BANGKOK/ PHNOM PENH: A fierce border battle between Thailand and Cambodia raged for a second day and spread to new fronts on Tuesday, as both countries accused each other of shelling civilian areas and Bangkok vowed to push on with its planned military operations. As many as nine Cambodian civilians had been killed since Monday, while Thailand said it lost four of its soldiers. An adviser to Cambodia’s PM Hun Manet on Tuesday said his country was “ready to talk at any time”, but Thailand’s foreign minister dismissed the idea saying the situation was not conducive to third-party mediation.(This is a Reuters story)
