Safari, mail and others don't save history or settings

Hello,
I have an 11" Mac Book Air with OS X Lion, which I purchased some months ago. After using the computer for a couple of weeks, something started to go wrong with the .plist files. Suddenly Safari, Mail, ICal, and other programs stopped saving history and preferences. Some of the symptoms of these proles include.
Safari: browse history stopped saving after a given date. Nothing I browsed after that date is there when I reopen Safari.
Mail: I have mail set with all of my e-mail accounts, including POP and IMAP. If I try to change something in my preferences, it does as long as I have the program open, but if I log out and then back in, none of the changes I made remain.
ICal: non of my preferences are saved.
After experiencing these problems for a while, I decided to reinstall Lion. Everything went back to normal... but only for a couple of weeks, the problems are back once again.
Any tips on how to sort this problem out will be much appreciated.
Luis Segura
Puerto Madryn
Argentina

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