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        "msgid": "veteran-returns-to-political-fray-1447893297",
        "date": "1996-04-03 00:00:00",
        "title": "Veteran returns to political fray",
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        "summary": "Veteran returns to political fray BANGKOK (AFP): Veteran politician Chamlong Srimuang, a leader of the pro-democracy movement in May 1992, is to run for election as governor of Bangkok in June, a party official said yesterday. After keeping the public guessing for weeks, Palang Dharma party leader Thaksin Shinawatra, a deputy prime minister, announced that the party would nominate Chamlong, 60, under the PDP banner.",
        "content": "<p>Veteran returns to political fray<\/p>\n<p>BANGKOK (AFP): Veteran politician Chamlong Srimuang, a leader<br>\nof the pro-democracy movement in May 1992, is to run for election<br>\nas governor of Bangkok in June, a party official said yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>After keeping the public guessing for weeks, Palang Dharma<br>\nparty leader Thaksin Shinawatra, a deputy prime minister,<br>\nannounced that the party would nominate Chamlong, 60, under the<br>\nPDP banner.<\/p>\n<p>Bangkok is considered a PDP stronghold, and Chamlong's<br>\ncandidacy was seen as propping up party fortunes in the city<br>\nafter the current Bangkok governor, Krisda Arunwongse Na<br>\nAyutthya, switched from the PDP to the Thai Citizen Party.<\/p>\n<p>Chamlong, who retains his trademark crewcut and farmer's garb,<br>\nhad quit as PDP leader before last July's general elections and<br>\nwithdrew from all political posts, handing over to billionaire<br>\nbusinessman Thaksin after serious party infighting.<\/p>",
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