Cambodia reasserts claim over border temples

[Coventina]

Source: International Herald-Tribune

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: Cambodia reasserted its claim Tuesday over ancient border temples that also are claimed by Thailand ahead of talks next week on lingering territorial disputes.

The foreign ministers of the two countries are to meet Monday in Thailand to try to defuse military standoffs along their shared border — first near the 11th century Preah Vihear temple and then at the 13th century Ta Moan Thom temple.

Ta Moan Thom is several hundred miles (kilometers) west of Preah Vihear, where Cambodian and Thai soldiers have been facing off for four weeks in a dispute over 1.8 square miles (4.6 square kilometers) of nearby land.

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Last week, the standoff there appeared to have eased, with both sides pulling back their soldiers. But Thai troops have reoccupied the area since then, Maj. Ho Bunthy, a Cambodian army commander in the area, said Tuesday.



Read more: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/12/asia/AS-Cambodia-Temple-Dispute.php

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A new escalation it seems...just as things seemed to be getting better.

*sigh*