To East Timor, where Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao's CNRT party is moving towards forming a coalition government. His party won the most seats in last weekend's election but not enough for a majority.
Yesterday his party held a national conference to decide which parties to invite to be coalition partners. The day ended with several violent incidents, mostly in the capital Dili
Correspondent: Sara Everingham
Speakers: Dionisio Babo Soares, CNRT Party's secretary general; Sandra McGuire, United Nations Mission in East Timor; Jose Teixeira, Fretelin party spokesman.
Everingham: It's just over a week since people in East Timor went to the polls. Xanana Gusmao's CNRT Party won the most votes in the election but it needs to form a coalition to govern.
Yesterday the party held a national conference to consider its options. The party's secretary general, Dionisio Babo Soares, says the decision was made to pursue a coalition with two smaller parties the Democratic Party and Frente-Mudanca.
The party ruled teaming up with the large Fretilin Party to form a grand coalition or a national unity government. The CNRT's Mr Babo Soares says official negotiations with the two smaller parties will begin once East Timor's court of appeal confirms the vote count.
Soares: We actually will wait until the court of appeal has made its decision and then move forward with negotiations with the political parties.
Everingham: After last week's poll, East Timor was congratulated on running a smooth and peaceful election. But last night there was rock throwing in parts of Dili.
This morning Sandra McGuire from the United Nations Mission in East Timor said 58 cars had been hit with stones.
Mcguire: Last night there were scattered incidents of unrest following the announcement that the CNRT was forming a coalition with two other parties to form government.
There were stonings of cars and two incidents in the districts outside of Dili. But this morning everything's quiet.
Everingham: The incidents outside Dili included the burning of a shop and the burning of a house; both were in different areas. Police have confirmed that one person has died today from injuries suffered yesterday.
Sandra McGuire from the UN mission says the Timorese police will investigate what caused the unrest. Today Fretilin said CNRT delegates had made denigrating comments about Fretilin at its national conference which was broadcast nationally.
Party spokesman, Jose Teixeira.
Teixeira: The event was a spontaneous emotional reaction by some people here in Dili, primarily in two or three locations in Dili, as the result of some statements made by some delegates to a CNRT special conference in Dili yesterday.
These statements that insulted and denigrated the historic role of Fretilin, it's something that is still an emotive issue for some people. It doesn't forgive, it doesn't excuse any act of violence. But you know I mean it was a highly provocative thing to have occurred.
Everingham: But the CNRT Party's Dionisio Babo Soares rejects that. He says Fretilin supporters had high expectations of being part of the coalition government.
Soares: Well we went through their statements that they was made yesterday, were made yesterday during the debate, nothing was done against Fretilin. Nothing whatsoever, any words, either insults or, what do you call it?, insulting Fretilin, as what we have received in the past.
Everingham: This election is being seen as a test for East Timor because the United Nations peacekeeping mission is preparing to leave the country by the end of the year. This morning Sandra McGuire said the UN police played a supporting role last night but she said it was mostly East Timor's police force that responded.
Mcguire: I think we can take pleasure in the fact that the situation was handled primarily by the national police and they handled it well.
Everingham: But Jose Teixeira says Fretilin has received complaints about the police response. Police have confirmed that included firing warning shots into the air and using tear gas.
Teixeira: We've already reported the matter to the ombudsman for human rights and justice. I must say that I have had my share of phone calls today from constituents who were talking about what was an overzealous reaction.ac But let's leave it to the authorities to investigation.
Everingham: PM was not able to contact the commander of East Timor's police force.
This afternoon Sandra McGuire from the UN mission said police were still dealing with pockets of unrest in Dili and in the districts. But she said for the most part it's still calm.