The Associated Press
NONG KANNA, Thailand—The worst fighting in years between Thailand and Cambodia spread Tuesday to a third temple, as the neighbors exchanged artillery fire in border clashes that have killed 12 soldiers and displaced 50,000 villagers.
The fighting Tuesday near the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple followed unsuccessful international attempts to secure a cease-fire in the largely long-distance artillery battles that eruped Friday at two other temples about 100 miles (160 kilometers) to the west.
Preah Vihear, the scene of four days of deadly fighting in February, is the most prominent symbol of a border dispute between the Southeast Asian nations that goes back generations and has long stirred nationalist sentiment on both sides.
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