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1999, Dec. 20 | |
The government survived a no-confidence vote just before the Bank of Thailand announced an economic recovery from the deep Asian recession. The bank reported a 4 percent increase in GDP for the year. | 1 |
2000, Jan. 24 | |
God's Army, an offshoot group of the rebel Karen National Union, intruded from Myanmar to take 800 people hostage in a Thai hospital located near the border between the two nations. | 2 |
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