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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A rickshaw passes a picture of King Norodom Sihanouk and Queen Monineath outside the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh yesterday. Photo: AP.
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Legislative candidates made their final appeals to voters Saturday in a fiercely contested political showdown that could give pro-democracy opposition figures the most clout they&#39;ve had since Hong Kong was returned to China.
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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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But many young activists are still struggling to maintain the movement that followed in the wake of Hariri's death.
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Efforts to help save the life of Kenneth Bigley held captive in Iraq, intensified when Irish politicians made an appeal to Bigley&#39;s captors.
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Ismail Haniya told a crowd today that his Hamas movement would not give in to international pressure that has crippled his government.
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Gaining leverage over Myanmarâs self-sufficient, insular junta is proving as hard as it sounds.
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People of Venezuela fight to keep cheap petrol as government remains wedded to subsidy
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Thailand's military rulers, having successfully held power for more than a week, are now grappling with how to give it up, hinting Tuesday that a former army commander might be named the provisional prime minister,
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Protests continue in Beirut to try to bring down the government as Arab nations renew efforts to mediate.
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Cambodia's King Sihanouk says he'll abdicate as questions swirl over his motives
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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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Mahmoud Abbasâs declaration was both a challenge to the Hamas movement and a risky effort to break a political stalemate that could backfire.
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ACCRA, Ghana -- African leaders argued fiercely yesterday over whether to rapidly create a single state stretching from the Cape to Cairo, and one small group threatened to break away and forge ahead with the project.
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The country's Ministry of Tourism is campaigning to boost the country's image. Unfortunately, the news hasn't helped
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Despite intimidation by the ruling Burmese military authorities, the National League for Democracy (NLD) members have continued the signature campaign with increased momentum calling for the release of all political prisoners including NLD leaders Daw ...