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    * Unwelcome residue in the nations ecosystem  Sep 7, 2008
    Imagine if arrow bamboo, which the pandas eat, had been sprayed with pesticide; it would have been strange indeed if they did not fall ill after consuming it. The government has laid particular stress on the economy to the detriment of the environment, and for an extended time colluded with the business sector. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Dallas woman cares for rescued animals  Sep 7, 2008
    Thanks to Animal Planet, people know all about pandas and tigers and elephants, but they do not know as much about native wildlife. My thing is that I hope that we don t have to wait until an animal is endangered to care about it. (KHOU.com, TX)

    New panda gaining weight  Sep 4, 2008
    Zoo officials first removed the baby from Lun Lun s care late Monday after she put it down twice, an unusual occurrence for pandas who are extremely protective of their offspring the first few weeks of life. When the panda was put down the second time, it was not moving or vocalizing, scaring officials. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    Panda cub in 'guarded' condition at Zoo Atlanta  Sep 3, 2008
    Lun Lun s move was unusual because giant pandas normally never let go of their offspring in the first few weeks after birth. RELATED. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)

    LETTERS: NCT, Sept. 2, 2008  Sep 3, 2008
    Yeah, and I, like the next American candidate for Miss Universe, "...intend to end world hunger, educate all the children of the world, and save the Pandas!". Yo David Johnson wrote on Sep 2, 2008 3:29 AM:Can you name a good habadasher so I can get a tinfoil hat as fashionable as yours. (North County Times)

    Panda cub back with mother  Sep 3, 2008
    Lun Lun s move was unusual because giant pandas normally never let go of their offspring in the first few weeks after birth. Panda cubs can lose body heat rapidly, a serious threat to their health during their early days. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    Police: Signs point to child's death  Sep 2, 2008
    "You can go to every zoo and see elephants, but you can't go to every zoo and see pandas," said Christy Moonan, whose two children brought small stuffed panda toys with them to watch the cub on television screens in the zoo's panda habitat. (AP). (Boston Globe)

    Lun Lun shows off baby  Sep 1, 2008
    Children smiled at the slumbering Lun Lun and her yet-to-be-named cub while their parents explained why zoos are trying to save the pandas from extinction ... Zoo Atlanta s newest cub brings the number of pandas in American zoos to 13 ... Following Chinese tradition all four of Atlanta s pandas are on loan from the Chingdu Research base of Giant Panda Breeding in China the newborn panda will be named 100 days after its birth. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    Fundraiser to auction animal works at Miller Park Zoo  Aug 31, 2008
    In addition to the Sumatran tiger breeding project, Tobias hopes to eventually embark on a breeding program involving red pandas. Ohley said it seems right animals would provide artwork to help raise money for the effort. (The Pantagraph newspaper)

    China quake damages more than 100,000 homes, 25 dead  Aug 31, 2008
    The province, known for its pandas and fiery cuisine, has struggled to rebuild after the disaster, which left 10 million people homeless. Copyright. (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    Send best wishes  Aug 29, 2008
    The folks in DC (home of the National Zoo pandas) wish you well. By Tracy. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    Summer Box Office: Just Good Enough  Aug 29, 2008
    In Hollywood, 2008 was a very good summer for men who fly, women who bond and pandas who roundhouse kick. And it wasn't a bad summer for the overall domestic box office, which will total roughly the same as last year about $4 billion with higher ticket prices balancing a slight drop in attendance. (Time.com)

     Get behind the scenes on Zoo Montana tour  Aug 21, 2008
    On the other hand, Kirkpatrick explained that some of the favorite animals, one of the otters and one of the red pandas, have died of old age at the zoo, which partially opened with the otters as the main attraction in 1993, and officially opened in 1995. We're a geriatric zoo, he said. (Laurel Outlook, MT)

    Taiwan Finally Accepts Pandas From China  Aug 18, 2008
    TAIPEI - Taiwan has agreed to receive a pair of giant pandas from China, an official said on Friday, in another sign of warming relations following the change of government in the self-ruled island ... "Our survey showed that over half the population wants to see the pandas.". (Planet Ark, United States)

    * Chinese pandas may arrive in Taipei by October  Aug 15, 2008
    Chinese pandas may arrive in Taipei by October. HOME, SWEET HOME:: The two pandas, whose names together mean to reunite, have stirred political controversy since they were first offered to Lien Chan in 2005 By Meggie Lu STAFF REPORTER Friday, Aug 15, 2008, Page 1 ... Giant pandas Tuan-tuan () and Yuan-yuan () may begin their new lives at the Taipei City Zoo as early as October, after the Council of Agriculture (COA) yesterday ruled that the zoo was equipped to care for them. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)

