Wednesday, August 06, 2003

News

PandaPanda pregnant with twins: Bai Yun, a giant panda on loan to the San Diego Zoo from China, is expected to deliver twins sometime this month, zoo officials said Monday. Because panda pregnancies can vary in length by as much as three months, zookeepers don't know exactly when the babies will be born—or who their father is.

China Successfully Breeds Baby Panda: China has successfully bred a giant panda in captivity through artificial insemination—the method of choice in the fight to save the notoriously slow-reproducing national symbol. The female baby panda was born on Aug. 1 in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan province, home to most of China's pandas.

Pollution clouds future of Pearl River Delta: Water and air pollution and deforestation are the major environmental problems in the Pearl River Delta region, a relatively developed and densely populated area [which] faces the challenge of growing economically while protecting its environment.

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