Curfew in East Timor after President Shot

(11 Feb 08 - RV) Rebel soldiers shot and critically wounded East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta and opened fire on the prime minister today in a failed coup in the recently independent nation.

A top rebel leader who led the attack was killed during ensuing clashes.

Nobel Peace laureate Ramos-Horta was injured in the stomach and flown to a hospital in Australia in an induced coma.

Following the incident Australia announced it would send more soldiers to bolster the international peacekeeping force it currently heads in the country, bringing total troop levels to around 1,000.

We spoke to Principal Catholic Chaplin of the Australian Army, Monsignor Greg Flynn...