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Ward the jaguar grows up and other animal news

22:43 13/05/2011

A black female jaguar named Lolo lives with her 14-month-old spotted cub, Ward, at the Amman Zoo.

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Pre-Tests for Maroon Beret Eligibility
21:16 13/05/2011
Pre-tests for maroon beret eligibility were conducted at the Yermak special operations forces base in Gorny village. Servicemen from the Russian Interior Ministry’s Siberian regional command spec ops and reconnaissance units were put to the test.
Seven days in photographs. May 7-13, 2011
20:26 13/05/2011
On May 9, Russia celebrated the 66th anniversary of Soviet victory in World War II.
Bull in a clothing store
16:48 13/05/2011
Shoppers in Sao Jose do Rio Preto witnessed a wild scene Wednesday, when a runaway bull invaded a local clothing store for an hour before ramming its way through the window display.
Twenty-eight meter high tower of books
16:45 13/05/2011
Visitors and locals alike gathered in downtown Buenos Aires on Wednesday to see a 28-metre (91 foot) tower - made from books.
At least sixty-eight perish in Pakistani suicide bombing
16:41 13/05/2011
Two explosions struck a paramilitary training centre in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 68 people - nearly all recruits - in the bloodiest attack in the country since a US raid killed al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden.
“Devil Island” the last hope for the Tasmanian Devil
15:01 13/05/2011
Cancer is threatening to wipe out the devil. 70 percent of the animals in Tasmania have fatal facial tumours. The Devil Island sanctuary is now home to18 robust devils, all of which were quarantined for six months before being released here. Sixty acres of fenced-off bushland on Tasmania's east coast have been donated as habitat for the conservation of this national treasure, uniquely found on the island off the south coast of Australia.
Baikal seal pup: Yaroslavl Zoo star-to-be
14:47 13/05/2011
Zookeepers say a Baikal seal pup named Zaika who has lived in the Yaroslavl Zoo since early May has become a visitors’ favorite. Local fishermen found the baby seal in a small lagoon in the Irkutsk region. They handed her over to the amateur biologist Yury Karpov, who reared the pup and named her Zaika. Later, Karpov placed the baby seal in a zoo.
Movie stars on the red carpet at Cannes
22:57 12/05/2011
The 64th Cannes Film Festival, one of the most celebrated events in the movie world, has opened on the French Riviera.
World football all-stars in Grozny
22:14 12/05/2011
The highlight of the opening ceremony of the Akhmad Kadyrov Sports Complex in Grozny, was the match between the “Caucasus” team and an international all-star team of veterans.

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