Obama Meets With Minister Mentor Of Singapore in Washington
National Security Council member Samantha Power (L) stands in the Oval Office during a meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore at the White House October 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama will travel to Asia November 11 on a tour which includes the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit and a meeting with leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Singapore. Lee served as prime minister of Singapore between 1959 to 1990, and is regarded as an expert on Asian affairs and US relations with the region. UPI/Chip Somodevilla/Pool
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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 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced Saturday night his mother, Madame Kwa Geok Choo, died earlier in the day at the age of 89.
The escape of a terrorist suspect and the failure to recapture him are a major embarrassment for the strait-laced Singapore government.
Part two of UPI Editor at Large Arnaud de Borchgrave's interview with Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew in Singapore Feb. 2.
UPI Editor at Large Arnaud de Borchgrave interviewed Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew on Feb. 2. The following is the text of the interview.
NATO could collapse over Afghanistan; America should forget about democracy in Afghanistan. These are some of the provocative views of Lee Kuan Yew.
Former Indonesian President Suharto's condition worsened Tuesday on the 12th day of his hospitalization amid concerns of systemic infection.
Singapore's political mentor Lee Kuan Yew says the world's economic center of gravity is shifting from the Atlantic to the Pacific but it's no cause for alarm.
In recent years, China and India have wrestled with the challenges of economic globalization. The shrinkage of economic distances between nations has had its me
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