Showing posts with label Thai-Cambodia border fighting enters fourth day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thai-Cambodia border fighting enters fourth day. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

The Death News Of North Carolina

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Mary Ann Holder wanted to see her married former flame one last time as their bitter love triangle threatened to open a new and potentially costly chapter in court.The meeting ended with Randall Lamb, 40, being shot and Holder, 36, taking her own life Sunday. Later, police found that Holder gunned down five children, including her two sons and the older boy's girlfriend. Two of the five died, and three others were listed in critical condition Monday.

An 8-year-old girl is the second victim of North Carolina woman who killed her son, shot three other children fighting for life and shot her ex-boyfriend in a bitter love triangle before taking her own life. Guilford County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Randy Powers said Monday that 8-year-old Hannaleigh Suttles died of the head wound she suffered in the mass shootings Sunday at her home.

Suttles was one of two children 36-year-old Mary Ann Holder took in last spring when shootingher sister died. Sheriff BJ Barnes said Holder left notes taking responsibility for the shootings before shooting herself to death. Authorities say Holder also shot her nephew, her younger son, and her older son's girlfriend in the head.



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Sunday, February 6, 2011

Thai-Cambodia border fighting enters fourth day


Cambodian troops near the temple. The two sides blame each other for breaking the truce


The armies of Cambodia and Thailand have exchanged fire across their border for a fourth day.

Artillery and machine gun fire was heard in the disputed area around the 11th Century Preah Vihear temple, which was damaged in earlier fighting.

On Sunday Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen asked the UN Security Council to stop what he said was Thailand's "aggression" against his country.

At least five people were killed in clashes on Friday and Saturday.

Each side accuses the other of firing first.

On Sunday the Cambodian government said a Thai bombardment had damaged the ancient temple - a claim the Thais have not reacted to.

"The firing has started for the fourth time," Hun Sen said at a graduation ceremony in Phnom Penh on Monday.

Fire was exchanged both ways across the border at about 0800 local time (0100GMT).
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There has been increased tension in the region since Cambodia won World Heritage status for the temple in 2008.

An international court ruling in 1962 said that the temple belonged to Cambodia although its main entrance is in Thailand and the surrounding area is claimed by both sides.

The most recent tension was sparked this month when a Cambodian court sentenced two members of a Thai nationalist movement to up to eight years in prison after finding them guilty of espionage.

Cambodia says the Thais started shooting four days ago. An unnamed Thai military source told reporters it had been "a misunderstanding".

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