Cambodia names new monarch
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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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PRAGUE - The new monarch of Cambodia was once a dance-crazy youngster whose passion for ballet took him all the way to Prague for 13 years of rigorous training with the best, steeping himself in Czech language and culture in the process.
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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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Cambodia's new King Sihamoni is anointed by his father as his coronation day gets under way.
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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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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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Cambodia&#39;s King Norodom Sihanouk has urged his citizens to choose a new king and avoid any chaos in the country. His statement came hours after Prime Minister Hun Sen, said a new monarch should be chosen soon if King Sihanouk is determined to retire.
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The career of King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia has been a bewildering trail of political twists and expedient turns. Now the man they call the &#39;mercurial monarch&#39; has announced his abdication.
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TOKYO, October 7 (Itar-Tass) - King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia has abdicated the throne, his son Prince Norodom Ranariddh, leader of the royalist party FUNCINPEC and Chairman of the National Assembly, has announced, according to reports reaching here.
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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia&#39;s King Norodom Sihanouk anointed his son with holy water yesterday to open a day of pageantry for the new king&#39;s coronation.
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Carried on a golden litter by eight bearers and blessed by dozens of chanting Buddhist monks, former ballet dancer Norodom Sihamoni was crowned as Cambodia's new king in an ornate ceremony Friday, replacing his father, one of Asia's longest-serving and best-known rulers.
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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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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  - 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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Phnom Penh (VNA) - The Cambodian Senate on Monday endorsed a Throne Council bill, submitted by the National Assembly on Oct. 8, paving the way for the appointment of a successor to King Norodom Sihanouk, who announced he is to &quot;retire&quot; on Oct. 7.
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Cambodia&#39;s new king, Norodom Sihamoni, returned from China Wednesday to become his country&#39;s first new monarch in decades, thanking his people for giving him the honor and promising to &quot;do my utmost&#39;&#39; to serve them.
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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.