    Zoo officials: New hospital means less transport, better care  Aug 14, 2008
    Tobias said the zoo has asked the International Union of Conservation of Nature for approval as a breeding facility for red pandas. If the request is granted, a donation already has been received to modify the red panda exhibit as required. (The Pantagraph newspaper)

    Bill Cotton: Your memories  Aug 13, 2008
    Olympic pandas draw crowds. BBC News channel. (BBC News)

    Palestinians prepare to bury poet  Aug 13, 2008
    Olympic pandas draw crowds. FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS. (BBC News)

    Death penalty after couple murder  Aug 13, 2008
    Olympic pandas draw crowds. London's lost property revealed. (BBC News)

    Clumsy children face obesity risk  Aug 13, 2008
    Page last updated at 23:36 GMT, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 00:36 UK. Clumsy young 'face obesity risk. (BBC News)

    Russians seek wisdom, powers, peace of the mysterious pyramid  Aug 10, 2008
    Behind glass counters stacked with stuffed pandas, jewelry, and stone eggs, Olga Vorobyova keeps watch. Three years ago, when she took a job peddling crystals and water in the pyramid, she was sick and weighed down with troubles. (Boston Globe)

    Day by day highlights  Aug 7, 2008
    And there's more chance of seeing pandas than a Hills Hoist at this opening ceremony. Live from the Birds Nest, China gets the ball rolling on Beijing 2008. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)

    Teachers recall trip to China  Aug 7, 2008
    Greulich s refusal to leave Beijing without seeing the pandas led the twosome on an adventure of hiring a taxi to go the Beijing Zoo without speaking Chinese and the driver not speaking English. Eight Giant Pandas are part of a special exhibit at the Beijing Zoo during the 2008 Olympic Games ... Most visitors to China will carry a camera with them to snap a picture of the pandas as well as other amazing sites in the country. (Marlborough Enterprise, MA)

    Balloon Priest's Body Identified Using DNA  Jul 30, 2008
    (2:13)By some estimates, there are as many as 1,600 wild pandas that may be in danger after China's massive earthquake. Their bamboo forest and water supply could all be destroyed. (CBS News -- World)

    Quest of a simple woman from the countryside  Jul 26, 2008
    " The trip was also the first time my mother-in-law had the opportunity to visit a Zoo. "I saw monkeys, giraffes, elephants, fox, wild pigs, bear, pandas, even a gorilla. It was just like on TV." It was the first time she has eaten Western food or visited a McDonalds' restaurant. She found the taste of the McDonalds' food OK but not so delicious. And she said it was a little expensive. "But," she added, "the environment is great. (Xinhuanet, China)

    * Name competition launched for newborn black bear  Jul 13, 2008
    Chen pointed out that both Formosan Black Bears and pandas are listed as protected animals because of their endangered status. Chen called on Kaohsiung citizens to treat the bears with the same respect that Chinas pandas enjoy ... Formosan Black Bears are as rare as Chinas pandas, she told the crowd. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    * Mas flimflam appeals to the sheep  Jul 13, 2008
    Now that we have a new administration, we are going to get pandas ... Pandas may be cute, but they are fluff; not only are they fluff, but they are expensive fluff ... The argument will come and had been used by several zoos around the world, that the zoo attendance will shoot up and people will spend money on T-shirts, stuffed pandas made in China and so on. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    South China Tigers Teeter on Brink of Extinction  Jul 13, 2008
    "This project is of course more difficult than the panda project, because pandas are a national conservation priority," Xu added, saying he was now lobbying the government for funding, without which the project might not get off the ground. "If the (South China) tiger can help preserve wild habitat as opposed to being simply a source of conflict right now ... that's going to be positive for tigers and biodiversity," said Philip Nyhus, a tiger expert from Colby college in the US who advises the... (Planet Ark, United States)

    Panda, Refugee From Quake, Gives Birth To Cubs  Jul 8, 2008
    There were 63 pandas living at Wolong before the earthquake, Chinese officials said. One panda was killed by the quake, and another is still missing. (NBC4.tv, CA)

