Monday, February 4, 2013

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Cambodia mourns as 'king-father' Sihanouk cremated
Mourners light incense sticks as offerings to Cambodia's former King Norodom Sihanouk in Phnom Penh, Monday, Feb. 4, 2013. Sihanouk's body had been lying in state at the Royal Palace after being flown from Beijing where he died Oct. 15 of a heart attack at the age of 89. The cremation, the climax of seven days of mourning, will take place Monday. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- Hundreds of thousands of mourners were gathering in the capital Monday for the cremation of former King Norodom Sihanouk, the much-revered figure who survived wars and the murderous Khmer Rouge to hold center stage in Cambodia for more than half a century.


Australian Rules-Giants eye Afghanistan-bound Dane Bang
SYDNEY, Feb 4 (Reuters) – Australian Rules team Greater Western Sydney Giants have offered an international scholarship to Dane Aksel Bang and are hoping he will join them during a break from his national service in Afghanistan, the club said on Monday. While the sport has little profile outside its heartland of the states of Victoria and South Australia, the Australian Football League (AFL) has done much in recent years to try and alter its image as one of the world’s more insular codes. …


Cambodia's 'king-father' to be cremated
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- Hundreds of thousands of mourners gathered in Cambodia’s capital Monday awaiting the cremation of former King Norodom Sihanouk, the revered “King-Father,” who survived wars and the murderous Khmer Rouge regime to hold center stage in the southeast Asian nation for more than half a century.


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