Firefox does not save history and bookmarks and I can't even clear history.

Hi, I would like to ask some help regarding my firefox.
At first, I have this Mozilla Firefox 3.6.8 where it all started.
I can't remember really when, but I just noticed that I can't clear my history even though I checked all and selected "Everything". Already tried re-installing FF, still none.
Then another one is that, it does not save history. All the history it saved were from the past. No new history can be added.
Please help me..

See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locked_or_damaged_places.sqlite

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