King, 81, Steps Down for Health Reasons
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From Times Wire Reports
Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihanouk is abdicating because of poor health and has asked the country to search for a successor, said his son Prince Norodom Ranariddh, who is also the head of the National Assembly.
The king, 81, made the announcement from Beijing, where he had been receiving medical treatment. He left Cambodia last year after failing to end the feuding among political parties.
Cambodia’s monarch is not selected according to heredity, but the candidate must have a royal bloodline.
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