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DC pandas will be returning to China in mid-November, weeks earlier than expected

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Zoo's three celebrity giant pandas will be heading home a little earlier than expected. Zoo officials told The Associated Press on Thursday that adult bears Mei Xiang…

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  1. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    National Zoo pandas will leave for China in mid-November (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    Here’s the latest on when the three Giant pandas will go back to China.

  2. Washingtonian

    Pandas Will Leave the National Zoo by November 15 (opens Washingtonian)

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    It's officially time to say goodbye to Tian Tian, Mei Xiang, and Xiao Qi Ji.

  3. NBC4 Washington

    National Zoo pandas will leave for China mid-November (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    Here’s the latest on when the three Giant pandas will go back to China.

  4. WTOP Washington DC

    Pandas are set to leave the National Zoo in mid-November (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    There are just a few weeks left to see D.C.’s favorite bears. The Smithsonian National Zoo has announced that the zoo’s giant pandas will leave the park in mid-November and head to China.

  5. Anchorage Daily News

    Caretakers in D.C. get giant pandas ready to leave for new home in China (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    China owns and leases all giant pandas in U.S. zoos. The National Zoo’s giant pandas are heading across the Pacific because the current lease agreement expires in December.

  6. Fox News

    Giant pandas to leave the National Zoo in D.C. for China earlier than expected (opens Fox News)

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    The National Zoo will have no giant pandas for the foreseeable future after mid-November. The three are set to return to China by November 15, earlier than planned.

  7. CBS News

    Giant pandas to leave National Zoo earlier than expected (opens CBS News)

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    Giant pandas Mei Xiang and Tian Tian arrived at the Zoo in 2000.

  8. FOX 5 DC

    DC’s giant pandas to leave National Zoo for China by mid-November (opens FOX 5 DC)

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    The giant pandas at the Smithsonian's National Zoo will leave for China sooner than expected.

  9. WTOP Washington DC

    DC pandas will be returning to China in mid-November, weeks earlier than expected (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Zoo's three celebrity giant pandas will be heading home a little earlier than expected. Zoo officials told The Associated Press on Thursday that adult bears Mei Xiang…

  10. Washington Times

    D.C. pandas will be returning to China in mid-November, weeks earlier than expected (opens Washington Times)

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    The National Zoo’s three celebrity giant pandas will be heading home a little earlier than expected. Zoo officials told The Associated Press on Thursday that adult bears Mei Xiang and Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi Ji will be returning to China sometime in mid-November.

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