Tuesday, 29 July 2008

Picture From Preah Vihear Temple

Cambodian soldiers hold rocket launchers while camped near the grounds of the Preah Vihear temple, about 245 km (152 miles) north of Phnom Penh. Cambodians voted on Sunday in an election likely to bestow another five-year term on long-time Prime Minister Hun Sen, whose standing has been boosted by a nationalist spat with Thailand over a 900-year-old temple. The ruins themselves are claimed by both countries but were awarded to Cambodia in 1962 by the International Court of Justice, a ruling that has rankled in Thailand ever since.REUTERS/Adrees Latif (CAMBODIA)

A Cambodian soldier carries rockets near the Preah Vihear temple in Preah Vihear province, in the disputed area between Cambodia and Thailand. Thailand said Tuesday that it may be weeks before it can withdraw troops from a disputed border zone with Cambodia, after high-level talks which officials said had eased the military standoff.(AFP/File)

Cambodian soldiers gather at a pagoda near the Preah Vihear temple in Preah Vihear province, in the disputed area between Cambodia and Thailand. Foreign ministers from Cambodia and Thailand opened a new round of talks Monday on a nearly two-week military standoff over an ancient temple that has raised tensions in the region.(AFP/AFP)

Thai soldiers sit in a trench along the Thai and Cambodian border near Preah Vihear temple, in the disputed area between the two countries. Thailand said Tuesday that it may be weeks before it can withdraw troops from a disputed border zone with Cambodia, after high-level talks which officials said had eased the military standoff.(AFP/File)

Cambodian soldiers sit at the Preah Vihear temple in the Cambodian Preah Vihear province. Cambodia and Thailand have both signalled their willingness to stand down troops amassed along their disputed border, but neither showed any immediate signs of making the first move.(AFP/File/Tang Chhin Sothy)

Thai soldiers sit near a pagoda near the Preah Vihear temple near Thai border in Preah Vihear province. Cambodia and Thailand have both signalled their willingness to stand down troops amassed along their disputed border, but neither showed any immediate signs of making the first move.(AFP/File/Tang Chhin Sothy)

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