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Top 10 Embarrassing Moments in Vet Medicine

Seeded on Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:32 PM EST (Vetstreet)

Crap happens. And then we laugh. But while it’s happening, it’s not always fun. Awkward is more like it. And when you’re a veterinarian, it seems that the crazy, creepy, cringe-worthy embarrassing moments just keep on coming.

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Seal bashers 'not malevolent'

Seeded on Tue Feb 21, 2012 3:31 PM EST (National Nine News)

Two Auckland men who bashed a seal pup caught up in their fishing net so badly it had to be put down have escaped serious penalties. In Waitakere District Court on Tuesday, Matthew Botica, 23, was discharged without conviction and Tomoare Angoika, 40, was sentenced to 100 hours' …

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100 dead in Syrian fighting

Seeded on Tue Feb 21, 2012 3:23 PM EST (National Nine News)

Syrian troops have killed at least 100 people, opposition activists say, mainly in the provinces of Homs and Idlib, as the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) called for a daily two-hour ceasefire to ensure the delivery of humanitarian aid. The death toll, which clim …

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Syrian forces mass outside rebel city

Seeded on Tue Feb 21, 2012 3:14 PM EST (National Nine News)

Syrian tanks and troops have massed outside the resistance stronghold of Homs for a possible ground assault that one activist warned could unleash a new round of fierce and bloody urban combat even as the Red Cross tried to broker a ceasefire to allow emergency aid in. A flood o …

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Solar tornado filmed on sun

Seeded on Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:35 PM EST (National Nine News)

A giant solar tornado believed to be as large as the Earth has been captured by a NASA satellite. A video of the phenomenon was recorded by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), a sun-watching satellite that has transmitted a series of stunning photos of solar flares in recent m …

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Anonymous cracks Syrian president's emails

Seeded on Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:20 PM EST (National Nine News)

Anonymous has revealed how they cracked the Syrian president's email account — his password was 12345. President Bashar al-Assad has become the internet hacker group's latest target due to his regime's bloody crackdown on anti-government forces. The hackers, some of whom  …

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French man wins dog in custody battle with ex

Seeded on Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:40 PM EST (National Nine News)

A French man has won custody of a black terrier named Poupette (Dolly) following a legal battle with his ex-girlfriend who asked a court to award her the dog after their break-up. The man's lawyer, Isabelle Terrin, said Wednesday that a judge near the southern city of Marseille  …

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Iran ready for nuclear talks

Seeded on Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:33 PM EST (National Nine News)

Iran has told world powers it is ready to resume talks as soon as possible over its disputed nuclear program, according to a letter obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press. It is an offer that could reflect its difficulty in coping with tough US and European sanctions, or amo …

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Honduras prison fire one of world's worst

Seeded on Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:27 PM EST (National Nine News)

A fire that broke out apparently when an inmate set a mattress ablaze in an overcrowded Honduran prison has left as many as 350 inmates dead as investigators pull one body after another from the smouldering facility. The fire, which started at 10.50pm Tuesday at the Comayagua Na …

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Bulli rapist has left prison

Seeded on Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:18 PM EST (National Nine News)

The man known as the Bulli rapist has walked free from prison after 22 years. Terry John Williamson, 42, walked out of Silverwater jail at 11am (AEDT) on Thursday. Williamson, wearing a white polo shirt, jeans, sneakers and a brown cap, said nothing to waiting media as he got i …

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Little Scooter scarpers to the great kennel in the sky

Seeded on Tue Feb 14, 2012 10:15 AM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Scooter, a dog so small he could sit in a teacup, has died. At six-months-old, the Maltese pup was claimed to be the smallest dog in the world. He was going to try for the official world record when he turned one. But he never got the chance.  

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More storms expected for NSW

Seeded on Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:29 PM EST (National Nine News)

The weather bureau has warned of severe thunderstorms with very heavy rain and possible flash flooding accompanied by damaging winds on Saturday in NSW. The storms will occur in an area stretching from Port Macquarie and Tamworth over Newcastle and Sydney as far south as Nowra i …

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Birds take on squirrel in battle that really takes the biscuit | Metro.co.uk

Seeded on Wed Feb 8, 2012 11:11 PM EST ()

This squirrel must have thought he had hit the jackpot when he stumbled across a discarded savory biscuit delight, but one group of woodland birds had other ideas. As the care-free squirrel nibbled on his lunch he was interrupted by the pesky group of hungry birds in a move that …

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Dozens dead as Syria regime pounds Homs

Seeded on Wed Feb 8, 2012 5:12 PM EST (National Nine News)

Syrian forces are pressing a relentless assault on the protest city of Homs, with dozens of civilians reported killed, hours after President Bashar al-Assad said he was committed to ending the bloodshed. The barrage of gunfire, mortars and shells was launched at daybreak and con …

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Sea cucumbers to save Great Barrier Reef

Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:26 PM EST (National Nine News)

