Former dancer takes the Khmer crown, with Hun Sen&#39;s approval
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Cambodia moved smoothly into a new royal era yesterday as Prince Norodom Sihamoni ascended to the throne surprisingly abdicated by his father King Norodom Sihanouk.
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PHNOM PENH: Cambodia has moved closer towards selecting a new monarch to replace abdicated King Norodom Sihanouk, with the country&#39;s Senate approving a bill needed to appoint his successor.
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Cambodia's new King Sihamoni is anointed by his father as his coronation day gets under way.
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In a ceremony full of pageantry and  hope, King Norodom Sihamoni ascended the Cambodian throne on  Friday, ushering in a new royal era for a country still trying  to draw a line under its bloody, genocidal past.
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Cambodia&#39;s Throne Council choseThursday Prince Norodom Sihamoni a new king of Cambodia, a week after his father Norodom Sihanouk abdicated.
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Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni, the 51-year-old son of former king Norodom Sihanouk, formally took his oath as monarch in a ceremony broadcast on national television.
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PHNOM PENH: The former ballet dancer son of Cambodia&#39;s king was named his likely successor yesterday, as hopes faded that his father would reverse his decision to abdicate.
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia Oct. 14, 2004 - Retiring King Norodom Sihanouk&#39;s son, a former ballet dancer and UN cultural ambassador, was officially confirmed Thursday to succeed his father on the throne, assuring the continuation of the ancient monarchy.
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Cambodia&#39;s newly selected king returned from China on Wednesday to take up the throne after his father, outgoing monarch Norodom Sihanouk, abdicated earlier this month because of poor health.
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Cambodia&#39;s Senate on Monday passed a draft law on royal succession paying the way for the Constitutional Council and the Throne Council to whether or not choose a new monarch
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Former ballet dancer Norodom Sihamoni ascended the throne of Cambodia at a ornate and lavish ceremony at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh Friday evening.
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PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA -- Standing before golden statues of his ancestors in the Royal Palace, former ballet dancer Norodom Sihamoni -- a man little known in Cambodia -- took over the throne Friday from his father.
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Norodom Sihamoni returned home to Cambodia on Wednesday, appointed as the country&#39;s new king to replace his father, Norodom Sihanouk, who abdicated this month.
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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen,  concerned for his country's political stability, said on Sunday  that a new monarch should be chosen next week if King Norodom  Sihanouk was determined to retire.
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Prince Norodom Sihamoni will be named king of Cambodia later on Thursday by the nine-member Throne Council, said the national assembly president in Phnom Penh.
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King Norodom Sihamoni, a former dancer, was chosen to succeed his father Norodom Sihanouk after he announced his abdication earlier this month.
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Former dancer and diplomat Prince Norodom Sihamoni, 51, has been elected Cambodia's new monarch, replacing his ailing father king Norodom Sihanouk who abdicated last week, the throne council said.