Singapore Honors Lee With State Funeral

Thousands of mourners packed a 15-kilometer route on a rainy day in Singapore Sunday to pay respects to Singapore's late founder, Lee Kuan Yew. His body was transported under glass on a gun carriage from parliament house to the National University of Singapore, where the state funeral will be held in the afternoon. The former prime minister, who led the island nation from 1959 to 1990, died Monday at the age of 91. He became Singapore's first prime minister when it gained...

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