Cambodia&#39;s King Sihanouk abdicates
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PHNOM PENH: Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk has abdicated, sick and dismayed at political infighting in his impoverished country as it tries to recover from the &quot;Killing Fields&quot; era, his son says.
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PHNOM PENH, Oct. 10. - King Norodom Sihanouk declared on Sunday that his son, Crown Prince Norodom Sihamoni is ready to accept kingship.
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PHNOM PENH : Cambodia&#39;s new king, Norodom Sihamoni, has arrived home, less than a week after he was appointed to the throne vacated by his revered father.
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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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Cambodia&#39;s new king arrived in the capital of his homeland today to be crowned after the shock abdication of his ageing father, King Norodom Sihanouk.
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia  - Efforts to persuade aging  and ailing Norodom Sihanouk to reverse his decision to abdicate  the Cambodian throne mounted Friday.
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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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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia  - Pressure to persuade aging  and ailing Norodom Sihanouk to reverse his decision to abdicate  the Cambodian throne mounted Friday, but parliament prepared  the way for a successor to be chosen.
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Norodom Sihamoni returned home to Cambodia on Wednesday, appointed as the country's new king to replace his father, Norodom Sihanouk, who abdicated this month.
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King Norodom Sihanouk said on  Tuesday his decision to abdicate gave Cambodia a chance to  choose a successor in his lifetime and thus avoid another  bloodbath.
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PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA - The relatively unknown son of the abdicating king of Cambodia will be the country&#39;s next monarch. The ailing King Norodom Sihanouk shocked his kingdom last week when he announced his
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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, Oct. 7. - Cambodiaâs King Norodom Sihanouk has abdicated, citing poor health, and asked the country to begin searching for his successor, the head of the National Assembly said on Thursday.
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Cambodia&#39;s King Norodom Sihanouk&#39;s abdication statement last week stunned the nation and left politicians scrambling to figure out how to choose a new king.
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia  - Cambodian King Norodom  Sihanouk has abdicated, sick and dismayed at political  infighting in his impoverished country as it tries to recover  from the "Killing Fields" era, his son said on Thursday.
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Cambodia&#39;s new king left China on Wednesday to take up the crown in his poverty-stricken Southeast Asian nation following his ageing father&#39;s surprise abdication.
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PHNOM PENH: Cambodia&#39;s retired King Norodom Sihanouk has confirmed that he will not retake the throne despite the pleas of his nation to change his mind.