Vishaka N. Desai explains what sets Asia Society above and apart from other groups trying to deepen ties between Asia and the United States.
Almost 3,000 people participated in the calligraphy contest to celebrate the start of the New Year in Tokyo.
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell says the US has "become a nation of wusses," and "the Chinese are kicking our butt in everything."
The first solar eclipse of 2011 covered the sun by 30 percent and could be seen in many parts of the world.
Floodwaters spread across the runway of the airport at Rockhampton, in eastern Queensland, Australia.
Zoo owner Manny Tangco holds up a rabbit and a tiger cub while surrounded by local children at the Malabon Zoo in Manila, Philippines to illustrate the shift from the "Year of the Tiger" to the "Year of the Rabbit."
An Afghan child stands near US soldiers from Alpha Troop 1-75 Cavalry 2nd Brigade 101st Airborne Division leaving the Siah Choy village during a foot patrol in Zari district of Kandahar province on December 21, 2010.