Temple row with Thailand dominates Cambodian poll

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodians go to the polls on Sunday in an election overshadowed by a row with neighbouring Thailand over a 900-year-old temple that has inflamed nationalist passions and led to troop build-ups along the border. Thai soldiers (in black) patrol with Cambodia soldiers near the Cekakiri Svarak pagoda of the Preah Vihear temple, about 245 km north of Phnom Penh, July 25, 2008. (REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang) Both the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) and the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) have jumped on the dispute surrounding the Preah Vihear temple, which sits on a jungle-clad escarpment separating the two southeast Asian countries. However, the nationalist fervour is unlikely to affect the outcome of a vote almost certain to hand another five years in power to Hun Sen, the one-eyed, 57-year-old ex-Khmer... [read full story]