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Skytree In Tokyo Opens To Public

Visitors wait in front of the entrance of the Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. The world’s tallest tower and Japan’s biggest new landmark opened to the public on Tuesday. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia

West Asia

Lebanese Woman At Ease After Being Released

A Lebanese Shiite woman, right, who was released with other women from kidnapping in Syria on their way home from a religious pilgrimage in Iran, is seen hugged and kissed by her daughter, left, upon her arrival at Rafik Hariri international airport, in Beirut, Lebanon, early Wednesday May 23, 2012. The Lebanese…

South Asia

Indian Muslims Celebrate Urs Festival

Indian Muslim Sufi devotees walk in procession into the Muslim Shrine of Ajmer Sharif during the Urs Festival in Ajmer, Rajasthan, Monday, May 21, 2012. Thousands of Sufi devotees from different parts of India annually travel to the shrine of Sufi Muslim saint Hazrat Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti, for the annual…

Central Asia

First Beluga Whale Born In Aquarium

In this photo provided by the Georgia Aquarium, members of the Georgia Aquarium animal care staff assist a beluga whale as she bonds with her newborn calf that was born Friday, May 18, 2012, at the aquarium in Atlanta. First pregnancies in beluga whales are often unsuccessful in the wild…

East Asia

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…

West Asia