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The Fall of America

14. August 2007

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From the Financial Times: The US government is on a "burning platform" of unsustainable policies and practices with fiscal deficits, chronic healthcare underfunding, immigration and overseas military commitments threatening a crisis if action is not taken soon, the country's top government inspector has warned. David Walker, comptroller general of the US, issued the unusually downbeat [...]

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China Bans Reincarnation

14. August 2007

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From the Washington Post: In one of history's more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. According to a statement issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs, the law, which goes into effect next month and strictly stipulates the procedures by which one is to [...]

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10 Unsolved Mysteries Of The Brain

9. August 2007

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From Discover Magazine: "Of all the objects in the universe, the human brain is the most complex: There are as many neurons in the brain as there are stars in the Milky Way galaxy. So it is no surprise that, "­despite the glow from recent advances in the science of the brain and mind, we [...]

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