Saturday morning, Fighting between Thai and Cambodian troops flared again. This all situation all started over an ancient temple claimed by both countries erupted along the border on Friday. FThe clash between the two counties took place on near the Preah Vihear temple, an 11th century structure which straddles the boundary between Cambodia and Thailand. The building itself sits on a cliff in Cambodian territory, but the most accessible entrance to the site is on the Thai side. According to a Thai Army spokesman said one soldier was killed in the latest round of gunfire, and four others were injured. the conflict over the Preah Vihear site has taken place periodically for years. Back in 1962, the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, ruled that the site was in Cambodia, adding that the structure was "an outstanding masterpiece of Khmer architecture. In addition, July 2008, the United Nations approved Cambodia's application to have the temple listed as a World Heritage Site. However, Thailand says that the 1.8 square mile area around Preah Vihear was never fully demarcated, and blames a map drawn at the beginning of the 20th century during the French occupation of Cambodia. Will this battle ever end?
By Delaina Flagg
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/02/04/thailand.cambodia.clash/index.html?npt=NP1
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