Oldest panda Meimei dies at Guilin City Zoo age 36
Meimei the world’s oldest captive panda has died at Guilin City Zoo in Guangxi at 36. She lived 20 years in Guilin after transfer from Wolong and Sichuan where she had been studied and bred. Grenadians brace for Tropical Storm Emily while Iran and Iraq trial plans unfold.
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Meimei
Guilin City Zoo
Guangxi
Xinhua
Wolong Natural Conservation
China
Sichuan
Emily
Ivan
Keith Mitchell
St. George's
Iran
Grenada
Kenya Raid Leaves 71 Dead In Tribal Clash
A raid by Ethiopian bandits on Turbi in northern Kenya killed 45 villagers and stole thousands of livestock. Kenyan security forces and police, pursuing 300 to 500 attackers, killed 16 bandits and recovered 5 000 sheep and 200 cattle. In reprisal, men from the Garba tribe killed 10 Borana.
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Turbi
Nairobi
Jaspher Ombati
Eastern Province
Gerald Oluach
London attacks suspect sought as raids widen search
Police pursue a suspected mastermind behind London terror strikes after a Wednesday raid in Aylesbury. Officials, noting the attackers as foot soldiers, cite possible al Qaida links and widen investigations across the Midlands area while London holds a day of silence.
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Aylesbury
Oxford
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Pakistan
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Jack Straw
al-Qaida
Shahzad Tanweer
Hasib Hussain
Mohammed Sidique Khan
U.S
Britain
Press Assn
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BBC
Leeds
Beeston
Mohammed Tanweer
One trampled as bull run nears end in Pamplona
AP reports the seventh Pamplona bull run ended with dozens injured and one man trampled after tripping before the bulls. Two hospitalized, head injuries to the 31 year old, 84 treated at the scene. A memorial honored American Matthew Tassio, killed during the festival a decade ago, as the famed San Fermin concludes.
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Spain
Miguel Angel Redon Larios
Red Cross
Jose Aldaba
Matthew Tassio
RTVE
Tassio
Illinois
Ernest Hemingway
Egypt presses return of prized artifacts from abroad
Cairo launches a bid to reclaim five major antiquities including the Rosetta Stone in London and the Nefertiti bust in Berlin. Zahi Hawass says UNESCO agreed to mediate with the British Museum the Louvre and two German museums and Boston's MFA. Egypt labels the pieces stolen and seeks their repatriation.
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Boston
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Hawass
British Museum
Hannah Boulton
Culture Ministry
Dendera Temple
Hemium
Khufu
Germany
Roemer-Pelizaeu Museum
Anchhaf
Chephren Pyramid
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