Report: African wars cost billions

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- Africa's nearly two dozen wars in recent decades have robbed the continent of about $18 billion a year that could have gone to helping one of the world's poorest regions build stronger economies, according to a report being released Thursday.

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Cop who fell on the job sues family of baby who almost drowned

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Microsoft opens personal health record site

# ights # Microsoft launches HealthVault.com site # People can manage their personal health and medical information online # Privacy advocates concerned patients' confidential records will not be protected # Many people still consider private medical information too sensitive …

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Great Quotes of Jagad Guru Chris Butler on Understanding the Self

Who am I?" Maybe you've never even asked yourself this question. You might think you already know who you are. Unfortunately, however, it's likely that you don't know who you are at all. And if you don't know your real identity, you're in trouble.

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Quotes of Jagad Guru Chris Butler on Playing the God Philosophy

Mystic yogis, by the practice of mystic or psychic powers, can do things that ordinary people consider very wonderful and miraculous. Such yogis then exploit the people, claiming that they are God Himself.

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Dressing and naming vacuum cleaners

"They give them nicknames, worry when they signal for help and sometimes even treat them like a trusted pet."

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British adventurer ends 13-year human-powered world trip

"British adventurer Jason Lewis on Saturday arrived in Greenwich, south-east London, ending a 13-year round-the-world trip using only the power of the human body." Amazing stuff!

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Superb Video of Jagad Guru Chris Butler: Materialists Cannot Define Life

A materialist holds to the concept, theory, that there is only one energy that exists, and that is matter. And so when he comes to questions such as "What is consciousness? What is awareness? What is life?", he concludes that it also must have some chemical basis.

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