I NEVER sought to be prime minister. I had hope to go back to my academic life, said Timor Lestes prime minister, Mari Alkatiri, in an interview to The Asia Times five years ago. At that time, Timor Leste was just starting out, having won its independence and internal conflicts had not surfacedalthough their seeds had been sown. Today, Alkitiri, 57, faces a different kind of reality: conflict inside the military and parliament. And Mari Alkatiri