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The following articles by various authors are of significant interest. They cover many important topics including current events, historical documentation, commentaries, subjects in law, natural rights, and more. Take the time to educate yourself and form your own opinions. You will find it to be time well spent.

Introducing the world's smallest gun that fires deadly 300mph bullets - but is just TWO inches long!

March 5, 2008 - This is the world's smallest gun - and although it might look like a harmless toy to some, it is anything but as it is capable of firing deadly bullets at a speed of 300mph.

The Swiss Minigun, being marketed as a collector's item, is two inches long, and fires 4.53mm bullets.

Costing £3,000 in stainless steel, a gold-plated, diamond-studded

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U.S. deploys troop advisers in Pakistan!

March 5, 2008 - The U.S. will send a squad of military advisers to Pakistan to train soldiers fighting militants in the country's restive tribal areas.

After weeks of negotiations between the U.S. and Pakistan's new army chief of staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, President Pervez Musharraf has agreed to accept troops to train soldiers in counter-insurgency operations.READ MORE

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Vultures are ripping apart roofs and chewing cars but federal law prohibits stopping them!

BARTOW, Florida - March 5, 2008 - Residents in a Polk County community are demanding help in getting rid of vultures that are ripping shingles off rooftops and chewing rubber linings of car doors and windows.

City officials said little can be done about the hundreds of black and turkey vultures because they are federally protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

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Case renews debate on vaccine-autism link!

March 5, 2008 - Government health officials have conceded that childhood vaccines worsened a rare, underlying disorder that ultimately led to autism-like symptoms in a Georgia girl, and that she should be paid from a federal vaccine-injury fund.

Medical and legal experts say the narrow wording and circumstances probably make the case an exception -- not a precedent for thousands o

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More FBI privacy violations confirmed!

WASHINGTON - March 5, 2008 - The FBI acknowledged Wednesday that it improperly accessed Americans' telephone records, credit reports and Internet traffic in 2006, the fourth straight year of privacy abuses resulting from investigations aimed at tracking terrorists and spies.

The breach occurred before the FBI enacted broad new reforms in March 2007 to prevent future lapses, FB

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Current account balance of every country on Earth (U.S. is last)!

Rank Order - Current account balance

You have to look all the way to the bottom to find the U.S.

Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.

Rank &

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Brain control headset for gamers!

Gamers will soon be able to interact with the virtual world using their thoughts and emotions alone.

A neuro-headset which interprets the interaction of neurons in the brain will go on sale later this year.

"It picks up electrical activity from the brain and sends wireless signals to a computer," said Tan Le, president of U.S./Australian firm