This afternoon, three judges in Dili will deliver the most important court verdict in independent Timor-Leste's history. From ABC:

Australian woman Angelita Pires will today learn her fate over the alleged assassination attempt against two of East Timor's leaders.

Pires is one of 28 people standing trial over the alleged assassination attempt against East Timorese president Jose Ramos-Horta and prime minister Xanana Gusmao in February 2008.

The Australian media loves this story. You can expect it to be all over Aussie media today and tomorrow. Will Angie Pires be found guilty? If so, will she be pardoned? Ramos-Horta has said he may pardon anyone found guilty, but only after an amount of time to be decided by him. Judge Horta. He is the law.

Professor Damien Kingsbury told AP that "[t]he judiciary is under a great deal of scrutiny at the moment and this is easily the single most important case to have ever gone before it".

We've learnt all about Angie Pires thanks to the Australian media. One reporter even went so far as to refer to her as "beautiful". Are any of the men on trial handsome? Who can be sure?

The big question on my mind is: when is the book coming out?