Voice of America: Thousands Attend Cremation of Former Cambodian King

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Thousands Attend Cremation of Former Cambodian King Feb 4th 2013, 17:14 Tens of thousands of mourners gathered in Cambodia's capital Monday for the cremation of former king Norodom Sihanouk, a much revered figure widely seen as the father of Cambodia's independence. The former monarch's embalmed body had been lying in state since he died of heart failure at the age of 89 in Beijing on October 15. After sunset, Sihanouk's widow Queen Monineath and his son, King Norodom Sihamoni, wept as they lit a pyre inside a temple-like crematorium built just for ... Media files: 6A38E398-9245-4A2E-B070-A3BA5C3ABF7D_cx0_cy13_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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