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Merkel Pledges Star Treatment For China’s Panda ‘envoys’

Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed Wednesday to make China's new "special envoys" feel welcome in Berlin, as she unveiled...

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Japan Panda Fans Get Latest Fix of Cute With New Footage

Japan's panda-obsessed public got their latest fix of cute Tuesday as a Tokyo zoo released footage of its 20-day-old...

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Panda Mania Hits Germany As China’s Cuddly Envoys Arrive

Germany was bracing for panda mania as furry ambassadors arrive from China on Saturday, destined for a new life as...

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Tokyo Zoo Announces Baby Panda’s Sex

A baby panda recently born in Japan is a girl, a Tokyo zoo said Friday, adding that the little cub appeared to be in...

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Germany To Welcome Two Giant Pandas

Two long-awaited giant pandas from China will arrive in Germany in two weeks time, with Berlin rolling out the red...

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Tokyo Zoo Says New Cub In Good Health

A baby panda whose birth this week delighted Japan and has dominated news coverage ever since appears to be in good...

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Japan Zoo Celebrates Birth of Panda Cub

A Japanese zoo celebrated the first birth of a baby panda in five years Monday, with the tiny cub small enough to fit...

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Tokyo Zoo Visitors Flock To View Mum-To-Be Panda

Japanese well-wishers flocked to a Tokyo zoo Wednesday to get their last glimpse of a possibly pregnant panda before...

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China Eatery In Japan Soars On Pregnant Panda Hopes

Swelling hopes for a baby panda in Tokyo have bumped up the stock price of a Chinese restaurant chain in the area, with...

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Nepal Torches Valuable Wildlife Parts

Nepal destroyed thousands of valuable animal skins and other parts seized from poachers on a giant bonfire Monday in a...

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Malaysia Seizes Smuggled Tortoises Worth $300,000

Malaysian customs foiled an attempt to smuggle hundreds of the world's most endangered tortoises into the country from...

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Taiwan Bans Consumption of Cats and Dogs

Taiwan’s parliament has approved a bill banning the slaughter of cats and dogs for human consumption. The bill also...

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How the Mouse Came To Live Alongside Humans

Mice have been living alongside humans for 15,000 years, according to fossil evidence. This is earlier than previously...

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Bashful Tokyo Pandas Mate After Four-Year Hiatus

Two giant pandas at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo mated for the first time in four years Monday -- a 52-second effort that boosted...