CNY Border War Started Thai Cambodia Artillery fired 3 killed

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A machine gun of Cambodian army soldier is placed around the Buddhist pagoda, Wat Keo Sikha kirisvara, near Cambodia's 11th century Hindu Preah Vihear temple in Preah Vihear province, about 245 kilometers (152 miles) north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. Hundreds of Cambodian soldiers were camped Wednesday at the cliff-top Khmer temple in the line of fire from deadly border skirmishes with Thailand, as the Cambodian leader raised the temperature in the conflict by declaring it a "real war."​

 

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Cambodian Buddhist monks stand watch the area marked for land mines at Buddhist pagoda, Wat Keo Sikha Kirisvara, near Cambodia's 11th century Hindu Preah Vihear temple in Preah Vihear province, about 245 kilometers (152 miles) north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011.​

 

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one of the way by the thai pm to divert attention.

 

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Armored personnel carriers of Cambodian Army are refueled at Kampong Thom town, about 168 kilometers (104 mikes) north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011. Kampong Thom is the neighboring province to Preah Vihear of the disputed 11th century Hindu Preah Vihear temple near the border between Cambodia and Thailand. The battle over a hilly patch of land in this remote countryside is rooted in a decades-old border dispute​

 

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Armored personnel carriers of Cambodian Army drive through a road at Kampong Thom town, about 168 kilometers (104 mikes) north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011​

 

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China donates trucks to Cambodian King for humanitarian work
February 10, 2011
Chinese government on Thursday donated machinery to Cambodian King's working group for humanitarian activities.

The machinery included a bulldozer and three trucks.

The hand-over ceremony was held at the Royal Palace between the Chinese ambassador to Cambodia Pan Guangxue and Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni.

According to Pan Guangxue, China has steadily donated machinery to the Royal Palace's working group since 2003 for its humanitarian activities in helping Cambodian poor people through digging ponds, building roads, constructing houses and so on.
"China is willing to help Cambodia as much as possible to alleviate poverty in this country," he said.

Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni​

Meanwhile, King Norodom Sihamoni expressed thanks to China for its assistance to Cambodia in all sectors and all circumstances. He believes that the donation will play an important role for King 's working group to help poor.
"Our two countries' relation has been well for age; moreover, China has very close relation with Cambodian royal families for a long time," said the king.
"I wished the cooperation between the two countries to last for good."

Source: Xinhua

 

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Preah Karuna Preah Bat Sâmdech Preah Bâromneath Norodom Sihamoni Nai Preah Reacheanachakr Kampuchea (in romanized Khmer); roughly translating to: His Majesty, King Norodom Sihamoni of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

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Hor Namhong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia addresses the media during a Security Council news conference at the United Nations in New York, February 14, 2011.​

 

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Kasit Piromya, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, addresses the media during a Security Council news conference at the United Nations in New York, February 14, 2011.​

 

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An elderly Cambodian woman listens to a speech by Prime Minister Hun Sen during the ground breaking ceremony of a Chinese funded road at Koun Damrey village, Banteay Meanchey province, about 15 kilometers (9 miles) east of Cambodia's border with Thailand, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011.​

 

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Cambodian military policemen stand guard at the ground breaking ceremony of a Chinese funded road where Prime Minister Hun Sen delivers a speech at Koun Damrey village, Banteay Meanchey province, about 15 kilometers (9 miles) east of Cambodia's border with Thailand, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011.​

 

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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen salutes during his speech at the ground breaking ceremony of a Chinese funded road at Koun Damrey village, Banteay Meanchey province, east of Cambodia's border with Thailand, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011​

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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen gestures after the ground breaking ceremony of a Chinese funded road at Koun Damrey village, Banteay Meanchey province, about 15 kilometers (9 miles) east of Cambodia's border with Thailand, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. The U.N. Security Council expressed "grave concern" Monday at recent border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia and called on the two sides to establish a permanent cease-fire and settle the dispute peacefully.​

 

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Cambodian Defense Ministry spokesman Lt. Gen. Chhum Socheat, right, confers with Cambodian Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan during a press conference on a border clash with Thailand, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, April 22, 2011. Cambodia and Thailand exchanged artillery and gunfire for several hours along their disputed frontier Friday in a new flare-up of their long-running conflict. It was the first skirmish reported since the two Southeast Asian countries battled for four straight days in February at the 11th century Preah Vihear temple.​

 

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Major-General Hun Manet (C), son of Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, looks at Cambodia's Defense Ministry spokesman Chhum Socheat (R), after a news conference at the Council of Ministers in Phnom Penh April 22, 2011. Thai and Cambodian soldiers fought with rocket-propelled grenades and guns on their disputed border on Friday in a dawn clash that killed two Thai soldiers and wounded seven in the first major flare-up since a shaky ceasefire in February. Both sides evacuated villagers and accused each other of firing first in the thick, disputed jungle around Ta Moan and Ta Krabei temples in the northeastern Thai province of Surin, about 150 km (93 miles) southwest of the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple, which saw a deadly stand-off in February.​

 

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Regional army commander Lieutenant General Tawatchai Samutsakorn dishes out food at a school in Surin province about 30km (19 miles) from the Thai-Cambodia border April 23, 2011. Thousands of villagers have been evacuated from the thick, disputed jungle border area around the Ta Moan and Ta Krabey temples, about 150 km (93 miles) west of 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple.0x.jpg[/IMG]​

 

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Cambodian soldiers prepare a BM-21 rocket launcher at Oddar Meanchey province, 20 km (12 miles) near the Cambodia-Thai border April 23, 2011​

 

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Cambodian villagers who live near the Thai-Cambodia border evacuate from battle zone on flat bed vehicles along a street in Oddar Meanchey province, some 450 kilometers northeast of Phnom Penh on April 23, 2011. Heavy fighting broke out again on April 23, between Thai and Cambodian soldiers, a day after six died in the bloodiest border clash since the UN appealed for a permanent ceasefire in February.​

 

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Cambodian minister of health Mom Bun Heng (R) offers mosquito nets to villagers who live near the Thai-Cambodia border after they were evacuated from the battle zone, in a pagoda in Oddar Meanchey province, some 450 kilometers northeast of Phnom Penh on April 23, 2011.​

 

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A Thai soldier stands close to an unexploded artillery shell in a village close to the Thai-Cambodia border April 24, 2011. Fighting erupted on Sunday for a third day between Thai and Cambodian troops, with gunfire and explosions heard on both sides of the disputed border, Reuters witnesses said. The clashes, which have killed 11 people on both sides since Friday, started at 0950 a.m. (0250 GMT) with the sound of sustained artillery explosions.​