Cambodia's king asks to abdicate
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Cambodia's King Sihanouk has announced his wish to abdicate, his son tells the country's National Assembly.
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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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JAKARTA, Indonesia, Oct. 7 -- 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 a viciously divisive modern history and few symbols of national unity.
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A warrant has been issued to detain Cambodia's ousted royalist leader Prince Norodom Ranariddh, who has left the country and failed twice to appear in court, officials said.
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A week after Cambodian monarch King Norodom Sihanouk&#39;s surprise abdication, a new king has been chosen - his son Norodom Sihamoni.
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Cambodia races to pass laws to decide the sucession after King Sihanouk's abdication announcement.
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Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk, now  83, sick and dismayed at political infighting in his  impoverished country as it tries to recover from the "Killing  Fields" era, wants to give up his throne.
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Cambodia's newly selected king returned from China on Wednesday to take up the throne after his father, outgoing monarch Norodom Sihanouk, abdicated earlier this month because of poor health.
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Cambodia&#39;s new king has been officially sworn in following the surprise abdication of his father. Norodom Sihamoni, 51, was crowned at a ceremony in the capital Phnom Penh after his father King Norodom Sihanouk&#39;s decision to stand down earlier this month.
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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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PHNOM PENH: Cambodia&#39;s Senate yesterday approved the formation of a throne council to pick a successor to King Norodom Sihanouk, who stunned the nation last week by announcing his intention to abdicate.
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PHNOM PENH - King Norodom Sihanouk, a quixotic ruler who freed Cambodia from its colonial shackles but failed to keep it out of the Vietnam War or the clutches of the brutal Khmer Rouge, abdicated last night, his son said.
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By KER MUNTHIT Associated Press Writer PHNOM PENH, Cambodia . Cambodians were shocked and worried when revered King Norodom Sihanouk announced his decision last week to abdicate after six decades at the
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Cambodia&#39;s newly selected king returned from China on Wednesday to take up the throne after his father, outgoing monarch Norodom Sihanouk, abdicated earlier this month because of poor health.
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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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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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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.