Nobel Peace laureate Jose Ramos Horta said Friday he would take over East Timor’s top security posts in a bid to end factional divisions that have plunged the country into chaos.

His announcement came as fresh looting and rioting broke out in the capital, and was likely to further isolate embattled Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri. ~Forbes

See also Leon Hadar’s post on Darfur and East Timor and this article on the chaos in East Timor. International action has really done wonders for this small land. Just imagine–one day it can reach the level of Equatorial Guinea in terms of oil money, corruption and dictatorship!