Awwal 02, 1432 H/Feb 05, 2011, SPA -- Thai and Cambodian soldiers exchanged fire on Saturday in a brief clash that killed at least one Thai soldier, the latest flare-up in a long-running feud over land around an 11th-century temple, according to Reuters. Thai army spokesman, Col. Sansern Kaewkamnerd, said one soldier was killed and four were wounded during shelling in a 4.6-sq-km (two-sq-mile) disputed area around Preah Vihear temple, a jungle-clad escarpment claimed by both countries. That followed an intense two-hour clash on Friday in which two Cambodian soldiers and a Thai villager were killed. The latest clash comes four days after a Cambodian court handed down jail terms of six and eight years to two Thai nationalists found guilty of trespassing and spying in the border region, a verdict that has angered some in Thailand.
