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        "msgid": "chuan-to-reduce-overseas-posts-1447893297",
        "date": "1997-12-20 00:00:00",
        "title": "Chuan to reduce overseas posts",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AFP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Chuan to reduce overseas posts BANGKOK (AFP): Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai has asked the Foreign Ministry to downsize its overseas posts as part of a government-wide initiative to cut spending, reports said yesterday. Chuan urged the ministry to cut back on staff at Thai embassies as part of an austerity drive during the country's worst economic crisis in decades, a report in The Nation said.",
        "content": "<p>Chuan to reduce overseas posts<\/p>\n<p>BANGKOK (AFP): Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai has asked the<br>\nForeign Ministry to downsize its overseas posts as part of a<br>\ngovernment-wide initiative to cut spending, reports said<br>\nyesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Chuan urged the ministry to cut back on staff at Thai<br>\nembassies as part of an austerity drive during the country's<br>\nworst economic crisis in decades, a report in The Nation said.<\/p>\n<p>Staff at Thailand's 80 or so overseas posts are provided by<br>\nvarious government ministries, including commerce, defense,<br>\nagriculture and labor.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan was reported as suggesting the<br>\nministry delay replacing diplomats at the end of their overseas<br>\nappointments.<\/p>",
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