Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak (L) speaks to East Timor's President Jose Ramos Horta in the venue of World Ocean Conference in Manado, Indonesia's North Sulawesi province May 15, 2009. Oceans experts from around the world meet in Manado for the World Ocean Conference from May 11-15. Reuters Pictures 5 months ago

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak (L) speaks to East Timor's President Jose Ramos Horta in the venue of World Ocean Conference in Manado, Indonesia's North Sulawesi province May 15, 2009. Oceans experts from around the world meet in Manado for the World Ocean Conference from May 11-15.

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  1. East Timor's President Jose Ramos Horta (L) inspects Dili's new presidential palace, a gift from China, with China's ambassador Fu Yuancong August 27, 2009. Dili's gleaming new Presidential Palace and Foreign Ministry, gifts from China, stand in stark contrast to nearby burnt-out buildings and are symbols of how the energy-hungry superpower is growing closer to tiny, oil-rich East Timor.
  2. East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta (L) and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao (R) stand with Portuguese parliament President Jaime Gama during a ceremony marking the tenth anniversary of East Timor's vote for independence from Indonesia, in Dili August 30, 2009. A former Portuguese colony, East Timor was invaded in 1975 by Indonesia. An estimated 180,000 died during the occupation, and the U.N. estimates about 1,000 East Tiomorese died in the mayhem that surrounded the 1999 vote for independence.
  3. East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta attends a ceremony marking 10 years since East Timor's vote for independence in Dili August 30, 2009. A former Portuguese colony, East Timor was invaded in 1975 by Indonesia. An estimated 180,000 died during the occupation, and the U.N. estimates about 1,000 East Tiomorese died in the mayhem that surrounded the August 30, 1999 vote for independence.
  4. East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta inspects Timorese wearing traditional clothes during a ceremony marking 10 years since East Timor's vote for independence, in Dili August 30, 2009. A former Portuguese colony, East Timor was invaded in 1975 by Indonesia. An estimated 180,000 died during the occupation, and the U.N. estimates about 1,000 East Timorese died in the mayhem that surrounded the 1999 vote for independence.
  5. East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta inspects the troops in a ceremony marking 10 years since East Timor's vote for independence, in Dili August 30, 2009. A former Portuguese colony, East Timor was invaded in 1975 by Indonesia. An estimated 180,000 died during the occupation, and the U.N. estimates about 1,000 East Timorese died in the mayhem that surrounded the 1999 vote for independence.
  6. East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta (L) and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao laugh during a news conference in Dili in this June 26, 2008 file photo. Gusmao, 63, who was imprisoned by Indonesia, and Ramos-Horta, 59, who campaigned abroad to keep East Timor's struggle in the public eye, are independence heroes. But a new generation of political leaders, most of whom were children or students during Indonesia's rule, is getting ready to take over.
  7. Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (C) shares a light moment with newly sworn Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (L), Vice President Budiono (2R-rear facing), East Timor's President Jose Ramos Horta (2L rear facing) and Sultan Hasanol Bolkiah of Brunai (R) at the Merdeka palace in Jakarta on October 20, 2009. Liberal ex-general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was sworn in as Indonesia's president after winning a second five-year term with promises of economic growth and political reform.
  8. East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta waves as he arrives for the inauguration of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the House of Representatives building compound in Jakarta October 20, 2009. Yudhoyono was sworn in on Tuesday for a second term with an agenda headed by the need to enact bureaucratic reforms, fix infrastructure, amend labour laws, and attract investment.
  9. Malaysia's Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak (L), his Australian counterpart Kevin Rudd (2nd L), Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (2nd R) and his wife Ho Ching and East Timor's President Jose Ramos Horta (R) attend the swearing-in ceremony of Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Boediono in the parliament building in Jakarta October 20, 2009.
  10. Governor-General Quentin Bryce (L) of Australia talks with East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta after a ceremony marking 10 years since East Timor's vote for independence, in Dili August 30, 2009. A former Portuguese colony, East Timor was invaded in 1975 by Indonesia. An estimated 180,000 died during the occupation, and the U.N. estimates about 1,000 East Tiomorese died in the mayhem that surrounded the 1999 vote for independence.

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