East Timor's Ramos-Horta returns home

Dili: East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta returned home on Thursday after more than two months of treatment in Australia for injuries sustained in an assassination attempt.

A military parade and thousands of people waving national flags and a picture of the president welcomed Ramos-Horta at the Dili airport.

The Nobel laureate was critically wounded after rebel soldiers shot him twice in his home in Dili on February 11.

Dili thanked parliament, government officials, the church, the people of East Timor and the international community for their support.

He told CNN recently he would miss the days when he could mingle with his people without being bothered about security.
"I am saddened by the fact that these pleasures may be gone for me now," he said. "We have lost something. But we will find a way to remain close."