Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew, A Rare Breed World Leader

Lee Kuan Yew, the first prime minister of Singapore after its independence is one of the rare breed of Asian leaders who has transformed his country from a third world tiny state into one of the richest economy in the world.

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New Jersey Top Election Official Rejects Carl Lewis’s Senate Seat Bid

Carl Lewis candidacy for a senate seat of New Jersey was rejected by a top election official because the nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis fails to meet the four-year residency requirement to run for elected office.

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El Baradei Eyes For Egypt’s Presidency

After the expulsion of Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak by people’s power from the presidency last month, Egypt is to hold presidential elections later this year for the first time, without Mubarak’s participation.

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North Korea Haunted By Insecurity From The South

Fresh from the political ripple effect dangling over Egypt, now Libya and Yemen, North Korea has every reason to accuse South Korean activists and lawmakers of flying balloons carrying hundreds of thousands of leaflets critical of North Korea’s government.

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