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    6-day-old giant panda dies of pneumonia at Tokyo zoo, was first panda born there in 24 years

    A baby giant panda died at a Tokyo zoo on Wednesday, less than a week after becoming the first to be born at the facility in 24 years. The birth had created excitement across Japan, and the nation was mourning the baby's death.Tokyo's Ueno Zoo said the male panda, who had not been named yet, died of pneumonia Wednesday morning. A zookeeper found the baby, who was born last Thursday, lying belly up, without breathing, on his 7-year-old mother's chest.He was pronounced dead an hour later, after resuscitation efforts failed.In a news conference broadcast live, Yutaka Fukuda, the zoo's chief panda keeper, said milk had accidentally entered the baby's airway while his mother, Shin Shin, was breast-feeding. Traces of milk were found later in the baby's bronchial tube.The baby panda had been kept in an incubator for three days before being sent back to Shin Shin on Tuesday."They peacefully spent the night and the baby was doing fine just this morning," Fukuda said, tears welling up in his eye...

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