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East Timor's Ramos-Horta and 'Lu Olo' face off in presidential poll

Asia's youngest nation of East Timor will hold the second and final round of its presidential election on Tuesday, with Nobel laureate, Jose Ramos-Horta, the clear frontrunner in the poll.

Ramos-Horta, who received 46.5 percent of votes in the first round last month, is up against incumbent president "Lu Olo" Guterres, who got 22.1 percent, in a ballot widely seen as key... 

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