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The excitement was so real you could almost touch it. In the dim light of the single florescent bulb, the circled faces were turned toward Suay, their young relative. She told about God and the gift of His Son. He changed her life and could change
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Giant panda, Tai Shan, will soon get to meet the Chinese public. The giant panda raised at the Washington DC zoo is now living in Sichuan and learning Chinese.
Panda Tai Shan returns to China
Giant Panda Tai Shan is now in China. This is from me to him. I love you Tai.
Song: Creeping In My Sould by Cryoshell Photos belong to somesai and bob2cleo of Flickr.
Tai Shan's first morning in China. He has a new keeper.
On February 4, 2010, giant panda Tai Shan left the National Zoo for his new home at Bifengxia Panda Base in Yaan, Sichuan, China. The video was captured during his departure from the Zoo. Video credit: Ken DuPuis/Smithsonian Institution
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...around his yard. He's been seen chasing some squirrels and birds over the years. 'He Just Makes Me Laugh, Makes Me Smile' Tai Shan's a very laid-back animal. I've never seen him angry or upset about anything. He just kind of takes everything in stride. What's...
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Two giant pandas born in America, in Washington and Atlanta, are being flown to China to become part of a breeding program in their endangered species' native land. Tai Shan is leaving from Dulles International Airport in Virginia. (Feb. 4)
Tai Shan, born in the Washington DC zoo, is headed to China. The panda has been a top visitor attraction at the zoo. The panda will travel via the Fedex Panda Express
4-year-old Tai Shan is leaving to China this month. He is the world's most famous panda cub, born at National Zoo in DC. We will all miss him deeply.
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The Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington D.C. has tried since the Nixon administration to raise a giant panda cub. The zoo's caretakers met success, after decades of failed attempts, with the birth of Tai Shan on July 9, 2005. The cute and
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NPR
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Tai Shan enjoys the snow at the Smithsonian National Zoo. Photo: Reuters
A HUGE winter storm has brought blizzards, freezing rain and created treacherous holiday travel conditions for millions of Americans.
At least 19 deaths were attributed to the
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The Age
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Tai Shan, Washington DC's beloved giant panda, plays in the snow at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, December 23, 2009. Tai Shan is scheduled to depart for China in early 2010. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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BEIJING, Dec. 23 -- Lisa Stevens is a very busy lady these days - answering numerous phone calls, and replying to thousands of letters and emails.
Not just that, she also has to console heartbroken children as well as adults.
The reason:
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...23. A panda's life span is usually around 24 years. Stevens said she and her colleagues were extremely nervous during Tai Shan's birth, since his siblings had all failed to survive. "We were very nervous, especially in the first month (after Tai Shan...
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Xinhua
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3. This happy group gets together every year (twelve years now) for a holiday meal at Life Cafe
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6. Staff chowing down at the yummy buffet
7. Bench and journals dedicated to 'Rent' creator
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CNN
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Tai Shan is an almost 5 year old Giant Panda that was born in the United States and has been living at the National Zoo in Washington, DC. He belongs to China though, and is going back in January, 2010.
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Story last updated at 12/16/2009 - 10:46 am
The following editorial appeared in the Washington Post:
There's no denying the love Washington feels for its giant pandas. So the sadness surrounding this month's announcement that Tai Shan, the panda born
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Juneau Empire
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Can I make the video with Butterstick tied to a chair, surrounded by masked terrorists? When the Chinese don't negotiate with us, we get to scream that God is great and decapitate the fur-ball.
The new world order is going to be awesome.
There's only
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After arriving from a surprisingly humid Shanghai, carrying mosquito bites and a nylon backpack loaded with precious few items of winter clothing, I arrived in Taian ill prepared for the climate that awaited me. Whilst I was aware that the weather in
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Travel Blog
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WASHINGTON (AP) ―
A young giant panda who became a major draw after his birth at Washington's National Zoo will leave for China early next year for breeding.
Zoo officials announced Friday that Tai Shan will be leaving the Smithsonian Institution
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CBS 5
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...birth at Washington's National Zoo will leave for China early next year for breeding. Zoo officials announced Friday that Tai Shan will be leaving the Smithsonian Institution park as soon as January or February. Panda mother Mei Xiang and father Tian Tian...
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CBS 5
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Tai Shan celebrates his fourth birthday in July with cake made of bamboo and shredded beets at Washington's National Zoo.
Washington's National Zoo will lose panda in 2010Tai Shan was born to pandas who were also on loan from ChinaTai Shan is being
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CNN
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CHENGDU, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- A breeding base in southwestern Sichuan province has started preparing for the return of a giant panda from the United States early next year, said provincial authorities.
