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        "msgid": "myanmar-hosts-customs-meet-1447893297",
        "date": "2000-07-31 00:00:00",
        "title": "Myanmar hosts customs meet",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AFP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Myanmar hosts customs meet YANGON (AFP): While the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers were meeting in Bangkok, Myanmar was hosting an ASEAN customs meeting, officials said on Sunday. Yangon has hosted the eighth ASEAN customs directors general meeting, designed to improve ties between customs officials and crack down on smuggling, Myanmar minister for finance Khin Maung Thein said.",
        "content": "<p>Myanmar hosts customs meet<\/p>\n<p>YANGON (AFP): While the Association of Southeast Asian Nations<br>\n(ASEAN) foreign ministers were meeting in Bangkok, Myanmar was<br>\nhosting an ASEAN customs meeting, officials said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Yangon has hosted the eighth ASEAN customs directors general<br>\nmeeting, designed to improve ties between customs officials and<br>\ncrack down on smuggling, Myanmar minister for finance Khin Maung<br>\nThein said.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting has been attended by customs directors from all 10<br>\nASEAN countries as well as Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Yangon and Bangkok are two of Southeast Asia's major transit<br>\npoints for smuggling art, artifacts, drugs and people.<\/p>\n<p>Myanmar became a signatory to the ASEAN customs agreement in<br>\n1997, when the military-ruled country became a full member of the<br>\nSoutheast Asia group.<\/p>",
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