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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/neighbours-clash-over-use-of-temple.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="A Cambodian soldier carries firewood through the Cambodia's 11th century Hindu Preah Vihear temple (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-neighbours-clash-over-use-of-temple.jpg" alt="A Cambodian soldier carries firewood through the Cambodia's 11th century Hindu Preah Vihear temple (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>Cambodia has angrily rejected Thailand&#8217;s accusation that Cambodian troops used a centuries-old temple along their disputed border as a military base, revving up a war of words amid a fragile truce.</p>
<p>The mountain-top Preah Vihear temple, designated as a World Heritage site, was the scene of fierce artillery battles during a four-day flare-up of a long-standing border dispute between the two neighbours.</p>
<p>The fighting left at least eight dead and dozens wounded.</p>
<p>Shrapnel from the blasts chipped away at some of the sanctuary&#8217;s ancient walls, sparking a debate between the two sides over how much damage was done and who is to blame.</p>
<p>Thailand accuses Cambodia of stationing soldiers at the temple and firing across the border at Thai soldiers, leaving them little choice but to retaliate.</p>
<p>Cambodia&#8217;s Foreign Ministry said in a statement today it &#8220;strongly rejects such a slanderous assertion,&#8221; adding that &#8220;there has never been and there will never be Cambodian soldiers&#8221; at Preah Vihear temple.</p>
<p>&#8220;This has always been a place for worship and tourism,&#8221; the statement said, adding that the only security presence at the temple is a small number of policemen with light weapons to ensure safety at the site.</p>
<p>However, hundreds of Cambodian soldiers have been seen deployed in and around the sprawling temple compound, which was fortified by sandbagged bunkers.</p>
<p>Dressed in military camouflage, some played cards inside the temple&#8217;s shaded walls. Some rested on cots or hammocks while others poured new sandbags and stacked them up. Aside from scattered rifles, weapons were not visible.</p>
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