Cambodian Buddhist monks at Preah Vihear temple, near the Thai border in the Cambodian province of Preah Vihear. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is poised to extend his 23-year grip on power as the country goes to vote amid tensions over a military standoff with neighbouring Thailand.
(AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy)
Cambodian soldiers stand guard at Preah Vihear temple in the Cambodian Preah Vihear province on July 17. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice led calls for restraint over a Thai-Cambodia border dispute and North Korea signed a non-aggression treaty during annual Asian security talks.
(AFP/File/Tang Chhin Sothy)Men sit facing south into Cambodia from the grounds of the Preah Vihear temple, about 245 km (152 miles) north of Phnom Penh July 26, 2008. Cambodians go to the polls on July 27 in an election overshadowed by a row with neighbouring Thailand over a 900-year-old temple that has inflamed nationalist passions and led to troop build-ups along the border.
Men sit looking towards Cambodia as a Cambodian flag waves from the south side of Preah Vihear temple, about 245 km (152 miles) north of Phnom Penh July 26, 2008. Cambodians go to the polls on July 27 in an election overshadowed by a row with neighbouring Thailand over a 900-year-old temple that has inflamed nationalist passions and led to troop build-ups along the border.
REUTERS/Adrees Latif (CAMBODIA)
Thai soldiers guard in a Thai village bordering Cambodia's Preah Vihear Temple July 26, 2008. Thai and Cambodian foreign ministers are due to meet on Monday to ease tensions over the temple land dispute.
REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)
A Thai soldier stands guard in a Thai village bordering Cambodia's Preah Vihear Temple July 26, 2008. Thai and Cambodian foreign ministers are due to meet on Monday to ease tensions over the temple land dispute.
REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)
A Thai anti-mine worker demonstrates to journalists how to demine in a Thai village bordering Cambodia's Preah Vihear Temple July 26, 2008. Thai and Cambodian foreign ministers are due to meet on Monday to ease tensions over the temple land dispute.
REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)
A Thai anti-mine worker demonstrates to journalists how to demine in a Thai village bordering Cambodia's Preah Vihear Temple July 26, 2008. Thai and Cambodian foreign ministers are due to meet on Monday to ease tensions over the temple land dispute.
REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)
A Cambodian soldier holds a B-40 rocket launcher in front of a pagoda near the Preah Vihear temple in the Cambodian Preah Vihear province, north of Phnom Penh on July 18. Cambodia has asked the UN Security Council to postpone a formal meeting on its tense military standoff with Thailand pending talks next week between the two countries' foreign ministers, Vietnam's UN envoy said.
(AFP/File/Tang Chhin Sothy)
Thai soldiers (in black) patrol with Cambodia soldiers near the Cekakiri Svarak pagoda of the Preah Vihear temple, about 245 km (152 miles) north of Phnom Penh, July 25, 2008.
REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)
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