11.   A Thai military officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, meanwhile said that the border would be opened up to the Cambodian refugees Saturday.

12.   A spokesman for the UNHCR in Bangkok said it expected to send all Cambodian refugees in Thailand back home within a few months if there is no sudden obstacle.

13.   According to UNHCR standards, those who are refugees must also be non-combatant civilians, the same criteria applied to Cambodian refugees.

14.   Aranyaprathet and its surroundings were for many years home to thousands of Cambodian refugees.

15.   Cambodian leader Hun Sen left Wednesday for Bangkok to hold talks with Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai about the repatriating Cambodian refugees and settling a dispute over the border.

16.   Cambodian refugees streamed into neighboring Thailand by the thousands on Monday, fleeing what they feared was an imminent assault by troops loyal to Cambodian coup leader Hun Sen.

17.   Cambodian refugees wait in camp thinking of home.

18.   Cambodian government troops battled Wednesday with soldiers loyal to deposed co-Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh, sending hundreds of Cambodian refugees into Thailand.

19.   Cambodian refugee sources in Bangkok say two FUNCINPEC provincial officials, a deputy governor of Kratie province and the governor of Prey Veng province, have escaped to safety.

20.   Cambodia, Thailand and the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees pledged Monday to push for the safe return of all Cambodian refugees from Thailand before the monsoon season.