BANGKOK, Dec. 9 -- Cambodia withdrew todayfrom the Southeast Asian Games, a Games official said, as a border conflict with hosts Thailand escalated and forced a mass exodus of civilians from both sides of the disputed frontier.

"It is confirmed that Cambodia withdrew," Akarin Hiranprueck, a SEA Games senior official, told AFP. - AFP

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