Thailand-Cambodia border crossing reopens

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Source: BBC News

A border crossing between Thailand and Cambodia, closed during recent fighting, has been reopened amid signs that tensions may be easing.

A tentative truce appears to have held since Monday night, and tens of thousands of villagers displaced by the fighting are gradually returning home.

Seventeen soldiers and a Thai civilian have been killed in the clashes.

The leaders of the two countries are expected to meet at a regional summit in Indonesia this weekend.

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