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Zoos the Mummy?

Michael Leidig

With their loving cuddle, it's hard to think that this lemur mum and her daughter Manja had to be separated when she turned on her twin babies after their birth.

Manja and sister Tanala - now both four months old - had to be hand-reared by keepers at Vienna's Schonbrunn zoo in Austria for their own safety.

But now the pair of red ruffed lemurs have been reunited with mother Ramena after pet psychologists arranged a series of remarkable custody meetings for the family.

"Their mother was put in a cage next to them for an hour at a time so she could smell them. If that went well we'd allow her to touch them.

"Before long she was starting to miss them," said one keeper.

Zoo boss Dagmar Schratter - who says the family is now completely reunited - explained: "It is always a last resort to raise young animals by hand and we are particularly delighted at how well reintegrating them with their mother has worked.

"The fact they have been reunited at such an early age will allow them to learn to integrate properly with the other lemurs - and to learn their language."

Woman's torso found in basement
The torso of a woman was found at the basement of a block of flats in Botosani, northern Romania.

Football champions stranded in snow
Nine players from Romania's football champions team - who met Manchester United in the Champions League playoffs - have been stranded for over 20 hours on a train, after they had left Galati for Bucharest on Monday, it emerged today (Tues).

New Prime Minister forms his team
The new prime minister (PM) will present his team tonight (Tues), after consultations with the political parties.

Former deputy sentenced to 5 years in jail
Former Romanian Chamber of Deputies member Emilian Cutean, from the Social Democrat Party (PSD) was sentenced definitively to five years in jail by the Court of Appeal in Bucharest today (Tues).

Seven buses caught up in snow
Seven buses with 450 passengers were stuck in the snow for more than seven hours in southeastern Romania, last night (Mon/Tues).

Central bank hikes inflation prognosis
Romania's Central Bank Governor Mugur Isarescu said today (Tues) the central bank had hiked the inflation prognosis from 3 per cent to 3.2 per cent in 2012.

Millions of Euro losses per day due to snowy roads
Losses of as much as 100 million Euros per day are estimated by the Associtation of Importers and Exporters in Romania (ANEIR), due to the weather conditions, as tens of national roads are blocked by snow and blizzards.

AA introduces new flights from Bucharest to Vienna
Austrian Airlines (AA) announced today (Tues) that it would increase the number of flights from Romania in the summer season.

Anti-corruption chief prosecutor's mandate extended
The chief of the National Anti-corruption Department (DNA), Daniel Morar, has his mandate prolonged for another six months the General Prosecutor Codruta Kovesi, said today (Tues).

Romanians warned about Syria violence
Romanians are warned against travelling to Syria, the Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) said today (Mon).