RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN VISITS MALAYSIA
From left to right are: Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Laotian Prime Minister Boungnang Vorachith, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Malaysian Prime Minister Adbullah Ahmad Badawi, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Myanmar Prime Minister Lt.-Gen.Soe Win, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and Vietnam Prime Minister Phan Van Khai pose for the group photo before the start of ASEAN + Russia summit at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 13, 2005. (UPI Photo)
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President Obama welcomes Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore to the White House Tuesday for bilateral discussions, the daily schedule indicated.
Lee Kuan Yew, the first prime minister of independent Singapore, was resting at home Sunday after a stay in a hospital, the government said.
Lee Kuan Yew, who was prime minister of Singapore for more than 30 years, remained in the hospital Saturday after suffering an irregular heartbeat.
Singapore's former prime minister and political fixture, Lee Kuan Yew, announced his resignation from the Cabinet Sunday after more than 50 years in politics.
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced Saturday night his mother, Madame Kwa Geok Choo, died earlier in the day at the age of 89.
Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to Singapore paved the way for the signing Thursday of four agreements between the two nations.
The recapture of escaped Singapore terrorist Mas Selamat Kastari is not the end of the country's security problems, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says.
California attorney Gopalan Nair is facing charges he defamed a Singapore judge on his weblog.
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on a Washington visit Friday praised U.S. President George Bush's leadership in the Middle East and in Iraq.
In a lengthy speech in Singapore Thursday, U.S. President George Bush only briefly mentioned terrorism after stressing trade, energy and health issues.
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