Anti-govt protesters allowed into East Timor capital

About 2,000 protesters calling for the resignation of East Timor’s prime minister cruised around parliament in a convoy of horn-blaring trucks and motorcycles today, hours after mobs set buildings on fire and looted a warehouse filled with farm supplies.

The unrest was less severe than the fighting between military factions and gang warfare that erupted last month, killing at least 30 people, but underscored the huge challenge for international forces and East Timor’s fractured government as they try to restore a sense of normalcy to Dili.