Two new giant pandas returning to Washington’s National Zoo from China by end of year

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Open this photo in gallery: Two-year-old male giant panda Bao Li and two-year-old female giant panda Qing Bao in a combo photo.Roshan Patel/The Associated Press Half a year after the nation’s capital bid an emotional farewell to its giant pandas, the National Zoo is expecting a renewed surge in panda-mania with the announcement that two more of the furry black-and-white icons will be coming to Washington. The zoo announced Wednesday that a fresh agreement had been struck with the Chinese government, and a pair of adult pandas would be arriving from China by the end of the year. The Smithsonian’s...