Efforts Mount to Persuade Sihanouk to Stay On
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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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Cambodia's King Sihanouk ignores appeals for him not to abdicate, as attention focuses on the succession.
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Campaigning is stepped up for the Palestinian presidential elections, due to take place on 9 January.
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But many young activists are still struggling to maintain the movement that followed in the wake of Hariri's death.
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POLITICAL heavyweights have intervened in a bid to end the West Indies contracts dispute which threatens the one-day series in Australia.
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia  - Cambodian King Norodom  Sihanouk offered to abdicate Thursday, sick and dismayed at  political infighting in his impoverished country as it  struggles to recover from the "Killing Fields" era.
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PHNOM PENH - Cambodia&#39;s new monarch King Norodom Sihamoni said in his first message to his kingdom yesterday that he would stay out of politics, and asked for guidance and understanding as he learns his new role.
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Rebels and opposition politicians in Ivory Coast have pleaded for international help as attacks against them by the military and supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo continued for a second day Friday.
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Cambodia races to pass laws to decide the sucession after King Sihanouk's abdication announcement.
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France's Socialist candidate Segolene Royal tries to revive her presidential bid in a televised appearance.
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JERUSALEM -- Embattled leaders Ariel Sharon and Yasser Arafat rebuffed demands from their backers yesterday, holding steadfast to positions posing great political risk: Sharon insisted he will press on with efforts to pull out of Gaza despite a stinging rebuke from his party, while Arafat refused to sign reform legislation.
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The announcement Thursday that King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia would abdicate his throne because of poor health has raised new uncertainties for a country with
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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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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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People of Venezuela fight to keep cheap petrol as government remains wedded to subsidy
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Commonwealth chief Don McKinnon Wednesday urged President Pervez Musharraf to keep his promise to quit as army chief, as the opposition stepped up efforts to thwart the Pakistani ruler&#39;s re-election.
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EL-BIREH, West Bank, Dec. 25 -- Candidates vying to succeed Yasser Arafat as president of the Palestinian Authority kicked off a two-week election campaign Saturday with rallies and speeches that largely invoked the deceased leader's legacy and vowed to continue his campaign for statehood.