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http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-new...der-clashes-leave-12-dead-20110425-1dtz1.html

Thai-Cambodian border clashes leave 12 dead
Janesara Fugal
April 25, 2011 - 5:54PM

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Thai and Cambodian troops faced off along their jungle frontier after 12 soldiers died in the bloodiest fighting since a bitter border dispute flared up almost three years ago.

Tens of thousands of villagers from both sides have fled the cross-border shelling, which shattered an informal ceasefire that had been holding since February, when the UN Security Council called for a permanent truce.

Seven Cambodian and five Thai troops have died, including one on each side late Sunday. Another Cambodian soldier has been missing since Friday.
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About 20,000 civilians have sought refuge in 16 camps on the Thai side of the border while about 17,000 have been evacuated from Cambodian villages.

Others, like 47-year-old Suwech Yodsri, stayed behind to guard their properties, despite the danger from shells falling in the area.

"I'm scared to be here but I have to be here to protect our village from looting," he told AFP in the Thai village of Nong Kanna in Surin Province, about five kilometres from the border.

"I believe political conflicts are to blame. Innocent people are just being used as a political tool," he added.

Residents said that since Friday about 10 shells had fallen in the village, which was almost deserted. A man carrying a rifle patrolled the empty streets on his motorcycle.

Tensions remained high but fighting appeared to have abated after three days of fierce clashes, which began on Friday.

"We are still on high alert because the situation remains tense," Cambodian field commander Suos Sothea told AFP by telephone from the border area.

It is the first serious outbreak of hostilities since February when 10 people were killed in clashes near the 900-year-old disputed Preah Vihear temple.

The latest fighting has been taking place near a different groups of temples about 150 kilometres (90 miles) away.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for a ceasefire and said the neighbours should launch "serious dialogue" to resolve the dispute.

The two neighbours have fought a series of deadly gunbattles in recent years in the jungle near ancient temples along the border, but none as deadly as the latest eruption of violence.

The frontier has never been fully demarcated, partly because it is littered with landmines left over from decades of war in Cambodia.

Ties between the two countries have been strained since Preah Vihear -- the most celebrated example of ancient Khmer architecture outside Cambodia's Angkor -- was granted UN World Heritage status in July 2008.

The World Court ruled in 1962 that the temple belonged to Cambodia, but both countries claim ownership of a 4.6 square kilometre (1.8 square mile) surrounding area.

Cambodia has accused Thailand of using spy planes and poisonous gas in the recent fighting -- claims that Bangkok has strongly denied.

It also accused Thailand of firing more than 300 artillery shells on civilian villages.

Thailand recently admitted using controversial Dual Purpose Improved Conventional Munitions, designed to burst into bomblets, during the February fighting.

Indonesia, which holds the rotating chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations regional bloc, has called for an immediate end to the violence.

The neighbours agreed in late February to allow Indonesian observers near Preah Vihear, but the Thai military has since said they are not welcome and the monitors have not been deployed.

Bangkok wants bilateral talks to resolve the border row while Phnom Penh favours third-party mediation.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa had been expected to travel to both countries on Monday for talks on the conflict, but the visit was postponed "indefinitely", Cambodia said, although it was unclear why.
 

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