Sunday, February 6, 2011

Thailand-Cambodia Border Clashes Resume. Fighting 'Damages' Heritage Site Temple

Thai, Cambodia Troops Clash Again On Disputed Border -- Yahoo News/Reuters

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai and Cambodian soldiers fought with rockets, guns and tanks on Sunday in a third day of clashes over disputed territory surrounding a 900-year-old Hindu temple, the area's worst fighting in years.

Tracer bullets cut through the dark and shelling could be heard from a 4.6-sq-km (two-sq-mile) contested area around the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple on a jungle-clad escarpment claimed by both Southeast Asian neighbors, witnesses said.

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More News On The Border Clash Between Thai And Cambodian Troops

Cambodia: Heritage site damaged in border fighting -- Yahoo News/AP
Thai-Cambodia border fighting 'damages' temple -- Yahoo News/AFP
Renewed Thai-Cambodian border fighting -- AFP
Cambodia nationalism fired by temple row with Thailand -- BBC
Third Day Of Clashes Between Thailand, Cambodia -- Radio Free Europe
Thailand-Cambodia border clashes resume, kill 5 soldiers -- AHN
Thai PM: soldiers fire back at Cambodians to protect sovereignty -- Xinhuanet
Cambodia PM seeks UNSC to resolve border dispute with Thailand -- Xinhuanet
Q+A: Preah Vihar temple and Thai-Cambodian tension -- Reuters
Thai-Cambodian clashes, nationalist passions, and a neglected temple -- Christian Science Monitor

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