Cambodia&#39;s king abdicates as new political crisis looms
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Over the past 60 years, Cambodia&#39;s King Norodom Sihanouk has worn many crowns: a bon vivant prince, an absolute ruler, an exile, a prisoner of the Khmer Rouge and, since 1993, a constitutional monarch.
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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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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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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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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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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia 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 began three days of celebrations Thursday as its new king, former ballet dancer Norodom Sihamoni, prepared to take over the throne from his father, who was adored by his people for more than 60 years.
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JUST weeks before Emile Lahoud is scheduled to start his newly extended three-year term as president of Lebanon, the country has been plunged into a political crisis with the decision by Prime Minister Rafik Hariri to give up his post, dissolve his
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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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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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Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk has announced he is too ill to continue and has confirmed he plans to abdicate. Prince Ranariddh, the king&#39;s son has traveled to Beijing, where