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Venezuelan government will claim all domestic gold production

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2011-09-19 23:52 Section: Daily Dispatches

Chavez Decrees Nationalization of Gold Industry Amid Surging Bullion Price

By Nathan Crooks and Corina Rodriguez Pons
Bloomberg News
Monday, September 19, 2011

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-19/chavez-decrees-nationalization-...

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China reported likely to keep buying U.S. debt

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2011-09-19 23:42 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Zhou Xin and Kevin Yao
Reuters
Monday, September 19, 2011

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/20/us-china-us-treasuries-idUSTRE...

BEIJING -- China, the largest foreign holder of U.S. government debt, will keep buying U.S. Treasuries, the official People's Daily, the ruling Communist Party's mouthpiece, reported on Tuesday, citing government researchers.

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Central banks return as gold buyers

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2011-09-19 01:18 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Jack Farchy
Financial Times, London
Monday, September 19, 2011

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/05232c38-e209-11e0-9915-00144feabdc0.html...

MONTREAL, Canada -- European central banks have become net buyers of gold for the first time in more than two decades, the latest sign of how the turbulence in the currency and debt markets has revolutionised the bullion market.

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Is 'conflict gold' a problem worse than imaginary gold?

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2011-09-18 19:53 Section: Daily Dispatches

Conflict Gold Guidelines 'No. 1 Priority' for LBMA

By Jan Harvey
Reuters
Sunday, September 18, 2011

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/18/us-lbma-gold-drcongo-idUSTRE78...

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Rickards tells King World News what to watch for in currency war

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2011-09-18 13:35 Section: Daily Dispatches

1:30a HKT Monday, September 19, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

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Dutch Socialist Party puts gold questions to treasury secretary

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2011-09-18 13:02 Section: Daily Dispatches

1a HKT Monday, September 19, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The Netherlands libertarian blog Vrijspreker reported Sunday that the Dutch Socialist Party, with has 15 seats in the Netherlands Parliament, has put to the country's treasury secretary 10 impertinent questions about gold along the lines of the questions GATA has sought to put to Western central banks.

The questions are: