This article is published by Deutsche Welle. Here is an excerpt:

Polls have closed in East Timor’s presidential election, dominated by concerns over the young nation’s stability.

More than 835,000 of the country’s 1.3 million people were registered to vote on Saturday.

Incumbent leader Francisco “Lu Olo” Guterres faced stiff competition from Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta and 14 other candidates.

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