A passenger plane ofIran Air, carrying 105 people on board, crashed near the city ofUroumieh, northwest Iran, on Jan. 9, claiming 77 lives, according toIranian news agency IRNA./.

Party chief to pay tribute to former Lao President in Vientiane
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam will lead a high-ranking delegation of the Party and State of Vietnam to Vientiane on April 3 to pay respects to former President of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and former President of Laos Khamtay Siphandone, who passed away on April 2.