Lee Kuan Yew
(b. 1923), Singaporean statesman. During his tenure as prime minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990, Lee Kuan Yew led the country's transformation into a modern, clean, green entr...
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Lee Kuan Yew (born 1923) became prime minister of Singapore in June 1959. During his administration Singapore became part of Malaysia in September 1963 and attained independence in August 1965 after s...
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New Delhi (dpa) - Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew is in
India on a five-day visit during which he is scheduled to meet Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh and leaders of ...
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Singapore (dpa) - Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew said
the government does not act as a "moral police" force when it comes
to homosexuality and questioned the ban o...
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Singapore (dpa) - Singapore's senior statesman Lee Kuan Yew
believes Myanmar's ruling generals are "rather dumb" when it comes to
managing the country's economy and will not...
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SINGAPORE, Oct 17 (Reuters) - London's Financial Times
apologised on Wednesday to Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien
Loong and his father Lee Kuan Yew after the paper said it
implied the prime m...
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Singapore (dpa) - Arab and Asian leaders from more than 20
countries gathered in Singapore Thursday for a two-day forum aimed at
opening up new communication channels betwee...
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JAKARTA, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Indonesia's former president
Suharto, who suffered multiple organ failure on Friday and is
on a ventilator, was visited by his friend and contemporary,
Singapore's Mini...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press:
OBAMA'S FINANCE PLOY (The Wall Street Journal, New York)
Barack Obama is promising to end partisanship in Washington, and
here's a place ...
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Singapore's elder statesman Lee Kuan Yew said Tuesday that China
will play the role of five Japans in 50 years' time due to the
quality of its people, Singapore's state-run television station...
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