Date: 31 January 2003

Thailand's King has appealed fro calm amidst rising anti-Cambodia sentiment in Bangkok, after hundreds of Thai were evacuated from Phnom Penh following riots.

About one thousand Thais began gathering outside the Cambodian Embassy in Bangkok with discontentment after seeing new pictures of Cambodia protesters stamping on a portrait of their beloved king.

Anti-Thai riots had spread throughout Cambodia's capital on Wednesday night when angry mobs attacked the Thai embassy and Thai-owned business. The riots sparked by remarks reportedly made by a popular Thai actress that the Angkor Wat, Cambodia's top cultural icon belonged to Thailand. The actress has denied making the comments.

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