Thai soldier dies as violated ceasefire with Cambodia - Reuters

Thai anti-explosive officers remove the shells of explosives found 29 April 2011 in a rubber plantation in the Hua Ang village in Surin province on the border between Thailand and Cambodia. A Thai soldier died and wounded in other clashes overnight on a controversial border between Thailand and Cambodia, a Thai of military spokesman said four on Friday, as a ceasefire agreed at the previous day not maintained.

Credit: Reuters/Sukree SukplangBy Sukree Sukplang

DIVEPLANNING, Thailand | Fri Apr 29, 2011 2:15 pm EDT

DIVEPLANNING, Thailand (Reuters) - Thai and Cambodian troops fire early on Friday, break to end a truce that 16 people are killed and wounded scores in South-East Asia's deadliest border in years replaced agreed the day before a week of clashes.

Blame of the other for the first trigger each side, but both said she wanted to still the cease-fire a chance.

Short broke twice overnight clashes with guns, and small hand grenades, Thai said Regional Commander Thawatchai Samutsakorn. The clash killed a Thai soldiers and wounded four others. It was not clear if losses on the Cambodian side was.

The ceasefire should overshadow elections in Thailand and reinforced doubts about South-East Asia ambitions, to form a European Union style community by 2015 at the end of a week of sporadic artillery and small rocket fire that threatened nationalist passions in both countries lightless.

The weapons are silent since 3 o'clock tension but mountains remained high with troops stationed in the vicinity of two ancient temples in the poorly defined Dongrak.

Thailand blame the last battle on a misunderstanding on the ground in Cambodia.

"We understand the ceasefire agreement on the Thai side, but Cambodia can have problems," Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban told reporters. "But we will give it a chance and see you the situation positiv-- problems can have their communication and the chain of command may be ineffective."

Cambodia's field commander, Colonel Suos Sothea, denied that Cambodian troops had fired first.

The Cambodian Defense Ministry said in a statement that it was "regrettable", that Thai troops attacked and said that the Cambodian army had complied with even the ceasefire agreement.

On Thursday agreed that keep troops in the area but social partners hold regular meetings between field commanders and make their long-simmering territorial dispute, Commission a common definition.

Agreed open border inspection posts in the vicinity of two controversial century Hindu temple in the heart of the fighting, although unclear, when it was permanently to their remote villagers back would be allowed, devastated cities.

More than 60,000 were evacuated during the fighting.

"NOT SURE YET"

The two sides remained at odds over, which controls the TA moan and Ta Krabey Temple after fighting, at least eight Cambodians and eight Thais killed.

"We alert in the next few days to ensure that everyone on the floor is to keep the agreement", said the Thai regional commander Thawatchai Samutsakorn.

Thailand insists on the stone of walls are walled ruins in his province of Surin in accordance with the 1947 show. Cambodia says that they are in his province of Oddar Meancheay province. Sovereignty limits of three Temple-Ta moan and Ta Krabey plus Preah Vihear-and the jungle surrounded it is since the retreat of the French from Cambodia in the 1950s in dispute.

Analysts have expressed skepticism that the conflict-the entbrannte is in February in the vicinity of Preah Vihear, when 11 people starben-- sovereignty and say it is politically driven appears on both sides. Some say, hawkish generals in Thailand colluding to stir up a crisis expected for the elections, which could force cancellation of July, with nationalists and the creation of royalist hold the strong opposition in power to keep pushing the edge.

In Hua Ang border village returned to carefully examine dozens of civilians to their homes and farmland.

"This ceasefire seems a little lazy." What happened yesterday evening, ", said Pailin Naralit, 49-year-old Deputy village chief as he by his damaged rubber plantation went."

"I'm testing on my house and go back to the shelter soon." "I don't think that it still here."

(Additional Ambika Ahuja and Panarat Thepgumpanat in Bangkok and Prak Chan Aman'thul in Phnom Penh;) Letter from Alan Raybould; (Editing by Yoko Nishikawa)

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