PHOTOS: Ancient Temple Torn by Border Fight in Asia

PHOTOS: Ancient Temple Torn by Border Fight in Asia
PHOTOS: Ancient Temple Torn by Border Fight in Asia
PHOTOS: Ancient Temple Torn by Border Fight in Asia
PHOTOS: Ancient Temple Torn by Border Fight in Asia
PHOTOS: Ancient Temple Torn by Border Fight in Asia
PHOTOS: Ancient Temple Torn by Border Fight in Asia
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Bun Rany, wife of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, joins a ceremony in hopes of ending the military standoff near Preah Vihear temple on August 1, 2008.

Longtime ruler Hun Sen won a general election last week, boosted by his tough tactics in the temple dispute.

Meanwhile Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, who supported Cambodia's UNESCO bid for the site, faces the ire of Thai nationalists who consider the temple part of their own nation.

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