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Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years in exile.

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Norodom Sihanouk

King of Cambodia (1941–1955; 1993–2004)

Norodom Sihanouk was a member of the House of Norodom who led the country as King, Chief of State and Prime Minister. In Cambodia, he is known as Samdech Euv. During his lifetime, Cambodia was under various regimes, from French colonial rule, a Japanese puppet state (1945), an…
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Phnom Penh

Capital of Cambodia

Phnom Penh is the capital and most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since 1865 and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its political, economic, industrial, and cultural centre. The city's name derives from Wat Phnom, a Buddhist temple,…
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Exile

Event by which a person is forced away from home

Exile or banishment is primarily penal expulsion from one's native country, and secondarily expatriation or prolonged absence from one's homeland under either the compulsion of circumstance or the rigors of some high purpose. Usually persons and peoples suffer exile, but…
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