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

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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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