Fri Jul 25, 2008By Ed CropleyPHNOM 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.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 Rouge guerrilla and prime minister for the past 23 years."The result is not in doubt," said Kek Galabru, head of Phnom Penh-based human rights group LICADHO,...
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