Online Dispute Resolution Forum in Victoria, Canada < http://www.odr.info/victoria >

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