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Sunday 3 August 2008

Thai-Cambodian Border Dispute In Pictures



Cambodia soldier stands guard next to a Buddhist monk during a Buddhism ceremony praying for peace called "Krong Pealy" at Preah Vihaer temple compound at the top of Dang Reak mountain, 245km (152 miles) north of Phnom Penh, August 1 , 2008.

REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)

Cambodian soldiers and tourists walk around a Cambodian Buddhist pagoda which Thai soldiers have occupied close to the famed ancient temple of Preah Vihear in Preah Vihear Province near Cambodia-Thai border, Cambodia, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008. About 800 troops from Cambodia and 400 from Thailand remain in the area, despite a tentative agreement reached by foreign ministers Monday to redeploy them in an effort to ease tension.

(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodian soldiera patrol near a Cambodian Buddhist pagoda which Thai soldiers have occupied in Cambodia's Preah Vihear Province, near Cambodian-Thai border, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008. Buddhist monks and government officials held a peace vigil Friday at an ancient temple near disputed border land, lighting incense and praying in the shadow of armed troops from Cambodia and Thailand.

(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodian soldiers stand guard near Preah Vihaer temple compound in Dang Reak mountain, 245km (152 miles) north of Phnom Penh August 2, 2008. Preah Vihear sits on top of a jungle-clad escarpment that forms a natural boundary between Thailand and Cambodia, and has been a bone of contention between the two countries for decades.

REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)

Colonel Chay Huay Soon Nern (R) from Thailand listens as Cambodian General Srey Dek (L) talks to a Thai soldier near Preah Vihaer temple compound in Dang Reak mountain, 245km (152 miles) north of Phnom Penh August 2, 2008. Preah Vihear sits on top of a jungle-clad escarpment that forms a natural boundary between Thailand and Cambodia, and has been a bone of contention between the two countries for decades.

REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)

Cambodian soldiers patrol around a Cambodian Buddhist temple which Thai troop have occupied near the famed temple of Preah Vihear near Cambodia-Thai border in Preah Vihear, Cambodia, Friday, Aug. 1, 2008. Buddhist monks and government officials held a peace vigil Friday at the ancient temple near disputed border land, lighting incense and praying in the shadow of armed troops from Cambodia and Thailand.

(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodian Buddhist monks walk through the famed Preah Vihear temple complex near Cambodia-Thai border in Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia, Friday, Aug. 1, 2008. Buddhist monks and government officials held a peace vigil Friday at the ancient temple near disputed border land, lighting incense and praying in the shadow of armed troops from Cambodia and Thailand.

(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodian military police officers pause during a patrol around the famed temple of Preah Vihear near Cambodia-Thai border, Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia, Friday, Aug. 1, 2008. Buddhist monks and government officials held a peace vigil Friday at the ancient temple near disputed border land, lighting incense and praying in the shadow of armed troops from Cambodia and Thailand.

(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Thai soldiers huddle around a trench outside a Cambodian Buddhist temple which Thai have occupied near the famed Preah Vihear temple complex in Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia, Friday, Aug. 1, 2008. Buddhist monks and government officials held a peace vigil Friday at the ancient temple near disputed border land, lighting incense and praying in the shadow of armed troops from Cambodia and Thailand.

(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

A Thai soldier (R) talks with Cambodian soldiers and journalists at the front line near Cekakiri Svarak pagoda at the Preah Vihear temple compound atop Dang Reak mountain, about 245km (152 miles) north of Phnom Penh, August 1, 2008 The wife of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen led Buddhist monks and soldiers in prayers at the 900-year-old Hindu border temple on Friday amid a three-week military stand-off with Thailand.

REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)
REFILE - CORRECTING TEMPLE NAME Monks walk to attend Buddhism ceremony praying for peace called Krong Pealy at Preah Vihear temple compound atop Dang Reak mountain, about 245km (152 miles) north of Phnom Penh, August 1, 2008. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)



Tep vong (C), the top Cambodian supreme patriarch for Buddhists monks, prays at Cekakiri Svakak pagoda at the Preah Vihear temple compound atop Dang Reak mountain, about 245km (152 miles) north of Phnom Penh, August 1, 2008 The wife of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen led Buddhist monks and soldiers in prayers at the 900-year-old Hindu border temple on Friday amid a three-week military stand-off with Thailand.

REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)

REFILE - CORRECTING TEMPLE NAME Cambodian soldiers stand guard during a Buddhism ceremony calling for peace called Krong Pealy at Preah Vihear temple compound atop Dang Reak mountain, about 245km (152 miles) north of Phnom Penh, August 1 , 2008.

REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)

Cambodian military police officers patrol past a famed temple of Preah Vihear near Cambodia-Thai border in Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia, Friday, Aug. 1, 2008. Buddhist monks and government officials held a peace vigil Friday at an ancient temple near disputed border land, lighting incense and praying in the shadow of armed troops from Cambodia and Thailand.

(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Tep vong (R), the top Cambodian supreme patriarch for Buddhists monks, prays at Cekakiri Svakak pagoda at the Preah Vihear temple compound atop Dang Reak mountain, about 245km (152 miles) north of Phnom Penh, August 1, 2008 The wife of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen led Buddhist monks and soldiers in prayers at the 900-year-old Hindu border temple on Friday amid a three-week military stand-off with Thailand.

REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)

A Cambodian bodyguard, right, guards around Cambodians during a peace ceremony at a famed temple of Preah Vihear near the Cambodia-Thai border in Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia, Friday, Aug. 1, 2008. Buddhist monks and government officials held a peace vigil Friday at an ancient temple near disputed border land, lighting incense and praying in the shadow of armed troops from Cambodia and Thailand.

(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

REFILE - CORRECTING TEMPLE NAME A soldier stands guard at a Buddhism ceremony praying for peace called Krong Pealy at Preah Vihear temple compound atop Dang Reak mountain, about 245km (152 miles) north of Phnom Penh, August 1, 2008.

REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)

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