PREAH VIHEAR, Cambodia (AP) - Cambodia and Thailand will begin talks Monday aimed at resolving a lingering dispute over territory near an World Heritage Site temple, where more than 4,000 troops from the two sides have been deployed.
Cambodia's mission at the United Nations has submitted a letter to the chairman of the Security Council and the chairman of the General Assembly to "draw their attention to the current situation on the Cambodian-Thai border," Information Minister Khieu Kanharith said Sunday.
n U.N. Ambassador Sea Kosal said the action by Thai troops was aimed at creating "a de facto overlapping area that legally does not exist on Cambodian soil." A copy of the letter was obtained by The Associated Press on Sunday.

PHNOM PENH, July 20 (Reuters) - Cambodia has complained to the UN Security Council about its military standoff with Thailand over an ancient temple on their

By Seth Mydans KANTHARALAK, Thailand: Hundreds of Thai and Cambodian soldiers faced off at the ruins of an ancient Hindu temple here this weekend in a

By Nopporn Wong-Anan - Analysis KHAO PRA VIHARN, Thailand (Reuters) - Five years after a row over the famed Angkor Wat temples turned violent, the ownership of another religious site is again inflaming passions in Thailand and Cambodia.
A volatile mix of politics and nationalism swirling around the Preah Vihear temple, perched on a disputed border where troops faced off for a sixth day on Sunday, has raised fears it may turn ugly, as in 2003 when a nationalist mob torched the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh.
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