CNY Border War Started Thai Cambodia Artillery fired 3 killed

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Thai soldier Songkram Tongchompoo (L), 22, walks with Thai officials at a handover ceremony at the Ministry of Defence in Phnom Penh February 8, 2011​

 

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A Thai official holds the equipment of arrested Thai soldier Songkram Tongchompoo (C), 22, at a handover ceremony at the Ministry of Defence in Phnom Penh February 8, 2011.​

 

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A Thai soldier (R) talks with villagers after they evacuated from their homes located close to the Cambodian border, at a temporary shelter in Kathararak district of Si Sa Ket province on February 8, 2011​

 

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Thai villagers wait to receive food at a shelter in Si Sa Ket province after fleeing the area near the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple at the border between Thailand and Cambodia.​

 

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Cambodian soldiers carry dogs (有狗肉吃了!) they found near the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple on the border between Thailand and Cambodia February 8, 2011.​

 

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A Cambodian Buddhist monk walks toward the Cambodia's 11th century Hindu Preah Vihear temple, which was enlisted as UNESCO's World Heritage in Preah Vihear province, about 245 kilometers (152 miles) north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011.​

 

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A Cambodian solider guards the grounds of the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple as tensions remain high on both sides of the border, on February 8, 2011 in Preah Vihear, Cambodia. Thousands of refugees have fled the area after clashes between Thai and Cambodian troops near the disputed World Heritage site. Presently there is no official ceasefire in place as the two countries contest ownership of the 4.6 sq-km area. The 900-year-old temple belongs to Cambodia following a 1962 World Court ruling but this remains disputed by many Thais.​

 

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Thai soldiers are seen at a military camp in Si Sa Ket province, after fleeing the area near the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple on the border between Thailand and Cambodia, February 8, 2011.​

 

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Anti-government demonstrators enjoy a free meal while sitting in a tent village near Government House Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011, in Bangkok, Thailand. The People's Alliance for Democracy, also known as the "Yellow Shirts," are calling for marches later in the week in the capital as they pressure the government over a land dispute with Cambodia.​

 

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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (C) greets soldiers during a visit to the Preah Vihear temple in Preah Vihear province, 500kms north of Phnom Penh, near the disputed border with Thailand, on February 6, 2010. Hun Sen visited a disputed border area with Thailand, angering the neighbouring nation amid an ongoing diplomatic spat. The Cambodian prime minister began a tour of the area close to the ancient Preah Vihear temple at the centre of the land dispute by opening a school and giving supplies to villagers caught up in violence last year between the two countries' troops.​

 

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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (L) and his wife Bunrany (R) pray during a visit to the Preah Vihear temple in Preah Vihear province, 500kms north of Phnom Penh, near the disputed border with Thailand, on February 6, 2010​

 

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The area near the 11th century Preah Vihear temple, a World Heritage Site, on the disputed Cambodian-Thai border.​

 

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This general view shows the damaged roof of a Thai school building caused from border clashes between Thai and Cambodian troops, in Thailand's Si Sa Ket province on February 8, 2011.​

 

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Cambodian and Thai troops held fire on their tense border on February 8 as the world heritage body UNESCO prepared a mission to inspect the nearby 11th-century Preah Vihear temple of reportedly damaged in the deadly standoff.​

 

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Thai army tanks are brought out of a low loader at a paramilitary camp in Sri Sak Ket province February 9, 2011. Thailand and Cambodia faced growing diplomatic pressure on Wednesday to end an armed standoff on a stretch of border surrounding a 900-year-old clifftop temple as guns held silent for a second day. Reuters witnesses said about 20 Thai tanks were sent to a military camp in Kantaralak district in Thailand's Sri Sa Ket province close to the disputed border, but Thai army officials said they were not reinforcing troops in the area. The temple, known as Preah Vihear, or "Mountain of the Sacred Temple", in Cambodia and Khao Phra Viharn in Thailand, sits on a triangular plateau that forms a natural border.​

 

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A Thai soldier gestures next to an army tank brought to a paramilitary camp in Sri Sak Ket province February 9, 2011.​

 

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A motorcyclist rides past low loaders carrying Thai army tanks to a paramilitary camp in Sri Sak Ket province February 9, 2011. Reuters witnesses said about 20 Thai tanks were sent to a military camp in Kantaralak district in Thailand's Sri Sa Ket province close to the disputed border, but Thai army officials said they were not reinforcing troops in the area.​

 

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Thai soldiers stand guard during a visit by top military leaders at a military base at Kantharalak district of Si Sa Ket province near the Thai-Cambodian border on February 9, 2011.​

 

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Thai soldiers stand guard during a visit by top military leaders at a military base at Kantharalak district of Si Sa Ket province near the Thai-Cambodian border on February 9, 2011. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon spoke with the leaders of Thailand and Cambodia on ending their border conflict and said he again offered UN help to negotiate a deal.​

 

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Thai Army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha (R) shows the way to Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan (L) as they visit troops and get a briefing on border situation at military base at Kantharalak district of Si Sa Ket province near the Thai-Cambodian border on February 9, 2011.​