Tai Shan, who was born and raised up in the
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Xinhua
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WASHINGTON (AP) A young giant panda that became a major attraction after his birth at the National Zoo in Washington will leave for China early next year for breeding.
Zoo officials announced Friday that the panda, Tai Shan (pronounced ty SHAWN), would
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NPR's Guy Raz talks with James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic , about some of the week's biggest — and smallest — news stories: the politics of President Obama's troop increase in Afghanistan, unemployment numbers, the Amanda Knox
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i can better serve america by not finishing this assignment.
Replace “toasted almond and nutmeg” with “Cain’s mayonnaise and Kraft American Cheese.”
Psuedo Sarah Palin writes a lot like Garrison Keilor.
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Sweet little Butterstick is heading to China. Nicknamed Butterstick when he was born because he was so tiny, giant panda Tai Shan must leave his home at the Washington National Zoo and go to China for breeding, as required under the original loan
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Shopping Blog
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WASHINGTON -- The National Zoo's beloved adolescent giant panda, Tai Shan, will leave his birthplace and be sent to China.
Tai Shan, the first surviving giant panda cub born at the Smithsonian Institution's zoo, will be sent in January or February to
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America is about to lose a giant bundle of cute cuddly charisma.
Tai Shan, the panda born at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., on July 9, 2005, is being sent to China in early 2010, zoo officials announced Friday.
National Zoo officials announced
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Chicago Sun-Times
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" 'Maybe it's because we owe China so much money, so they're taking their panda back,' said Desiree Bryce, a mathematics teacher from Hope County Charter School, which was also visiting the zoo."On news that Tai Shan, the much-beloved young panda at
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The Atlantic
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Giant panda Tai Shan eats an apple in his enclosure at the National Zoo in Washington Dec. 4, 2009. The zoo announced during a news conference here Friday that Tai Shan, the first surviving Giant Panda cub born at the zoo in 2005, will soon return to
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Tai Shan, a giant panda born in the US, is to be sent to China. The panda, one of the biggest stars at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington DC, was born in July 2005 to parents on loan from China, and millions travelled to the zoo to see
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Time's up for Washington, D.C.'s furriest celebrity. Four-year-old Tai Shan, the first surviving Giant Panda born at the Smithsonian's National Zoo, will be sent to the People's Republic of China early next year, zoo officials said today. Giant Pandas
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Since his birth on July 9, 2005, panda bear Tai Shan has become the tourism symbol of Washington, D.C. He appears on the city's subway fare cards and tourism posters. He's boosted attendance at the National Zoo, and drawn tens of millions of fans to
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Newsweek
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Washington's National Zoo is sending its beloved four-year-old panda, Tai Shan, to China under the terms of a loan agreement that brought the cub's parents to the nation's capital.
The popular cub, who was born in 2005 to international fanfare, was
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...advisory announcing the 10 a.m. news conference. "The Chinese have granted extensions to the National Zoo that allowed Tai Shan to stay past his second birthday, but those extensions will soon expire." Although he has felt like ours since his birth...
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The Smithsonian's National Zoo is returning beloved giant panda Tai Shan to China.
Zoo officials said Friday that Tai Shan will go in January or February for breeding.
The cuddly, black-and-white panda was born at the Washington zoo July 9, 2005, and
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Washington Times
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/04/popular-giant-panda-goes-home-china/
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Tai Shan eats an apple in his enclosure in the National Zoo in Northwest Washington, D.C., Friday, December 4, 2009. The first surviving giant panda cub born at the National Zoo (to mother Mei Xiang and father Tian Tian in 2005) will be sent to the
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Washington Times
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/4/popular-giant-panda-goes-home-china/
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We knew this day was probably coming, but somehow we still weren't prepared. Tai Shan, the National Zoo's only surviving giant panda cub, the pride and joy of Washington, the one and only Butterstick, is being snatched away from us. Zoo officials have
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Tai Shan, a young panda at the National Zoo, will soon be returned to China.
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In this file photograph provided by the National Zoo, Tai Shan, the National Zoo's giant panda cub, plays in a tree at his home at the zoo.
WASHINGTON A young giant panda who became a major draw after his birth at Washington's National Zoo will leave
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WASHINGTON - JULY 09: Giant panda Tai Shan checks out his birthday cake at the National Zoo July 9, 2009 in Washington, DC. The zoo held an event to celebrate the panda's fourth birthday with a frozen cake made from water, bamboo, shredded beets and
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An email from Joe Biden this morning seeks to rally the faithful to the president's Afghanistan plan, saying, "the President has authorized the rapid deployment of 30,000 more troops in Afghanistan, with a firm commitment to begin bringing our troops
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