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A Cartoonist Helps Her Grandpa’s Dream Come True

Combo photo taken on May 15, 2012 shows some photos posted by microbloggers as responses to Ling Yifan, a 29-year-old cartoonist, to help her ailing grandfather travel the world in Beijing, capital of China, May 15, 2012. Earlier this month Ling posted a portrait of her grandfather, who is dying…

East Asia

Chinese PKO Team Bound For East Timor

Two police officers help each other to settle their backpacks at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, capital of China, May 21, 2012, before boarding an airplane to join the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in East Timor. The 13-person team of Chinese police officers departed from Beijing to East…

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Fortunate Enough To Survive Suicide Bombing

Wounded policemen are seen at a hospital following a suicide bomb attack at parade square in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, May 21, 2012. Officials say Monday’s bombing near Sanaa’s presidential palace is one of the deadliest attacks in the city in months. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia

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Ethnic Groups’ Strike in Nepal Goes Bloody

A wounded Nepalese activist of the Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities is taken for treatment by a friend during a general strike in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, May 21, 2012. Official say protesters enforcing a general strike for the second day have clashed with local residents in parts of the Nepalese…

IT-Science

Lengthy Address Makes Sleepy

John Fiorenzo, center, catches a brief nap during the address to the graduates at his Boston College Commencement ceremony while a classmate yawns behind him at Alumni Stadium on the university’s campus in Boston, Monday, May 21, 2012. Fellow graduates Patrick Dingham, left, and Brandan Kirby, right, watch the stadium’s…

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