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Thailand and Cambodia Agree to Extend Peace Pact
THAILAND-CAMBODIA BORDER REGION, AUG 7 – The ceasefire ends five days of fighting that killed at least 43 people and displaced more than 300,000, with ASEAN-led observers set to monitor compliance, officials said.
- Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to extend a ceasefire pact following a five-day border conflict that left at least 43 people dead.
- The neighboring countries have long disputed parts of their 817 km border, originally demarcated by France in 1907 when Cambodia was a French colony.
- The new agreement calls for a freeze on border troop movements, a ceasefire on all weapons, and measures to minimize tensions and protect civilians.
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BANGKOK, Thailand -- U.S.-backed Thailand and China-assisted Cambodia signed an extended 13-point peace agreement on August 7 silencing their five-day border war, but the stench from uncollected corpses and fear of their shadowy ghosts are haunting troops and residents along their disputed frontier."Both sides agree to a ceasefire involving all types of weapons, including attacks on civilians and civilian objects and military objectives of eithe…
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