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Pandas prep for takeoff
17/12/2008 9:35

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Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan enjoy a treat at the Ya'an section of China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center in Sichuan Province. Taiwan-based EVA Air said yesterday that it will send a charter flight to Sichuan next Monday to take the pandas to Taiwan the following day. The pandas will ride in an air-conditioned chamber aboard a Boeing 747-400. Five workers from the panda center and 100 passengers will also be on board.- Xinhua/Shanghai Daily