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Cambodian Temple Dispute

Tensions high on Thai border

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• July 20, 2008: A Cambodian Buddhist monk talks at entrance gate on the border between Cambodia and Thailand near Preah Vihear temple in Cambodia's Preah Vihear province. Cambodia has complained to the U.N. Security Council that Thai forces have violated its territory near an ancient World Heritage Site temple where hundreds of troops continued to face off Sunday.
• July 20, 2008: A Cambodian Buddhist monk talks at entrance gate in the border between Cambodia and Thailand near Preah Vihear temple, Preah Vihear province, Cambodia.
• July 20, 2008: Cambodian military police sit and guard the closed border gate between Cambodia and Thailand at Preah Vihear temple, Preah Vihear province, Cambodia.
• July 20, 2008: Thai soldiers walk back from a Cambodian Buddhist temple complex to the Thai side near Preah Vihear temple, Preah Vihear province, Cambodia. A Cambodian general said Sunday that he has little hope that upcoming talks between his government and Thailand will resolve a tense border dispute that has seen hundreds of troops face off around an ancient temple.
• July 20, 2008: Thai soldiers walk by a mine field at a Cambodian Buddhist temple complex near Preah Vihear temple, Preah Vihear province, Cambodia.
• July 20, 2008: Thais clear land mines at a Cambodian Buddhist temple complex near Preah Vihear temple, Preah Vihear province, Cambodia.