Giant panda gives birth to fifth cub at the San Diego Zoo

A giant panda at the San Diego Zoo gave birth to a cub the size of a stick of butter on Wednesday, her fifth cub born in the zoo since 1999. The sex of the mostly hairless, pink newborn, which was born around 5 a.m., is not known yet, said Dr. Ron Swaisgood of the zoo’s Institute of Conservation Research.

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Is India Living Up to Its Post-Mumbai Promises?

The terrorist attack on Mumbai last November, captured live on television throughout India and around the globe, was not the city’s first encounter with violence or terrorism. It was, however, a rude awakening for a city known for its high-glam Bollywood industry and for a nation that rightly takes pride in being the world’s largest democracy

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