Chinese pandas start new life in Spain as VIPs (Reuters)

Seven-year-old Chinese giant Panda 'Bing Xing' looks out from his cage upon arriving at Madrid's Barajas airport September 8, 2007. 'Bing Xing' and four-year-old female 'Hua Zui Ba' were welcomed like heads of state when they arrived in Spain to begin a new life in an air-conditioned pagoda and custom built gardens at Madrid zoo. The pandas are on loan to Spain from the Chinese government and replace Chu Lin, the first panda born in captivity in Europe, who died in 1996. (Susana Vera/Reuters)Reuters - Two giant pandas were welcomed like heads of state when they arrived in Spain from China on Saturday to begin a new life in an air-conditioned pagoda and custom-built gardens at Madrid zoo.