Monday, 20 October 2008

Pictures from Preah Vihear

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Nhek Bunchhay, right, walks along with Thai and Cambodian soldiers at the Cambodian-Thai border after a meeting near the famed Preah Vihear temple, Preah Vihear province, Cambodia. The Cambodian and Thai militaries agreed Thursday to hold joint patrols to reduce tension at a disputed border area where a gun battle between the two sides a day earlier left two soldiers dead, a Thai army spokesman said.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodian soldiers, foreground, talk with Thai soldiers on a road leading to the famed Preah Vihear temple, Preah Vihear province, Cambodia, near the Thai border. The Cambodian and Thai militaries agreed Thursday to hold joint patrols to reduce tension at a disputed border area where a gun battle between the two sides a day earlier left two soldiers dead, a Thai army spokesman said.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodian, left, and Thai, right, commanders hold a meeting inside a Cambodian pagoda complex near the famed Preah Vihear temple, Preah Vihear province, Cambodia, near the Thai border. The Cambodian and Thai militaries agreed Thursday to hold joint patrols to reduce tension at a disputed border area where a gun battle between the two sides a day earlier left two soldiers dead, a Thai army spokesman said.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodian and Thai soldiers walk at the Cambodian-Thai border after a meeting near the famed Preah Vihear temple, Preah Vihear province, Cambodia, on Thursday. The Cambodian and Thai militaries agreed Thursday to hold joint patrols to reduce tension at a disputed border area where a gun battle between the two sides a day earlier left two soldiers dead, a Thai army spokesman said.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodian women, who reside on the Thai-Cambodian border, sit on the crest of the Chuor Phnom Dangkrek Mountain, the site of the disputed 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple. Nearly 200 Cambodian residents living near the temple have taken refuge on its grounds, after recent fighting killed 2 Cambodian soldiers, a local Cambodian newspaper reported. The International Court of Justice awarded it to Cambodia in 1962, but the court failed to determine the ownership of 1.8 square miles (4.6 sq km) Hindu ruins, a ruling that has rankled with Thais ever since.REUTERS/Adrees Latif (CAMBODIA)

A Cambodian soldier carries rockets while on patrol near the disputed 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple, along the Thai-Cambodian border. Thai and Cambodian army commanders ended five hours of talks on Thursday with no agreement to withdraw their forces after heavy fighting near the temple killed two Cambodian soldiers.REUTERS/Adrees Latif (CAMBODIA)

Cambodian families reside inside the grounds of the disputed 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple, along the Thai-Cambodian border. Nearly 200 Cambodian residents living near the temple have taken refuge on its grounds, after recent fighting killed two Cambodian soldiers, a local Cambodian newspaper reported. The International Court of Justice awarded the temple to Cambodia in 1962, but the court failed to determine the ownership of 1.8 square miles (4.6 sq km) Hindu ruins, a ruling that has rankled with Thais ever since.REUTERS/Adrees Latif (CAMBODIA)

Cambodian boys talk to each other near the Thai-Cambodian border in Surin province, northeastern Thailand Cambodia and Thailand agreed to hold joint patrols along a disputed section of their border to defuse tensions after a deadly clash near a historic temple raised fears of outright war.(AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

A Cambodian soldier carries a rocket launcher while patrolling the grounds of the disputed 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple along the Thai-Cambodian border. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Friday this week's border clashes with Thailand around the temple would not escalate into a wider and more serious conflict.REUTERS/Adrees Latif (CAMBODIA)

A Cambodian soldier holds a rocket launcher while standing guard inside the grounds of the disputed 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple, along the Thai-Cambodian border. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Friday this week's border clashes with Thailand around the temple would not escalate into a wider and more serious conflict.REUTERS/Adrees Latif (CAMBODIA)

A Thai soldier (C) checks weapons that were captured during fighting last Wednesday, at a joint meeting on the top of Phnom Trop mountain near the disputed 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple in Preah Vihear province, 543 km (337 miles) north of Phnom Penh, October 19, 2008.REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)

A Cambodian soldier carries Thailand's B-40 rocket that he found on the ground last week back to Thai soldiers during a negotiation about a reset of soldier zones of the Cambodian-Thai border at the frontline on top of the mountain Phnom Trop about 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) east of the famed Preah Vihear temple in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008. Thai and Cambodian field commanders worked Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008, to strengthen a fragile truce following a deadly gun battle between their soldiers stationed on the border.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

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