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 DILI, East Timor (AP) - East Timor's people have turned out in high numbers for three rounds of elections, but the show of democracy cannot mask mounting challenges facing Asia's newest nation five years after independence.
Increasingly dependent on the international community for food and safety, divided politically and with an economy in tatters, East Timor may be on the path to becoming a failed state, analysts warn.
Campaigning for parliamentary elections last weekend and two earlier rounds of voting for president were mostly peaceful but divisive, driving the country's political leaders further apart when reconciliation was needed, election advisers and political observers say.
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