Tue, 13 Dec, 2011 - 07:42
An 84-year-old Malaysian state sultan has been sworn in as the country’s new king.
Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah became the oldest constitutional monarch in the south-east Asian nation’s history.
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