Slight improvement between Thailand and Cambodia: After the heavy gun battles on Friday they have agreed on a ceasefire. The royalist yellow shirt accusing Thailand's prime minister, he had capitulated to Cambodia. Bangkok - After heavy gun battles between soldiers from the disputed border part between Thailand and Cambodia have at least five dead, both sides agreed to a ceasefire.
But the situation was still tense, a Cambodian general said on Saturday. Both sides gave each other the blame for the outbreak of fighting near Preah Vihear temple, which both countries claim. When the gun battles on Friday new figures show that at least four people were killed. According to the military, died in the two-hour fighting the Cambodian side, two soldiers and a civilian.
According to the government in Bangkok was by artillery fire also killed a Thai villager. With renewed fighting in the night to Saturday died, according to the military, a Thai soldier. Several soldiers from both countries were also injured. On both sides of the border have been partly evacuated all the villages, thousands of people were brought to safety.
It was the heaviest fighting in more than two years. The 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple provides decades of tension between Phnom Penh and Bangkok. The International Court in The Hague ruled in 1962 that include the ruins of Preah Vihear to Cambodia. The main entrance of the temple lies on Thai territory.
The royalists throwing Thailand's Prime Minister weak leadership before i In 2008, the situation after the Unesco Thai nationalists started the trouble the temple as a Cambodian building on the World Heritage list. Because of decades of conflict in several places there are always fights at the border that was never fully defined.
The renewed fighting, both sides gave each other the guilt and threw themselves in front of "aggressive" behavior. The Cambodian Foreign Ministry on Saturday turned to writing to the UN Security Council "to draw attention to the explosive situation on the border" to the. The U.S. and France called for both sides to show restraint.
Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva defended the use of its military. The Thai soldiers were reacting to the violation of the "sovereignty" of the country, he said on Saturday. However, he is criticized for days by the so-called yellow shirt for his handling of the border dispute.
Some 5,000 members of the royalist movement protested on Saturday in front of the seat of government, accusing Bangkok Abhisit weak leadership. The prime minister had "surrendered" in front of Cambodia, said a leader of the movement. 
But the situation was still tense, a Cambodian general said on Saturday. Both sides gave each other the blame for the outbreak of fighting near Preah Vihear temple, which both countries claim. When the gun battles on Friday new figures show that at least four people were killed. According to the military, died in the two-hour fighting the Cambodian side, two soldiers and a civilian.
According to the government in Bangkok was by artillery fire also killed a Thai villager. With renewed fighting in the night to Saturday died, according to the military, a Thai soldier. Several soldiers from both countries were also injured. On both sides of the border have been partly evacuated all the villages, thousands of people were brought to safety.
It was the heaviest fighting in more than two years. The 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple provides decades of tension between Phnom Penh and Bangkok. The International Court in The Hague ruled in 1962 that include the ruins of Preah Vihear to Cambodia. The main entrance of the temple lies on Thai territory.
The royalists throwing Thailand's Prime Minister weak leadership before i In 2008, the situation after the Unesco Thai nationalists started the trouble the temple as a Cambodian building on the World Heritage list. Because of decades of conflict in several places there are always fights at the border that was never fully defined.
The renewed fighting, both sides gave each other the guilt and threw themselves in front of "aggressive" behavior. The Cambodian Foreign Ministry on Saturday turned to writing to the UN Security Council "to draw attention to the explosive situation on the border" to the. The U.S. and France called for both sides to show restraint.
Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva defended the use of its military. The Thai soldiers were reacting to the violation of the "sovereignty" of the country, he said on Saturday. However, he is criticized for days by the so-called yellow shirt for his handling of the border dispute.
Some 5,000 members of the royalist movement protested on Saturday in front of the seat of government, accusing Bangkok Abhisit weak leadership. The prime minister had "surrendered" in front of Cambodia, said a leader of the movement.
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