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Panda habitat damaged by China quake
Jun 17 2008, AP

At least 80 percent of the habitat for giant pandas in China’s earthquake-hit province was destroyed or damaged, a forestry official said Tuesday.China’s May 12 temblor centered in Sichuan devastated a vast area of wild habitat for endangered species,...

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Mexico extradites ex-Guatemalan leader
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Mexico extradited former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo on Tuesday to face corruption charges, and the ex-leader told a judge there is no evidence to support the...
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British defuse IRA dissident bomb in N.Ireland
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British army experts have defused a roadside bomb planted by Irish Republican Army dissidents in Northern Ireland four days after finding it.
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Far-right Austria governor isolates asylum seekers
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UN calls for action to fight pirates off Somalia
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NKorea reportedly fires missile into Yellow Sea
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Vatican No. 2: Pius protected Jews during WWII
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Animal rights group opposed to fur targets Armani
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Iran forces down Hungarian flight
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Rare Islamic artifact sells for $5.5 million
AP, London
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Tropical Storm Marco hits Mexico's Gulf coast
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Tropical Storm Marco roared ashore on Mexico’s Gulf coast with near-hurricane force winds on Tuesday, prompting a shutdown of some oil platforms.
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Austria: Asylum seekers' facility under scrutiny
AP, Vienna
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Romanian minister fired after wedding copter ride
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A Romanian Cabinet minister was fired Tuesday after he used a government helicopter to make it to his wedding on time.
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Israeli PM gets no promises on Russian arms sales
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Chinese lawyers face pressure to drop milk cases
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Lawyers advising the families of children sickened in China’s tainted milk scandal said Tuesday they are facing growing official pressure to withdraw from the...
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EU committee approves climate change bill
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Afghans refugees flee Pakistan war zone
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Maldives gears up for first democratic election
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China to deliver 2 pandas to Taiwan by year's end
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China said Wednesday it is ready to send two long-promised pandas to Taiwan by the end of the year in the latest sign of improved ties between the rivals.
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4 panda cubs born at Chinese breeding center
AP, Beijing
Four giant panda cubs were born within 14 hours at a breeding center in southwest China, a mini baby boom for the rare animals, a state news agency reported Sunday.
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Baby boom at China panda center
AP, Beijing
Four giant panda cubs were born within 14 hours at a breeding center in southwest China, a mini baby boom for the rare animals, a state news agency reported Sunday.
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7 pandas remain at famed breeding center in China
AP, Beijing
Only seven pandas remain at China’s most famous breeding center, after a final group of 13 animals were transferred from the earthquake-damaged facility, an...
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Earthquake-damaged panda reserve plans a move
AP, Shanghai
The world’s most famous panda reserve wants to find a new home after its current one was badly damaged by this month’s deadly earthquake in...
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8 earthquake pandas arrive in Beijing for Olympics
AP, Beijing
Eight pandas arrived safely in Beijing on Saturday after a long journey from their damaged reserve near the epicenter of last week’s China earthquake.The pandas...
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8 earthquake pandas going to Beijing
AP, Beijing
Eight pandas from a Chinese reserve severely shaken by a deadly earthquake are expected in the capital this week to go on display for the Olympics, a Beijing Zoo...
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8 pandas from China earthquake zone go to Beijing
AP, Beijing
Eight pandas from a Chinese reserve severely shaken by last week’s earthquake are expected to arrive in the capital later this week to go on display for the...
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3 pandas missing from reserve after China quake
AP, Beijing
Three giant pandas are missing from the world’s most famous panda reserve after the earthquake and five staff members were killed, a Chinese official said...
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Does Pandas have ability to perceive Quake ?
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If eyewitness accounts are to be believed, pandas had sensed the massive earthquake that shook central China on May 12, with the animals behaving strangely just minutes...
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China's panda preserves reported safe
AP, Chengdu
All the pandas at the world’s most famous panda preserve were reported safe late Tuesday, more than a day after China’s worst earthquake in three decades...
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made popular May 13 2008
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Effect of quake on panda preserve still unknown
AP, Dujiangyan
The fate of the world’s most famous panda preserve remained unknown Tuesday, more than a day after a devastating earthquake isolated the remote, mountainous area...
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China Pandas Forced to Migrate for Food
AP, Beijing
Giant pandas are being forced to move from a remote mountainous area in southwestern China due to food shortages as their staple bamboo withers, an animal expert said...
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made popular Nov 12 2007
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In this June 5, 2008 file photo, visitors look at a giant panda through the protective glass of a renovated panda hall inside a zoo in Beijing, China. The Wuhan Zoo in central China has been feeding its two pandas home-cooked chicken soup twice in a...

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