Cambodia reports Thai incursions to U.N.

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Source: CNN

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (CNN) -- Cambodia has sent a letter to the United Nations Security Council to call attention to its continuing standoff with Thailand over an ancient border temple on disputed land.

The country is not asking for U.N. intervention, said Information Minister Kheu Kanharith. Rather, the letter that Cambodia's permanent mission in New York submitted to the chairmen of the Security Council and the General Assembly is meant to draw attention to a crisis that entered its sixth day Sunday.

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The International Court of Justice awarded the temple to Cambodia in 1962. Thailand claims, however, that the 1.8 square mile (4.6 sq. km) area around it was never fully demarcated.

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Earlier this month, the United Nations approved Cambodia's application to have the temple listed as a World Heritage Site -- places the U.N. says have outstanding universal value.



Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/20/cambodia.thailand/

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Okay, well it seems that Thailand has finally expressed what their problem is, although I still don't understand why they felt the need to rush troops into the area!

Hopefully, this tense situation will get some more attention now.