Thai, Cambodian troops clash again on disputed border

PHANOM DONG RAK, Thailand, April 25 | Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:38am EDT

PHANOM DONG RAK, Thailand, April 25 (Reuters) - Thai and Cambodian troops exchanged fire on Monday after a nearly a full-day break in fighting that has killed at least 12 people in four days and sent nearly 50,000 into evacuation centres, witnesses said.

Gunfire and explosions were heard near two disputed 12th-century Hindu temples that have been the scene of sporadic grenade and artillery bombardments since Friday in the bloodiest border conflict between the neighbours in nearly two decades. (Reporting by Martin Petty in Phanom Dong Rak and Prak Chan Thul in Phnom Penh. Editing by Jason Szep)

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