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Independence
Cambodia gains independence for France -
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CAMBODIA
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Abdication
King Sihanouk abdicated in favour of his father -
Election
Sihanouk is elected as head of state -
Ties
They sever many ties with south vietnam -
Overthrown
Lon Nol overthrows sihanouk and establishes a republic -
Pol Pot
Pol Pot comes to power -
Attack
Khmer ROuge attacks Vietnam borders -
Broken
Brakes relations with south vietnam -
Declared
Jimmy Carter calls Cambodia the worst violator of human rights in the world -
Captured
Vietnam troops capture Phnom Pehn and Khmer Rouge rule is over -
Defected
Hun Sen was defected and is appointed to prime minister -
renamed
Cambodia is renamed the state of cambodia -
Leaving
The last vietnamese troops left cambodia -
Withdraws
Vietnam officially withdraws from cambodia -
United Nations Are In
United nations peace keeping force starts to monitor cambodia -
FREE
Cambodia held free elections and the khmer rouge boycotted them -
New
a new constitution was ratified -
Outlawed
the khmer rouge are outlawed -
Pol Pot
Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot Dies -
Dead
Ke Pauk Dies he was a former khmer rouge guy -
Banned
TV broadcasting in cambodia has been banned -
More Abidication
Norodom Sihanouk was abidicated and his son takes his place -
Cancer
Sihanouk posted on his website that the cancer he had recurred in his stomach -
Mine!
Clashes begin with thailand over territory -
Death
Former king dies at age 89
