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South African home minister urges government to 'take control' of mines

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Trevor Neethling
Business Day, Johannesburg, South Africa
Wednesday, July 4, 2012

http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=175516

Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has upped the ante in the African National Congress' controversial plans for mining, telling African policy makers yesterday that it was time to "take control" of Africa's mineral wealth.

GoldSeek Radio's Chris Waltzek interviews GATA Chairman Bill Murphy

Section: Daily Dispatches

3:23p ICT Friday, July 6, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GoldSeek Radio's Chris Waltzek yesterday interviewed GATA Chairman Bill Murphy about recent developments in the gold market and the continuing manipulation there. The interview is about eight minutes long and can be heard at GoldSeek Radio here:

http://radio.goldseek.com/nuggets/murphy07.05.12.mp3

Attack disables GATA Internet site for hours

Section: Daily Dispatches

3:15p ICT Friday, July 6, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA's Internet site was disabled for a few hours last night by what our Webmaster reports was a "denial of service" attack:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack

Denmark sets a negative interest rate for first time

Section: Daily Dispatches

By John Acher and Ole Mikkelsen
Reuters
Thursday, July 5, 2012

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/07/05/denmark-rates-idUKL6E8I5A852012...

COPENHAGEN -- Denmark's central bank cut interest rates by a quarter point on Thursday, mirroring the European Central Bank's action earlier in the day, putting one of its secondary rates below zero for the first time in history.

Australia seeks closer currency ties with China

Section: Daily Dispatches

By James Glynn and Caroline Henshaw
The Wall Street Journal
Thursday, July 5, 2012

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405270230414120457750802117053482...

Thomas Pascoe: Revealed -- Why Gordon Brown sold Britain's gold at a knock-down price

Section: Daily Dispatches

Of course all this was "revealed" by GATA and particularly gold price suppression litigator Reginald H. Howe not long after it happened a decade ago, and GATA has been repeatedly thrusting it at the Telegraph ever since then, but it's thrilling to see a mainstream news organization getting around to it even this late.

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South Africa mine union revolt shows cracks in ANC rule

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ed Stoddard and Sherilee Lakmidas
Reuters
Wednesday, July 4, 2012

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/04/us-safrica-unions-anc-idUSBRE8...

Shaking his fist and surrounded by angry colleagues, South African gold miner Chres Manyaka raged against "fat cats" getting rich from the sweat of the workers.

New York Times figures out that conspiracies really ARE rigging markets

Section: Daily Dispatches

It's probably only another few decades now before the newspaper gets around to the gold and silver markets.

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Rigged Rates, Rigged Markets

From The New York Times
Tuesday, July 3, 2012

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/03/opinion/rigged-rates-rigged-markets.html

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