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                    Singapore Honors Lee With State Funeral

   by VOA News

   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 full
   self-governance from Britain's colonial rule.  Lee remained the
   country's driving force long after his retirement three decades later.

   He has been praised for laying the foundation for Singapore's massive
   growth and booming prosperity, but criticized by many who objected to
   his authoritarian style.
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