Thai, Cambodian troops ending standoff near temple
A Cambodian government official says that Thai and Cambodian troops are ending a monthlong standoff at an ancient temple near the countries' shared border.The official, Hang Soth, says both sides started pulling out troops Friday evening from the disputed territory around the Preah Vihear temple.
Thai soldiers pulled back from a disputed stretch of the Cambodian border on Tuesday, averting a possible military confrontation in the region of the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple, a Cambodian general on the scene said.