Son Seeks to Persuade Cambodian King Not to Quit
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Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk  appears determined to retire, his son said on Saturday before  heading to Beijing in a bid to persuade the 81-year-old monarch  to change his mind about abdicating.
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Description: In Cambodia, Norodom Sihamoni who accedes to the throne with an elaborate coronation, following the abdication of his father King Norodom Sihanouk.
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Pol Pot's right-hand man, Nuon Chea, appeared before Cambodia's "Killing Fields" tribunal on Wednesday to request bail, arguing he was not a flight risk and would not try to influence potential witnesses.
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King Norodom Sihanouk declared yesterday that his son, Prince Norodom Sihamoni, was ready to accept the throne to resolve a political crisis triggered last week when the monarch announced he would abdicate.
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The son of King Norodom Sihanouk moved closer Monday to becoming Cambodia's new monarch after legal hurdles were cleared in the complicated succession process triggered by the surprise abdication of his father last week.
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Phnom Penh (VNA) - Sam Rainsy, Chairman of Cambodia&#39;s opposition party of the same name, on Tuesday issued a statement supporting Prince Norodom Sihamoni to be the new king of the country.
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A former Khmer Rouge leader said he will not flee Cambodia to escape justice as he appealed Thursday for his release from pretrial detention
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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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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&#39;s retired king yesterday for the first time publicly backed his 51-year-old son, Prince Norodom Sihamoni, to take over the throne he relinquished last week.
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One of Thailand's new military rulers pleads for international understanding of the reasons behind the coup.
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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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The son of Cambodia&#39;s former King Norodom Sihanouk, has formally taken his oath as monarch in a ceremony broadcast on national television.
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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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Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk offered to abdicate on Thursday, sick and dismayed at political infighting in his impoverished country as it struggles to recover from the &quot;Killing Fields&quot; era.
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Cambodia&#39;s national assembly president left for China on Saturday to beg King Norodom Sihanouk to change his mind about abdicating, but left open the option of a new monarch being appointed.
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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, but parliament was  preparing the way for a successor to be chosen.