61.   His first official trip abroad was to Iran and Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani will be in Istanbul over the weekend.

62.   His first official trip abroad was to Iran, and Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani will be in Istanbul this weekend.

63.   In September, Putin made his first official trip as president to Finland.

64.   Iranian President Mohamad Khatami is to visit France in February, his first official trip to a European country, the spokesman for the Iranian Embassy said Monday.

65.   It is his seventh official trip to China, Xinhua said.

66.   It was the third official China trip called off this week.

67.   Johansson came under fire last month over allegations that he made racist comments during an interview about an official trip to South Africa.

68.   Last month, he canceled several meetings while on an official trip to the United States, but his aides insisted he only suffered from exhaustion.

69.   Kim is known to have made only one official foreign trip as leader of his isolated and poverty-stricken Stalinist state, to China in May.

70.   Leung says his official trips, including recent visits to Canada, Japan and South Africa, have resulted in useful experience for the government.