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Mexico went from 7 to 100 tonnes in a flash; Russia, Thailand bought too

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How strange. The IMF never issued a press release about the Mexican, Russian, and Thai gold purchases:

http://www.imf.org/external/news/default.aspx

Apparently to the IMF only gold sales are news.

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Bank of Mexico Buys 100 Tons of Gold in February, March

By Rhiannon Hoyle
The Wall Street Journal
May 4, 2011

Lars Schall: The war on gold (and silver)

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1:11p ET Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

Huge gold purchase by Mexico's central bank: 100 tonnes

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By Jack Farchy
Financial Times, London
Wednesday, May 4, 2011

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cbc02e10-7637-11e0-b4f7-00144feabdc0,s01=1.html

The central bank of Mexico bought nearly 100 tonnes of gold in February and March, the latest emerging market country to turn to bullion as a means of diversifying away from the faltering dollar.

GATA consultants Turk and Vieira to speak May 12 at CMRE in New York

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1a ET Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Ralph Benko: Fort Knox vs. Fort Fed

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10:03p ET Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In addition to Bill Frezza's essay just dispatched to you, there's something else brilliant at the Forbes blog tonight: An essay by Ralph Benko, senior economic adviser to the American Principles Project, about the many efforts under way to get the United States to return to or at least consider returning to a gold standard.

Bill Frezza: Bernanke's only positive legacy will be a return to gold

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Ben Bernanke's Lone Positive Legacy: A Return To The Gold Standard

By Bill Frezza
Forbes.com
Tuesday, May 3, 2011

http://blogs.forbes.com/billfrezza/2011/05/03/ben-bernankes-lone-positiv...

I'll make two predictions with utter confidence.

Thom Calandra reports on Doug Casey's Research Summit

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9:05p ET Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

Sprott tells King World News he has more silver than ever

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9p ET Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

Peter Degraaf: Nuts to all you top pickers!

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10:52a ET Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

Amid another bear raid on gold and silver, market analyst and newsletter writer Peter Degraaf holes up with some interesting charts and data and proclaims "Nuts to All You Top Pickers!," which you can find at GoldSeek here:

http://news.goldseek.com/GoldSeek/1304432068.php

CHRIS POWELL, Secretrary/Treasurer

Ben Davies: Silver criticality -- why silver might crash

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11:23p ET Monday, May 2, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

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