Hillary With East Timor President Taur Ruak

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, shakes hands with East Timor President Taur Matan Ruak at the Presidential Palace in Dili, East Timor Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is in East Timor to offer the small half-island nation support as it ends its reliance on international peacekeepers. <AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool>

news@theasian.asia