Suburban survivalists stock up for Armageddon

Some see the current economic downturn as tough — but temporary — times to be endured. But others see it as a harbinger of even grimmer days ahead. So they’re preparing for the worst by stockpiling food: piles and piles and piles of it.

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Priests to Purify Site After Bush Visit

Mayan priests will purify a sacred archaeological site to eliminate "bad spirits" after President Bush visits next week, an official with close ties to the group said Thursday.

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Mistaken Self-Love

Forsyth, Georgia, - My Voice - Christ's Voice – Then Your Thought – Your Prayer Christ's Voice, Thought and Prayer taken from Chapter 102 of My Daily Bread, by Father Anthony Pavone, S.J. My Voice: No matter what day, what hour, what minute, what time I reflect on a thou …

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Much of the Zimbabwe capital, Harare, is without water, state media reports, at a time of a cholera outbreak. Water was cut because of a shortage of purification chemicals, The Herald newspaper quotes water authority officials as saying.

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Water shortage is one of the critical challenges facing human society. The March 20th issue of Nature has a cover story on the subject, and this article surveys some of the topics.

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A new membrane that mimics pores found in plants has applications in water, energy and climate change mitigation.

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Briton invents water purifying bottle that can clean almost any kind of water

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This is a truly sickening video -- not for graphic content -- but for the inhumanity and jovial attitudes of the troops in question. The language and dismissal the Israeli troops show could almost fit into news reals from Rwanda, Czechoslovakia, or Nazi Germany.

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NEW DELHI (AP) - Teachers in a village school in western India sprinkled cow urine on several low-caste students to purify them, a news report said Saturday.

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Rust, or at least one of its constituents, could bring relief to the 60 million people in Bangladesh.

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Researchers have discovered a method that could drastically change the way we purify water within a few years. With the new aerobic granular sludge technology (Nereda TM), aerobic bacterial granules are formed in the water that is to be purified.

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This may help alieviate or eliminate the upcoming Middle East Water Wars

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Drinking your own urine? The way to solve water shortage problem? Regardless, it works! By the guy behind the Segway.

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