Chaos as Thai protestors storm Asia summit

Reuters Pictures 1 month ago Anti-government protestors from Thailand hold placards while demonstrating near the venue for the 14th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit being held in the Thai resort city of Hua Hin, about 200 km (125 miles) south of Bangkok February 28, 2009.

Chaos as Thai protestors storm Asia summit

AFP | Apr 11, 2009 |

Thai protesters smashed their way into a major Asian summit on Saturday, forcing the country’s embattled prime minister to cancel the meeting and evacuate foreign leaders by helicopter. Premier Abhisit Vejjajiva declared a state of emergency in the beach resort of Pattaya after thousands stormed the summit, which was supposed to focus on the financial crisis and North Korea’s rocket launch. read more

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As Taliban Overwhelm Police, Pakistanis Hit Back

Casualties have been high in areas near the Buner Valley. (Map courtesy NY Times)

By JANE PERLEZ and PIR ZUBAIR SHAH Published: November 1, 2008 SHALBANDI, Pakistan — On a rainy Friday evening in early August, six Taliban fighters attacked a police post in a village in Buner, a quiet farming valley just outside Pakistan’s lawless tribal region.

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Bullion Shortage and Spot Prices Tell Two Different Gold Stories

Graph courtesy www.kitco.com/

Published on 13-10-2008 Source: The Market Oracle – Gerard_Jackson
Having blogged earlier on a physical silver shortage and the drying up of gold bullion purchases, recent events in the precious metals markets justify an update that again arrives at the conclusion that last Friday’s silver and gold price plunge on COMEX has pretty little to do with the actual physical investment demand for gold and silver. Tim Iacono had a good post with the headline “Gold prices getting fishier and fishier,” that does away with the myth that the US mint faces unprecedented demand. I stumbled across several more reports that show the ongoing dichotomy between official spot or futures prices and premiums actually paid by investors, if they can get their coins or bars at all.

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