Daily Dispatches

1:03a ET Thursday, January 5, 2006

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

MiningMX's Allan Seccombe has done an excellent
interview with South African mining entrepreneur
Roger Kebble, father of the late Brett Kebble.
The interview is being published in two parts
and you can find the first part here:

http://www.miningmx.com/mining_fin/762104.htm

By Allen G. Breed
Associated Press
Wednesday, January 4, 2006

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060104/ap_on_re_us/mine_explosion

TALLMANSVILLE, W.Va. -- Twelve miners caught in an explosion in a
coal mine were found alive Tuesday night, sending family members
streaming from the church where they had gathered during the nearly

6:51p ET Tuesday, January 3, 2006

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

BusinessWeek today published an investigative report
about how one particular electronic gold payment
service is alleged to have been used by criminal
organizations.

We almost surely will wait in vain for a similar
investigative report from BusinessWeek or any
other publication of the financial establishment
about how cash, bank accounts, credit cards,

From Reuters
Thursday, December 29, 2005

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051229/pl_nm/economy_debtlimit_dc

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow warned lawmakers on
Thursday that a legally set limit on the government's ability to
borrow will be hit in mid-February and urged Congress to raise it
quickly.