Cambodia celebrates Independence Day

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Cambodia celebrates Independence Day

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Cambodia marks independence from France with doves, balloons
9 November 2017
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PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodians on Thursday marked the 64th anniversary of the country's independence from France by releasing doves and balloons into the sky at the Independence Monument in the capital Phnom Penh.

Late King Norodom Sihanouk declared Cambodia's independence from France in 1953 after seizing power a year earlier in a bloodless coup, but maintained good relations with the European nation.

Thursday's independence ceremony was attended by current King Norodom Sihamoni and Prime Minister HE, who has ruled Cambodia for more than 30 years, and was attended by thousands of school children, civil servants and foreign diplomats.

Cambodia was under French rule for almost a century before its 1953 independence...
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