There've been calls for calm in Timor Leste as politicians jostle for power just four months after elections.

But daily bombings and killings continue, suggesting insurgents are trying to exploit the vacuum as political rivals jostle for power.

But bombings and killings take place daily, suggesting insurgents are trying to exploit the political vacuum as Iraq's leaders jostle for power.

But his ill health has caused jostling for power among his ruling elite in recent years.

The National Party has been backing the TPP agreement but the other parties jostling for power have all expressed doubts about it.

Libya first descended into conflict after the overthrow and killing of long-serving ruler Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, as rival faction jostled for power.