    Experts propose 2 bln investment plan to rebuild quake-ravaged panda reserve  Jul 8, 2008
    BEIJING, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese experts have drawn up a plan to rebuild the quake-devastated Wolong nature reserve, a major habitat of giant pandas in southwestern Sichuan Province, with an investment of 2 billion yuan (290 million U.S. dollars) ... Bamboo was buried or destroyed, threatening the life and health of pandas ... According to the plan drawn up by the Wolong reserve, Beijing University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the new panda research center includes a 650-square meter... (Xinhuanet, China)

    LARRY BACKUS | SPECIAL TO THE GREEN VALLEY NEWSThe Giant Panda of China is a highly threatened endangered species. China has 239 giant pandas in captivity and another 27 living outside the country. It is estimated only 1,600 are living in the wild.  Jul 6, 2008
    China has 239 giant pandas in captivity and another 27 living outside the country. It is estimated only 1,600 are living in the wild. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)

    Panda Moved After China Quake Gives Birth  Jul 6, 2008
    Guo Guo Was Among Dozens Of Giant Pandas At Wolong Nature Reserve ... She was among the dozens of Giant Pandas who'd been living at the , which was heavily damaged ... And Sichuan is also home to most of the 1,600 pandas living in the wild. (WNBC.com, NY)

    Animals amok  Jun 27, 2008
    ---BBC filmmakers announced in June that they had captured, for perhaps the first time ever, an episode of pandas mating in the wild, for the Wild China TV series. A male is shown fighting off other males to coax a female down from a tree. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)

    NBCOlympics.com: Women's track trials preview  Jun 26, 2008
    From the limestone towers of Guilin to the Shaolin monks of Dengfeng with pandas idling between, China awaits. Olympics On TV. (MSNBC -- Sports)

    * Taiwan News Quick Take  Jun 24, 2008
    Hau will visit the Shanghai Wild Animal Park, where he hopes to gain a better understanding of how Shanghai zoo authorities take care of pandas. Hau will also visit a project aimed at developing Shanghais Hongqiao Airport into a multiple transportation hub. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    nurses accept SAHO offer  Jun 24, 2008
    "Antosh said there are some details that address the mentorship program in the final offer, and any additional agreements can be done through letters of understanding outside the bargaining process.SAHO was hopeful the union would ratify the offer, which must also be approved by the individual health regions. SAHO has requested the health regions complete their ratification vote by July 4.Longmoore said the next step is to contact SAHO as quickly as possible, and ink the agreement soon, so... (Canada.com)

    Red pandas doing well  Jun 20, 2008
    EDMONTON -- Two tiny additions to Edmonton's only family of red pandas are doing well, says the Valley Zoo ... Red pandas are "critically rare," with only about 2,000 to 5,000 in the wild. (The Province)

    National Zoo's panda might be pregnant again  Jun 20, 2008
    But there's no reliable pregnancy test for pandas, and this could be a false alarm. Mei Xiang was artificially inseminated in March with semen from Tian Tian (tee-YEN tee-YEN), the zoo's male giant panda. (WCAX.com, VT)

    Wash. state earthquake aid fills empty planes bound for China  Jun 18, 2008
    Some said they hoped the area's pandas would be safe, too. The letters included addresses in case the recipients wanted to start a pen-pal relationship. (Scripps Howard News Wire)

    Webcams to the world  Jun 16, 2008
    By pointing your browser to the millions of web cameras - or webcams - plugged into the internet all over the planet, you can do that plus check the elephants in Africa, watch cuddly pandas in China, peep into the streets of Moscow and see a true French baker prepare his daily bread in Paris. Such cameras, though not always reliable because of their varied locations, time differences and broadband connection speeds at both ends, give us a small window to the world. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)

    Mystery to memory: Surreal time spent in China will linger forever  Jun 16, 2008
    It is that, and so much more: A place where densely forested mountains jut thousands of feet into the air in the middle of the congested cityscape; a place where caves of hallucinatory beauty pierce deep into the earth; a river town where fishermen can still feed a family; and a place where we finally learned why so few pandas died in the recent Sichuan earthquake. "This is because they do not wear shoes," explained Forster matter-of-factly one day, as we cruised along in the countryside. (Missoulian, MT)

    Stanford News  Jun 13, 2008
    When you think of a panda, you think big bear-like black and white animal, but according to my research, "panda" is actually the Nepalese name for "small, cat-like animal." The Red Pandas, unlike the Giant Pandas, are not related to bears, but to skunks, weasels and raccoons. There are only 2,500 mature Red Pandas remaining in the wild and their numbers continue to decline as bamboo forests are being destroyed and because they are illegally hunted for their fur ... So, it is really neat that... (Pine Plains Register Herald, NY)

