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And it may mean we never leave. – The US (and especially the Brits, one of the few countriesleft in the “coalition”), are being pressed by voters to get their troops out of Afghanistan, which seems to many people to be a futile war being waged in a country with no desire to become democratic. One of the problems with our leaving is the fear that the country would revert to the farming of opium poppies, which end up as illegal drugs on the streets of major Western cities. Now a trillion dollar treasure trove of minerals has been discovered inAfghanistan, which may provide the country with a new economic base that would make poppy farming much less appealing.read more

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Well, yes and no – Sometimes things aren’t they way they seem to be. For instance, we used to be told that diets full of fruits and vegetables will protect us from cancer, but researchers no longer think that’s true. Does this mean we should forget about eating a healthy diet?

Not if you want to avoid Alzheimer’s: Neurologists have discovered that sticking to a diet rich in nuts, fish and vegetables significantly cuts the chance of developing Alzheimer’s. And it’s the COMBINATION of good foods that’s important.
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Both mysterious – What’s going on? The flu virus moves around–now Lyme disease is doing the same. And humans aren’t the only ones in trouble: Small dots are appearing without explanation on plants in Tennessee that seem to “burn” through the leaves, and farmers there are afraid they’ll lose their entire crops. This strange disease is killing trees, tough weeds and even birds!
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More than we realize – Here’s another reason we need alternative energy sources like solar energy: If all the oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico had been used for fuel, it could have powered 38,000 cars, 3,400 trucks and 1,800 ships for a full year, based on the estimated spill rate of 19,000 barrels of oil per day.
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