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Lee Kuan Yew - the diplomat

Lee Kuan Yew governed Singapore for three decades after the country gained its independence and has always been the young nation's best diplomatic force. It was once remarked by Richard Nixon that if Lee had lived in another time and place, he would have attained the world stature of a Churchill, a Disraeli or a Gladstone. Here, a look back at Lee and his fellow world leaders.