By Raphael Minder in Bangkok A United Nations committee of culture experts is due to decide as early as today whether to override Thai objections and list a 900-year-old temple as a Cambodian World Heritage site, an issue that has strained relations between the two south-east Asian neighbours. Noppadon Pattama, Thailand's foreign minister, flew to Canada at the weekend to withdraw his country's support for listing the temple. His 11th-hour intervention in a meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Quebec has also underlined domestic pressure on the fragile coalition government in Bangkok. You have viewed your allowance of free articles. If you wish to view more, click the...
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