Opposition party wins East Timor general election

East Timor's opposition coalition led by former president, prime minister and independence hero Xanana Gusmao has won Saturday's general election, the almost-complete vote count showed Sunday.With 99.66 percent of votes counted by the National Election Commission, the Alliance for Change and Progress, or AMP, a coalition of Gusmao's National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction, or CNRT, and two smaller parties, captured 49.41 percent.The Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor, better known as Fretilin, won 34.37 percent of the vote.In a 65-seat parliament, AMP will secure 34 sea…READ FULL ARTICLE