Fighting Escalates On Thailand-Cambodia Border, 14 Dead
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By Shoon Naing, Artorn Pookasook and Susan Heavey SISAKET, Thailand/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he had spoken to the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand and that both countries want an immediate ceasefire,
Thailand and Cambodia exchanged fire along their disputed border for a second day on Friday, officials from both countries said, with more than a dozen people reported killed and more than 135,000 civilians evacuated.
A major escalation in fighting between Thailand and Cambodia prompted mass evacuations from border areas Friday.
Acting Thai Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai accused Cambodia of laying new landmines in the disputed area, resulting in an injury to a Thai soldier.