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Topic: Cambodian King Abdicates
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DrConway
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posted 07 October 2004 03:34 AM
I'll be dipped. quote:
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Suffering from poor health, Cambodia's King Norodom Sihanouk has announced his abdication.The announcement was made in a letter read to the National Assembly on Thursday by Prince Norodom Ranariddh, the king's son and chairman of the assembly. The news "was shocking and very regretful," the Associated Press reported the prince as saying. Sihanouk, 83, has been receiving medical treatment in Beijing for several months.
From: You shall not side with the great against the powerless. | Registered: May 2001
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Cueball
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posted 07 October 2004 04:09 AM
Well, lets think about Sihanouk. Sihanouk, Sihanouk. I will say this about this guy, he is one of the few monarchs who seemed to actually give a shit about his people. His choices were not always the best in my view, but I think he really cared. He was never like most of the other dispossessed monarchs, living high in foreign countries, and he constantly intervened in the internal affairs trying to work with whatever govenment was in power to affect positive change. That is my general feeling. Any one else have an opinion? [ 07 October 2004: Message edited by: Cueball ]
From: Out from under the bridge and out for a stroll | Registered: Dec 2003
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