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Updated : Tue, 13 May 2008 22:21:47 GMT
Pandas safe at famous park after China quake: report (AFP)
AFP - More than 80 giant pandas at China's most famous panda park, the Wolong centre, were safe and well following a huge earthquake that struck the area, state press said Tuesday.
Publ.Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 18:30:48 GMT
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Israel Museum puts Dead Sea scroll on rare display (AP)
AP - One of the most important Dead Sea scrolls is going on display in Jerusalem this week — more than four decades after it was last seen by the public. The 24-foot scroll with the text of the Bible's Book of Isaiah had been in a dark, temperature-controlled room at the Israel Museum since 1967. It went on display two years earlier, but curators replaced it with a facsimile after noticing new cracks in the calfskin parchment.
Publ.Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 20:13:56 GMT
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Sloths are Not Total Sloths (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - In the first brain-wave study of any animal sleeping in the wild, scientists have discovered the three-toed sloth naps much less than commonly believed.
Publ.Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 22:21:47 GMT
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