East Timor premier could quit after assassination attempt

East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta says he is considering quitting politics after surviving an attempted assassination.

In an interview published in The Australian newspaper today, the Nobel Peace Prize winner says he won’t promise to serve out the final four years of his five-year term.

Mr Ramos-Horta is recuperating in the northern Australian city of Darwin after being shot twice by army mutineers outside his home in the national capital Dili in February.