• All eyes on Albrecht Duerer : Exhibit to open in Nuremberg

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    A man takes photos at the Albrecht Duerer exhibition during a press preview in the Germanisches Museum in Nuremberg, Germany, Tuesday, May 22. Germany's biggest exhibit of works by German artist Albrecht Duerer will open to the public from May 24 until September 2.

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    Prints of the German edition of the apocalypse 'The Secret Revelation of St John' (1497/1498) are on display during a preview of the Duerer exhibition at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum (Germanic National Museum) in Nuremberg, Germany, 22 May 2012. The exhibition 'The Early Duerer,' which presents more than 150 objects, opens on May 24.

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    A sculpture of young Albrecht Duerer stands at the exhibition entrance in the Germanisches Museum in Nuremberg, Germany, Tuesday, May 22. The sculpture is based on the self-portrait the young Duerer drew of himself. The sculptor portrayed the 'child prodigy' around 1880, when Duerer became the primary hero of German art. The statue was believed to have been destroyed in WWII. It was re-discovered in the gardens of the American Academy in Berlin. Germany's biggest exhibit of works by the German artist Albrecht Duerer will open to the public from May 24 until September 2.

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    Paintings of the parents of Albrecht Duerer (1490) are on display during a preview of the Duerer exhibition at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum (Germanic National Museum) in Nuremberg, Germany, on May 22. The exhibition 'The Early Duerer,' which presents more than 150 objects, opens on May 24.

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  • Tokyo Sky tree soars as tallest broadcast tower

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    A view of Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower at 2080 feet, in Tokyo. The tower opened to the public on May 22, with hundreds of people entering the tower and its large shopping mall.

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    This series of images shows the construction progression of the world's tallest radio tower, the Tokyo Sky Tree in Tokyo. The 2089 foot tall taower opened for the public on May 22.

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    Visitors wearing their hand-made Tokyo Skytree like outfits celebrate the opening of the Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest tower, in Tokyo, Japan.

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    The 2080 foot high Tokyo Skytree is illuminated under heavy rain fall in Tokyo, Japan, on May 22. The Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest tower, opened to the public the same day after almost four years of construction.

     

    From Arata Yamamoto, NBC News

    TOKYO -- The world's second-tallest structure opened to the public on Tuesday.

    The Tokyo Sky Tree is now the world's tallest broadcasting tower. It is expected to draw in 32 million visitors a year, more than Tokyo Disneyland.

    Featuring two observation decks and an adjacent shopping arcade which includes a planetarium and an aquarium, it stands 2,080-feet high on the eastern side of city, away from the glitzy Shibuya and the Ginza districts.

    Sky Tree overlooks Sumida and Arakawa rivers, the symbols of Old Tokyo area, and on a clear day provides a panoramic view beyond the capital including Mount Fuji. Click here to continue reading more about the Tokyo Sky Tree.

  • Egyptians ready for post-Mubarak elections

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    Egyptians argue political issues in front of an anti-government mural a day before presidential elections on May 22, in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptians go to the polls Wednesday and Thursday to choose a new president, the first of the post-Mubarak era. If no candidate wins a majority vote this week, a second round election will be held between the top two candidates on June 16-17.

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    A pedestrian walks past an Egyptian army convoy patrolling the streets a day before presidential elections on May 22, in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptians go to the polls Wednesday and Thursday to choose a new president, the first of the post-Mubarak era. If no candidate wins a majority vote this week, a second round election will be held between the top two candidates June 16-17.

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    An Egyptian worker checks boxes containing ballots a day before the presidential election in Cairo on May 22. The election that starts on Wednesday is the last stage in a messy transition to democracy, overseen by generals who took control after Hosni Mubarak was driven out and have pledged to hand power to a new president by July 1.

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    An Egyptian army officer gestures as he and colleague ride in a vehicle with a megaphone to call Egyptians to vote, in central Cairo's Tahrir Square on May 22, one day before the country's landmark presidential elections.

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    From Reuters: CAIRO - Egypt holds its first genuinely contested presidential election this week, but Amr Adel believes nothing will really change as long as the military keeps an overt or covert grip on power.

    Adel, 23, is one of the mostly middle-class, secular-minded young people who galvanized last year's demonstrations that in just 18 days snuffed out President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule.

    Like many of them, he feels the struggle is unfinished.

    "Any president who comes with Egypt's military dictatorship still in place means nothing. We have been living for decades in an oppressive police state and I don't see that this is changing. We need to keep spreading awareness," he says, sitting in a Cairo cafe surrounded by a pile of university books. Click here to continue reading this story.

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  • Indian passenger train rams freight train; 25 dead

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    Railway officials oversee the clear up operation of the mangled remains of the Bangalore-bound Hampi Express after it collided with a stationary goods train near Penukonda, about 105 miles north of Bangalore, India, on May 22, 2012.

    The Associated Press reports — A passenger train rammed into a parked freight train and caught fire before dawn Tuesday in southern India, killing at least 25 people and injuring dozens more.

    Rescuers worked for about six hours to pull some 70 survivors from the twisted and smoldering wreckage near the southwestern border of Andhra Pradesh state. Read the full story.

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    Rescuers evacuate an injured woman from the train.

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    Emergency services search for injured passengers under the derailed carriages.