Tropical sea cucumbers and their faeces could save coral reefs from the harmful impacts of climate change, scientists have found. Scientists at One Tree Island, the University of Sydney's research station on the Great Barrier Reef, say sea cucumbers reduce the impact of ocean ac …

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Egypt Islamists stop protesters

Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:18 PM EST (National Nine News)

Hundreds of Egyptian protesters demanding the end of military rule have been prevented from reaching parliament by backers of the Muslim Brotherhood, which holds the majority in the assembly. "We are standing here as a human shield, because if the protesters go any further, they …

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Syria troops push back rebels as UN meets

Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:11 PM EST (National Nine News)

Syrian troops have crushed pockets of rebel soldiers on the outskirts of Damascus, fuelling some of the bloodiest fighting of the 10-month-old uprising, as Western diplomats tried to overcome Russia's rejection of a draft UN resolution demanding President Bashar Assad halt the vi …

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Bulletproof human skin made with spider silk

Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2012 3:51 PM EST (National Nine News)

A Dutch artist has combined human skin and spider silk to develop a type of bulletproof skin. Jalila Essasidi worked with international scientists to create the new tissue using the silk, which is four times stronger than Kevlar, the material used in bulletproof vests, New Scien …

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Orang-utan protects baby from gang

Seeded on Sun Jan 29, 2012 5:08 AM EST (National Nine News)

A pregnant orang-utan protectively hugs her baby as a gang of bounty hunters surround the pair, hoping to cash in on a palm plantation's reward to get rid of the animals.

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Arab League halts Syria observer mission

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 4:48 PM EST (National Nine News)

The Arab League has suspended its observer mission in Syria because of an upsurge in violence that has killed more than 200 people in the past three days. At least 50 people were killed on Saturday alone. The decision came after consultations between the organisation's chief, N …

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US couple married for 73 years die together

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 4:41 PM EST (National Nine News)

Kentucky couple Presley and Ethel Bradshaw were married for 73 years when they died just hours apart from one another. Ethel, 99, had been in a nursing home for the past four years because of poor health and dementia, the Huffington Post reports. But 101-year-old Presley used t …

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Bus-sized asteroid shaves by Earth

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 4:35 PM EST (National Nine News)

An asteroid about the size of a bus shaved by Earth on Friday in what spacewatchers described as a "near-miss," though experts were not concerned about the possibility of an impact. The asteroid, named 2012 BX34, measured between six and 19m in diameter, said Gareth Williams, as …

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Bird lands on singer's guitar

Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 2:49 PM EST (National Nine News)

A spotlight seeking bird has hijacked a bluegrass performance in the US by flying onto the lead singer's guitar mid-song and refusing to budge.Footage of the tiny bird flying onto Josh Williams' guitar strap as he sung 'Mordecai' at the Doyle Lawson Bluegrass Festival in North Ca …

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Thousands throng Cairo to push for change

Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 2:39 PM EST (National Nine News)

Thousands of protesters have thronged Cairo's Tahrir Square to demand democratic change, vowing to revive their unfinished revolution a year after they toppled veteran president Hosni Mubarak. Protesters marched from across the capital to join thousands in Tahrir, the symbolic h …

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Syria killings spike as diplomacy heats up

Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 2:32 PM EST (National Nine News)

Syrian security forces have stepped up a deadly crackdown on dissent, as activists said almost 100 people died in two days of violence ahead of a bid to condemn Damascus at the UN Security Council. The head of the Arab League monitoring mission in Syria said that, since Tuesday, …

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  • Top 10 Embarrassing Moments in Vet Medicine

    Source: Vetstreet

    Crap happens. And then we laugh. But while it’s happening, it’s not always fun. Awkward is more like it. And when you’re a veterinarian, it seems that the crazy, creepy, cringe-worthy embarrassing moments just keep on coming.

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    What does a man do when caught red-eyed staring at a woman’s cleavage?  And what does a man do when that woman is not his wife, the president of a nation, but the wife of a prince? Arajarvi’s fixed gaze was not only busted by the princess in an awkward moment, …

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    On Thursday February 16, 2012 at 10:01pm, my father passed away. On Friday I wrote a tribute to him, although it was too short and not as good as I’d hoped it to be but it was the best I could accomplish at the time.

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  • Seal bashers 'not malevolent'

    Source: National Nine News

    Two Auckland men who bashed a seal pup caught up in their fishing net so badly it had to be put down have escaped serious penalties. In Waitakere District Court on Tuesday, Matthew Botica, 23, was discharged without conviction and Tomoare Angoika, 40, was sentenced to 100 hours' …

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  • 100 dead in Syrian fighting

    Source: National Nine News

    Syrian troops have killed at least 100 people, opposition activists say, mainly in the provinces of Homs and Idlib, as the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) called for a daily two-hour ceasefire to ensure the delivery of humanitarian aid. The death toll, which clim …

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