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(17 Apr 2008) SHOTLIST

1. Plane carrying East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta taxiing on runway after landing in Dili
2. Cutaway of troops
3. Plane taxiing
4. Cutaway of officials and supporters waiting to greet Ramos-Horta
5. Wide of Ramos-Horta walking down steps of plane AUDIO: clapping and cheering
6. Mid of Ramos-Horta greeting officials
7. Ramos-Horta walking along red carpet
8. Ramos-Horta posing for photographs on red carpet
9. Cutaway of troops
10. Wide of East Timorese dancers performing amid crowd and security, Ramos-Horta in background
11. Ramos-Horta greeting officials
12. Cutaway of people waiting to greet Ramos-Horta
13. Flower petals being thrown on Ramos-Horta

STORYLINE

East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta returned to his tiny troubled nation early on Thursday after recuperating from wounds sustained in an assassination attempt more than two months ago.

Thousands of supporters cheered and clapped as the popular Nobel laureate stepped off the plane, accompanied by bodyguards, aides and his personal doctor.

Ramos-Horta hugged government ministers lining a red carpet on the tarmac and posed for pictures.

The 58-year-old leader was shot twice by rebels in front of his house in the capital, Dili, on February 11 in a coordinated attack on the country's leadership.

His guards killed a notorious rebel commander during the firefight.

Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao escaped unharmed from an ambush on his motorcade the same day.

At the airport Ramos-Horta appealed for rebels still on the run - including their current commander, Gustao Salsinha - to give themselves up.

Government officials have said in recent days they expect Salsinha to surrender soon after Ramos-Horta's return home.

The attacks underscored the country's volatility six years after it declared independence following decades of harsh rule by Indonesia and a period of UN administration.

Dozens of people have been killed in clashes between government troops and mutinous soldiers and more than 150-thousand others forced to flee their homes.

Ramos-Horta almost died as a result of the February attack.

He was evacuated to the northern Australian city of Darwin, where he spent more than two weeks in a medically-induced coma and underwent multiple surgeries to repair gunshot wounds to his torso.

Dr. Rui de Araujo, the president's personal physician, said on Thursday that Ramos-Horta's recovery has been remarkable.

East Timor broke from decades of often-brutal Indonesian rule in 1999 in a UN-sponsored referendum.

Three years later, it became Asia's newest nation, but the euphoria quickly evaporated amid the challenges of governing a divided, impoverished people.

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