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Summary A man died of shelling at a hospital near the border in Thailand.
Thai and Cambodian troops fought with short-range rockets and guns near the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple. In a six-day confrontation 14 people have been killed in Southeast Asia’s bloodiest border dispute in years. Sovereignty over Preah Vihear and two other ancient, stone-walled Hindu temples about 90 miles west of it — Ta Moan and Ta Krabey — and the jungle of the Dangrek Mountains surrounding them has been in dispute since the French withdrew from Cambodia in the 1950s. Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said defence ministers from both sides might hold cease-fire talks on Wednesday.
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