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The Xinhua news agency reports that a giant panda at a western Japan zoo has given birth to twin cubs.
The mother, Rauhin, went into labor on Tuesday afternoon at the Adventure World theme park in the city of Shirahama. Both of the newborn cubs are female and have yet to be named.
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