Cambodians Welcome New King Home
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Cambodia&#39;s new King Norodom Sihamoni is greeted at Phnom Penh airport Wednesday Oct 20, 2004. Norodom Sihamoni, returned home from China on Wednesday to ascend the throne vacated by his father, former King Norodom Sihanouk.
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Enormous wooden temple drums sounded to herald a new royal era in Cambodia yesterday as King Norodom Sihamoni addressed the nation for the first time after an elaborate
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Prince Norodom Sihamoni, 51, a dancer and choreographer, is to be crowned king this month, carrying out the wishes of his father in the first change in the monarchy most Cambodians have known.
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PHNOM PENH The final hurdles were cleared Monday for Cambodia to select a new monarch to replace King Norodom Sihanouk, with Senate approval of a law to appoint his heir the acting head of state.
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POL Pot, the man who oversaw the extermination of one fifth of the Cambodian population, had a lovely smile. Boyhood friends found him good company - quiet but fun.
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New Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni said on Friday he had accepted the throne with trepidation and used his first message to his people to apologise for the lack of experience he brings to the job.
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Amid golden statues of his ancestors, former ballet dancer Norodom Sihamoni took over the Cambodian throne yesterday from his father, ending the reign of one of Asia&#39;s most colorful rulers.
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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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By KER MUNTHIT Associated Press Writer PHNOM PENH, Cambodia . Cambodians were shocked and worried when revered King Norodom Sihanouk announced his decision last week to abdicate after six decades at the
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Sihamoni, who was chosen as Cambodia&#39;s monarch by the nine-member Royal Council on Oct. 14 following his father king Norodom Sihanouk announced abdication a week earlier, is the second king for the Cambodian nation in over 60 years.
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Cambodia&#39;s King Norodom Sihanouk announced his abdication while in self-imposed exile in Beijing, plunging the country Thursday into renewed political turmoil.
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Cambodiaâs King Norodom Sihanouk declared today that his son, Prince Norodom Sihamoni, is ready to accept the crown to resolve a political crisis triggered last week when the 81-year-old monarch announced he would abdicate.
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Cambodia&#39;s new King Norodom Sihamoni has addressed his people for the first time and promised to be their &quot;faithful and loyal servant&quot;.
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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: In a ceremony full of pageantry and hope, KING NORODOM SIHAMONI ascended the Cambodian throne yesterday, ushering in a new royal era for a country still trying to draw a line under its bloody, genocidal past.
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Newly selected king Norodom Sihamoni has ascended the throne of Cambodia at a solemn coronation ceremony held in the Throne Room of the Royal Palace here Friday evening.
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Cambodia approves a law to choose a new monarch, after King Sihanouk's abdication announcement.