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| Thai troops 'cross into Cambodia' | |
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| Thai soldiers have reportedly entered Cambodia near a disputed temple where the two sides briefly exchanged fire last year. | |
| A spokesman for Cambodia's government said that about 100 troops had crossed the border. | |
| A Thai border commander denied there had been any troop movements and said there had been no increase in tension. | |
| Thailand and Cambodia both lay claim to the temple area. Despite several rounds of talks, a settlement remains elusive. | Thailand and Cambodia both lay claim to the temple area. Despite several rounds of talks, a settlement remains elusive. |
| Soldiers from the two countries have been stationed in the area since the clashes in July last year. | Soldiers from the two countries have been stationed in the area since the clashes in July last year. |
| Temple tensions | |
| Cambodian government spokesman Phay Siphan told reporters that Thai troops had gone about a kilometre into Cambodian territory. | |
| Tensions driving the temple row In pictures: Preah Vihear | |
| "We are negotiating with their commanders to ask them to leave the area now because it is Cambodian territory," he said. | |
| Col Pichit Nakarun, a Thai army commander at the border, denied any Thai troops had crossed the border. | |
| "The situation is not more tense than usual," he told the Associated Press. | |
| An international court awarded the Preah Vihear temple to Cambodia in 1962 but land surrounding it remains the subject of rival territorial claims. | |
| Last year Unesco decided to list it as a World Heritage Site, reigniting lingering tensions over unresolved border disputes. | |
| Thai troops moved into an area both sides claim after Cambodian guards arrested three Thai protesters there. | |
| Both sides then rapidly increased their military presence at the site, and in October two Cambodian soldiers were killed in an exchange of gunfire. |