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        "msgid": "new-thai-speaker-not-govt-choice-1447893297",
        "date": "2000-08-02 00:00:00",
        "title": "New Thai speaker not govt choice",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "New Thai speaker not govt choice BANGKOK (AP): A former government official was elected on Tuesday as Speaker of Thailand's Senate, defeating a candidate backed by the Democrat party of Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai. Sanit Vorapanya, a former director-general of the Department of Export Promotion, was elected with 115 votes against 83 for Manoonkrit Roopkachorn, his sole remaining rival in a second round of voting.",
        "content": "<p>New Thai speaker not govt choice<\/p>\n<p>BANGKOK (AP): A former government official was elected on<br>\nTuesday as Speaker of Thailand's Senate, defeating a candidate<br>\nbacked by the Democrat party of Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai.<\/p>\n<p>Sanit Vorapanya, a former director-general of the Department<br>\nof Export Promotion, was elected with 115 votes against 83 for<br>\nManoonkrit Roopkachorn, his sole remaining rival in a second<br>\nround of voting.<\/p>\n<p>Sanit is believed to be close to the newly-formed Thai Rak<br>\nThai party, which is expected to mount a strong challenge to the<br>\nDemocrats in a general election which must be held by the end of<br>\nthe year.<\/p>\n<p>This Senate is the first elected one in more than six decades<br>\nof constitutional rule. The Senate was made an elected body under<br>\na reformist constitution designed to foster greater democracy.<\/p>",
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