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Cambodia officially gained its independence from France.
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King Sihanouk abdicated in favor of his father Norodom Suramarit
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Cambodia severed ties with south Vietnam.
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US bombed Cambodia
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General Lon Nol overthrew Sihanouk and established a republic. Start of the Cambodian Civil War and the US Cambodian Campaign.
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The Cambodian genocide
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The Khmer Rouge allied with Sihanouk captured Phnom Penh and declared the establishment of Kingdom of Cambodia.
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Sihanouk exiled and establishment of Democratic Kampuchea under total Khmer Rouge control
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Cambodia broke relations with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
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North Vietnam forces invaded Cambodia in 1970 at the request of Khmer Rouge leader Nuon CheA.
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Cambodian-Vietnamese War: Vietnamese troops captured Phnom Penh establishing the People's Republic of Kampuchea. The rule of the Khmer Rouge is over.
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diplomatic and economic pressure from the international community, the Vietnamese government implemented a series of economic and foreign policy reforms, and withdrew from Kampuchea.
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A United Nations peacekeeping force, the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), began monitoring Cambodia.
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Cambodia held free elections. The Khmer Rouge boycotted them
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A new constitution was ratified, under which the Cambodian monarchy was restored. Norodom Sihanouk returned to the throne.
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The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, a tribunal for the Khmer Rouge, was established.
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Thai television programs were banned from broadcasting in Cambodia.
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2003 Phnom Penh riots: Nationalist rioters destroyed the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh.
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Military police opened fire at opposition protesters, leaving 3 people dead and more than 20 injured.
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Twenty Cambodian soldiers killed in ammunition base explosion: PM. The blast, which also injured several soldiers, occurred at an army base in Kampong Speu province, Hun Manet says. ...
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