    Marking another loss from quake  Jun 11, 2008
    The facility was badly damaged by the May 12 quake but officials initially thought all 64 pandas had survived ... As He Changgui, Mao Mao's keeper, turned away red-eyed after the burial, the director of US-based Pandas International, Suzanne Braden, put her arm around him ... The endangered panda is revered as a national symbol in China, where about 1,600 pandas live in the wild, mostly in Sichuan and the neighboring province of Shaanxi. (Boston Globe)

    China holds funeral for panda killed by earthquake...  Jun 11, 2008
    The world famous panda center was badly damaged by the May 12 quake but officials initially thought all 64 pandas had survived ... As the others left, the director of the U.S.-based Pandas International, Suzanne Braden put her arm around He ... Forty-seven pandas continue to live at Wolong, while one other panda, Xiao Xiao, remains missing. (The Drudge Report)

    China: Quake Lake Crisis Over  Jun 11, 2008
    Forty-seven other pandas still live at Wolong, while others have been moved to Sichuan's provincial capital of Chengdu and Beijing. More from. (Time.com)

    Relief as China "quake lake" drains at speed  Jun 10, 2008
    Mao Mao was one of six pandas that went missing after the tremor ruined the breeding centre and killed five staff workers. The other five pandas had been found alive. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)

    Forum sets out radical drugs plan  Jun 9, 2008
    Page last updated at 00:45 GMT, Monday, 9 June 2008 01:45 UK. The forum wants to see rooms where addicts can inject safely. (BBC News -- UK)

    City C-charge 'to go ahead'  Jun 9, 2008
    Page last updated at 00:08 GMT, Monday, 9 June 2008 01:08 UK. Manchester C-charge 'to go ahead. (BBC News -- UK)

    Survivor's storiesMeet the boy who beat cancer and has written two books for charity  Jun 9, 2008
    Page last updated at 07:28 GMT, Sunday, 8 June 2008 08:28 UK. Cancer boy's stories help charity. (BBC News -- Health)

    Turkish leaders face court case  Jun 9, 2008
    Noisy pandas compete for sex. Spanish hauliers' fuel strike. (Yahoo News -- Turkey)

    Clipping wingsSoaring fuel costs threaten to undermine India's aviation dream  Jun 9, 2008
    Noisy pandas compete for sex. Moon missiles' tested in UK. (BBC News -- Business)

    Moors victim body search 'active'  Jun 8, 2008
    " Hindley and Brady were jailed for life in 1966 for the murders of Lesley Ann Downey, 10, and 17-year-old Edward Evans. Brady was also convicted of murdering 12-year-old John Kilbride while Hindley was an accessory. More than 20 years later the pair confessed to killing Keith Bennett and 16-year-old Pauline Reade, but have not been charged with the crimes. Brady is serving his sentence at Ashworth Hospital on Merseyside. Hindley died in prison six years ago. Bookmark with: MOORS MURDERS LATEST... (BBC News -- UK)

    Footballer held over death crash  Jun 8, 2008
    " Later the club added that it wished to send its condolences the family and friends of the two boys who have died. "They are very much in our thoughts and prayers at this sad time," the club said. Luke McCormick is a former England youth international and was twice voted the club's young player of the season. Anyone with information is asked to contact Staffordshire Police. Bookmark with: RELATED INTERNET LINKS The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites FROM OTHER... (BBC News -- UK)

    Facing Parkinson's'I don't want to be hidden away from the world'  Jun 8, 2008
    Page last updated at 23:02 GMT, Saturday, 7 June 2008 00:02 UK. I don't want to be hidden away. (BBC News -- UK)

    New guidance given on autism care  Jun 8, 2008
    Page last updated at 12:44 GMT, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 13:44 UK. The public health minister has announced new guidelines on autism. (Yahoo News -- Autism)

    Cost of crime  Jun 8, 2008
    Page last updated at 09:11 GMT, Saturday, 7 June 2008 10:11 UK. Bulgaria under pressure over crime. (BBC News -- Europe)

