The News fast links. Hmong tribesmen, who once fought in a CIA-marshalled army, stage raids from mountain hideouts.
Rebels seize a frontier post.
A Laotian airliner crashed into a mountain, killing eight of the 15 people on board, including foreigners, officials said Friday. The Khen is featured in Lao traditional orchestras, and used as a solo instrument. The khen can be difficult to master because the performer must produce a continuous melody by exhaling and inhaling without catching his or her breath. In the first lam, the man tells the girl that he will remain with his wife and their love cannot be. He wishes her happiness.