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        "msgid": "thai-named-timor-force-commander-1447893297",
        "date": "2000-07-13 00:00:00",
        "title": "Thai named Timor force commander",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AFP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Thai named Timor force commander BANGKOK (AFP): The United Nations has appointed Thailand's Lt. Gen. Boonsrang Niumpradit as the new commander of the UN force in East Timor, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Boonsrang is to replace Philippines commander Jaime de Los Santos next week and will hold the post for one year. Thailand last month submitted the names of two candidates to the United Nations which had asked it to assume control of the 8,561 troops in Timor.",
        "content": "<p>Thai named Timor force commander<\/p>\n<p>BANGKOK (AFP): The United Nations has appointed Thailand&apos;s Lt.<br>\nGen. Boonsrang Niumpradit as the new commander of the UN force in<br>\nEast Timor, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Boonsrang is to replace Philippines commander Jaime de Los<br>\nSantos next week and will hold the post for one year.<\/p>\n<p>Thailand last month submitted the names of two candidates to<br>\nthe United Nations which had asked it to assume control of the<br>\n8,561 troops in Timor.<\/p>\n<p>The losing candidate was Maj. Gen. Songkitti Jaggabatara, who<br>\nserved as deputy commander in the Australian-led multinational<br>\nforce which brought peace to the territory last year.<\/p>\n<p>The International Force in East Timor then handed over to UN<br>\npeacekeepers known as UNTAET (UN Transitional Administration in<br>\nEast Timor), made up of troops from 40 members countries,<br>\nincluding 921 from Thailand.<\/p>",
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