    Carbon offset chocolate is candy 'with conscience'...  Jun 7, 2008
    And it has recently partnered with the Wildlife Conservation Society to sell animal-shaped gum drops and candy dispensers topped with pandas, monkeys and penguins which help protect endangered species. "What we're really trying to do is send the message that candy companies aren't just about sugary sweets. We care as well, and also send the message of eat healthy, be active, be au'some," said assistant business manager Evelyn Chan. (The Drudge Report)

    More of this story  Jun 7, 2008
    Think of them as following in the line of the giant inflatable gorillas, pandas and other animals that a few years ago stood on the roofs of businesses, including auto dealerships, as a way to attract eyeballs. "Things become in vogue and something becomes trendy, and it appears that the condo and apartment buildings are using them the majority of the time," said Larry Steven Londre, an advertising professor at USC and owner of Londre Marketing Consultants. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)

    Kung Fu Panda: Wise Heart, Sweet Art  Jun 6, 2008
    Are pandas the new penguins. Has animal adorability traded in its dinner jacket for two black eyes. (Time.com)

    China quake batters ancient sites, tourism  Jun 3, 2008
    Conditions there remain so poor that the Chinese government last week arranged an emergency food shipment of about five tons of bamboo for the 47 pandas still at the reserve. Chengdu resident Chen Bin drove to Qingcheng mountain with a carload of friends and family to check out the damage. (MSNBC -- Travel)

    * The problem in mixing politics and mammals  Jun 3, 2008
    Aside from economic topics, the meeting between Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung (dB) and Chinese President Hu Jintao (JA) reconfirmed plans for the gift of two giant pandas to Taiwan. In response to questions during a legislative interpellation session, Minister of Agriculture Chen Wu-hsiung (Z) said that, in principle, the sooner the pandas arrive, the better ... But Chinas gifts of giant pandas have almost always been related to political purposes X... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Mars lander flexes its robot arm  May 30, 2008
    Page last updated at 23:42 GMT, Thursday, 29 May 2008 00:42 UK. A Nasa orbiter took this image of Phoenix on the surface of Mars. (BBC News)

    Cheese mites and other wonders  May 30, 2008
    " A week after Sputnik's launch, viewers were told about orbits The programme featured ex-Astronomer Royal Sir Harold Spencer Jones using a massive globe to explain to a baffled public why a satellite would remain in orbit and not just fall back to earth. Another scientist explained how a rocket worked, while the programme ended with a young Patrick Moore agreeing with other experts that manned spaceflight was possible and that man would have walked on the Moon by the end of the century.... (BBC News -- UK)

    Rock cult or nice kids that do their homework?  May 30, 2008
    " Send us your comments using the form below. My 16 year old daughter is regularly insistant that emos are not depressive or suicidal. Her music and clothing choices are not unique, every generation have had a "look". I can honestly say my daughter's circle of emo friends are the nicest kids and are welcome at our house anytime. Sharon Devine, Wigan Surely just repackaged Goths...Mike, London As the mum of two emo children I have to say I see little difference in their clothes, make-up and... (BBC News -- UK)

    Ambulance 'bully' claims probed  May 30, 2008
    Page last updated at 19:51 GMT, Thursday, 29 May 2008 20:51 UK. The investigation team will be independent, it was confirmed. (BBC News -- UK)

    Infection cot death link probed  May 30, 2008
    Page last updated at 23:24 GMT, Thursday, 29 May 2008 00:24 UK. Placing babies on their backs has cut cot death rates. (BBC News -- UK)

    Forget the gym - if you're stressed out get down the farm  May 30, 2008
    Page last updated at 01:41 GMT, Friday, 30 May 2008 02:41 UK. Farm trips may 'alleviate stress. (BBC News -- UK)

    UN Experts Warn Of Economic Cost Of Species Loss  May 30, 2008
    European Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said the study proved biodiversity was not just about saving pandas and tigers but underscored the need to preserve natural wealth. "The report shows we are eating away at our natural capital and making ourselves vulnerable to climate change," he said. (Planet Ark, United States)

    Taiwanese donations to quake zones top 780 mln yuan  May 30, 2008
    Yang added that Tuantuan and Yuanyuan, a pair of pandas the mainland has promised to send to Taiwan, are getting good care following the quake ... He expressed hope that with cross-Strait efforts, the pandas will eventually arrive in Taiwan safe and sound ... The animals were rescued shortly after the quake, which badly damaged the Wolong reserve and left several pandas at large. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Zoo sends aid to pandas in China  May 29, 2008
    Two pandas from Wolong Animal Sanctuary have gone missing ... Edinburgh Zoo is due to become only the eighth in the world to be given breeding-aged pandas from the reserve ... The pandas were to arrive in April 2009 but may come sooner due to the disater. (BBC News -- Science)

