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A vet is a short word for veterinarian, an animal doctor. This year, Massey University in Palmerston North is celebrating 50 years since it opened the Veterinary school. Tomorrow, the school will celebrate this occasion with a day of speakers and a d

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A statue on Main Street in Enterprise, Alabama, features a woman holding a large, black boll weevil above her head. While many U.S. cities have suffered because of the recession, one town in the southern state of Alabama, has fared surprisingly well.

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We have limited funds, so we have to make a choice whether we feed people or we feed livestock In addition to lost crops and possessions, many survivors of Pakistan's floods lost their livestock. Surviving farm animals urgently need food and medical

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