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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
September 14, 2008
BANGKOK, Thailand — Nouhak Phoumsavanh, a former president of Laos and a founding member of its ruling communist party, died Tuesday after an illness, the state news agency KPL reported. He was 98.
His death will be marked by a five-day national mourning period, the agency said....