    Rain, chemicals add to China lake fears  May 29, 2008
    Conditions remain so bad that the government last week arranged an emergency food shipment of about 5 tons of bamboo for the 47 pandas still at the reserve ... Some pandas have been moved to another breeding center in Chengdu, and eight were flown to Beijing last weekend for a previously scheduled stay at for the Olympics. (USA Today -- News)

    Hu: Opportunity for cross-Strait relations should be cherished  May 29, 2008
    Hu pledged support to sending "Tuantuan" and "Yuanyuan," a pair of pandas the mainland has promised to send to Taiwan people as gifts, to Taiwan as soon as possible ... He expressed hope that the giant pandas, which people in Taiwan, especially children, are very fond of, can come to live in Taiwan soon. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Bumbling Bernier Quits  May 27, 2008
    Minister left classified documents at home of former girlfriend. Canwest News Service Published:Tuesday, May 27, 2008. (National Post)

    Infotainment  May 26, 2008
    Newly arrived giant pandasBEIJING: Newly arrived giant pandas enjoy a light moment at the zoo. Eight giant pandas from the quake-hit Sichuan province were airlifted to Beijing to add cheer to the upcoming Olympics. (Daily Times, Pakistan)

    Soldiers race to blast clear China 'quake lake'  May 26, 2008
    Xixi, one of two pandas from the reserve still at large, was apparently in good health. Several of the reserve's pandas, among the world's most endangered species, have been taken to another reserve amid food shortages. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)

    China fights flood threat in earthquake zone  May 26, 2008
    Also Monday, Xinhua reported that one of the two pandas still missing after the earthquake had been found ... The pandas had been missing from the famed Wolong panda reserve, located near the epicenter in central Sichuan province. (Florida Times-Union)

    China: 69 dams in danger after earthquake  May 25, 2008
    Fresh bamboo was being trucked in for the pandas, center official Zhou Xiaoping told Xinhua ... Two pandas were still unaccounted for after the quake. (FOX 11, AZ)

    Ban visits China's earthquake zone  May 25, 2008
    Also on Saturday, eight pandas arrived safely in Beijing after a long journey from their damaged reserve near the epicenter of the quake. The pandas will spend the next six months at the Beijing Zoo on a special Olympic visit that had been planned long before the quake. (International Herald Tribune)

    Rain threatens quake zone  May 25, 2008
    Tourism in Sichuan province known for its spectacular scenery, pandas and cultural attractions has suffered a terrible blow. China's national disaster headquarters, at a Saturday press conference in Beijing, put the number of confirmed earthquake dead at 60 560, with another 26,221 missing. (iAfrica.com)

    Pandas bearing up, considering  May 25, 2008
    AS THEY chowed down on a snack, these six pandas showed little sign of the trauma they experienced during the May 12 earthquakes. Chinese paramilitary soldiers and workers have relocated (see pictures) the pandas within the China Conservation and Research Centre for the Giant Panda ... Three pandas that disappeared after the quake have not been found. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)

    China, Russia blast U.S. missile defense plan  May 24, 2008
    May 23: Eight pandas have been moved from a quake-damaged nature preserve to Beijing, to represent the country during the summer Olympic games. MSNBC.com's Keva Andersen reports. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)

    Why the thumbs-up won't go away  May 24, 2008
    $7 online stock trades. How did the gesture start. (MSNBC -- Environment)

    Canada pledges $12M more in Burma aid  May 24, 2008
    Reuters Video: Two giant pandas still missing more than a week after Sichuan earthquake. Reuters Video: Talk of the town, Harrison Ford says he doesn't read reviews. (National Post)

    China earthquake death toll above 55,000  May 23, 2008
    In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, soldiers of the Armed Police carry giant pandas before transporting them to the Ya'an preservation zone, (Xinhua, Chen Xie / AP) ... Six pandas were moved Friday from the damaged panda-breeding base in Wolong near the epicenter because of food shortages, the official Xinhua News Agency said. (Albany Times Union)

    China eyes three years to rebuild quake zone  May 23, 2008
    Six rare giant pandas were evacuated from the famed Wolong breeding centre due to food shortages and damage from the earthquake, staff said Friday. Yahoo. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)

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