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Tongans pay tribute to king

Published: Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008 12:05 a.m. MDT
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Tongan troops wearing pith helmets march for their newly crowned monarch, King Siaosi (George) Tupou V, during the Coronation Military Parade in Nuku'alofa today. The 60-year-old ruler is attempting to remake his former image as an eccentric bachelor prince with a love of elaborate military uniforms into a sovereign leading Polynesia's last kingdom toward democracy.

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Tongan troops wearing pith helmets march for their newly crowned monarch, King Siaosi (George) Tupou V, during the Coronation Military Parade in Nuku'alofa today. The 60-year-old ruler is attempting to remake his former image as an eccentric bachelor prince with a love of elaborate military uniforms into a sovereign leading Polynesia's last kingdom toward democracy.

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