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 CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - East Timor's president is considering stepping down after surviving an assassination attempt and cannot promise he will complete his five-year term, an Australian newspaper reported Tuesday.
Jose Ramos-Horta was recuperating in the northern Australian city of Darwin after being shot twice by army mutineers outside his home in East Timor's capital, Dili, on Feb. 11.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner, who last year became the tiny country's second president since independence from Indonesia in 2002, told The Australian newspaper he would return to his homeland but that he craved a quieter life.
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