World Leaders in Singapore Sunday for Lee's Funeral

Dozens of world leaders will be in Singapore on Sunday for the state funeral of the small country's first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew.  Lee was greatly admired in the region where other leaders sought to emulate him and replicate his success. In Bangkok, Beijing, Jakarta and other Asian capitals, Lee Kuan Yew served as a role model for leaders hoping to reproduce the magic that took Singapore from a colonial backwater to one of the world's most prosperous and efficient...

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