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Monday, March 29, 2004

misc

5th Circuit ukase guts 4th Amendment
Channel 6 News

"It's a groundbreaking court decision that legal experts say will
affect everyone: Police officers in Louisiana no longer need a search
or arrest warrant to conduct a brief search of your home or business.
Leaders in law enforcement say it will provide safety to officers,
but others argue it's a privilege that could be abused. The decision
was made by the New Orleans-based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. Two
dissenting judges called it the 'road to Hell.'" (03/26/04)

http://www.theneworleanschannel.com/news/2953483/detail.html
Giant X-ray machine used in drug search
BBC News [UK]

"A 7ft-tall X-ray machine was used for the first time by police who
arrested 35 people during a raid on two pubs in north-west London.
More than 400 officers took part in the operation to scan suspects
for drugs and weapons in Harlesden High Street. Equipment was brought
in on articulated lorries on Friday night, and suspects had the
choice of being strip-searched or scanned. The machine shows a
'graphic' image of the suspect minus their clothes." (03/27/04)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3573933.stm

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posted by FLoA # 3/29/2004 07:22:20 AM

Sunday, March 28, 2004

misc.

Santa Fe to mandate dog seat belts?
----------
Yahoo News
   "Santa Fe is considering requiring doggie seat belts. A major
   rewrite of the city's animal control ordinance proposes that
   Santa Fe dogs be buckled up when riding in trucks and other
   vehicles." (3/25/04)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/130470508.html
Indiana state police criticized for encouraging drunk driving
----------
Indy Star
   "An appeals court sharply criticized Indiana State Police
   ... for conducting an 'outrageously dangerous' traffic
   stop by knowingly encouraging an informant under the
   influence of drugs and alcohol to speed through a small
   town." They took that action so that the man's passenger
   could be arrested for drug charges; the impaired driver
   was taken home. (3/26/04)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/100163243.html

posted by FLoA # 3/28/2004 07:12:27 PM

Thursday, March 25, 2004

misc

US loses online gambling case
    Miami Herald

"Antigua and Barbuda, the Caribbean island nation, won a World Trade
Organization ruling that U.S. legislation criminalizing online
betting runs counter to international law. According to a
confidential ruling to the two countries today, Antigua, with a
population of 68,000, won a complaint that a U.S. ban on Internet
gaming violates WTO accords on commercial services. The U.S. ban has
slashed revenue in Antigua, which developed online gambling to boost
an economy whose main income, tourism, suffered after a series of
hurricanes." (03/25/04)

http://tinyurl.com/3cwjs

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6) One vote decides Libertarian primary
    San Jose Mercury News

"Three weeks after the polls closed, there is apparently a one-vote
winner in a seesaw battle to pick a Libertarian candidate to run for
a Silicon Valley [CA] state Senate seat in the November general
election.Software engineer Michael Laursen received 285 votes in the
Libertarian primary, while his opponent, John Webster, garnered 284,
according to the Santa Clara County registrar of voters. The race
drew attention because of Webster's view that children should be
allowed to have sex with adults, and his sex-related felony
conviction in 1990. ... Webster was ahead by one vote on election
night, but Laursen later pulled ahead." (03/24/04)

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/8263116.htm

Cynical electorate is uninterested in political process
    Guardian [UK]

"Politics is on the verge of becoming a minority interest, the [UK]
Electoral Commission warned yesterday. Its audit of political
engagement paints a bleak picture of a nation with little political
interest, knowledge or satisfaction. Its poll, conducted by Mori,
found that political apathy is so extreme that only about half (51%)
of those questioned were certain to vote at the next election and
just 42% could name their MP. In findings that shocked pollsters,
interest was so low that only two out of five people (38%) had
discussed politics or political news in the past two to three years."
(03/25/04)

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/apathy/story/0,12822,1177406,00.html

posted by FLoA # 3/25/2004 08:45:10 AM

Tuesday, March 23, 2004

James Please Note Second Part

YOU CAN BET MONEY ON HOW THIS WILL TURN OUT!!!!

Supreme Court hears privacy case
MSNBC

"Do you have to tell the police your name? Depending on how the
Supreme Court rules, the answer could be the difference between
arrest and freedom. The justices heard arguments Monday in a
first-of-its-kind case that asks whether people can be punished for
refusing to identify themselves." (03/22/04)

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4580000/

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Census shows world's population growth is slowing
Dodge City Daily Globe

"The world's population growth is slowing because women are having
fewer children and more people are dying from AIDS, especially in
Africa, according to a Census Bureau report released Monday. The
report forecasts there will be nearly 9.1 billion people by 2050, a
nearly 50 percent increase from the 6.2 billion in 2002. However, the
growth rate is slowing significantly." (03/22/04)

http://ap.dodgeglobe.com/stories/20040322/2004017.shtml

posted by FLoA # 3/23/2004 08:05:11 AM

Monday, March 22, 2004

The last item is about the Haymarket Riot in Chicago at the turn of the century. Mr. Parsons was wrongfully convicted and pardoned by Gov. Altgeld (the " F

Florida teachers predict "retention time bomb"
----------
Miami Herald
   "[Florida's] new plan to ensure that third-graders can read
   before they are promoted will have a dramatic
   consequence: An explosion of older students in
   elementary and middle school classrooms. Educators say
   they are are bracing for a 'retention time bomb'
   stemming from the state's clampdown on social promotion
   that took effect this school year." (3/21/04)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/592499681.html

Michigan governor mandates job protectionism
----------
Detroit Free Press
   "To help keep jobs in Michigan, Gov. Jennifer Granholm will sign a
   pair of executive directives ... to prohibit the state from
   contracting with businesses that would do the work in foreign
   countries. In addition, companies now doing business with the
   state would be required to say who is doing the contracted work
   and where it is being done." (3/22/04)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/624782240.html

Missouri pols take vacation, leave budget issues dangling
----------
St Louis Post-Dispatch
   "[MO] Legislators left for their weeklong vacation last
   week without advancing the bills that make up the $19
   billion budget. .... 'While we now have a state dinosaur
   and state grass, we have no hint of a state budget from
   the House,'" said Governor Holden. (3/21/04)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/641619938.html

Ohio State University sells out alumni to credit card company
----------
Dayton Daily News
   "Ohio State University sold the names, phone numbers and addresses
   of all 358,000 alumni to a credit-card company, university
   officials said. It's the first time the school has given out a
   complete alumni contact list, said Eileen Bertolini, director of
   information services for university development, which manages the
   alumni database." (3/22/04)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/646016018.html

Chicago police protest naming of park after anarchist
----------
Chicago Sun-Times
   "The Chicago Park District is proposing to name a park for
   [anarchist Lucy Parsons] on the Northwest Side as a recognition of
   her efforts on behalf of workers, women and African Americans. The
   head of the Chicago police union is objecting, dismissing her as
   'a woman whose historic roots come from the defense of her
   husband.'" (3/22/04)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/651842359.html

posted by FLoA # 3/22/2004 05:29:01 PM

misc..

Drug crackdown pains patients
    MAPINC

"The government's widening crackdown on prescription-drug abuse is
having an unintended consequence: It's making it tougher for people
with chronic pain to get treatment. ... Patients with chronic pain
say the government initiatives are making it harder for them to get
the painkillers they need to battle conditions such as arthritis and
cancer. The crackdown is making doctors more reluctant to prescribe
some drugs out of fear they will attract attention from regulators.
Doctors are also getting more vigilant. One Tennessee doctor turned
in a patient he believed wasn't actually taking a prescription
painkiller. The arrest took place in the doctor's office." (03/20/04)

http://www.mapinc.org/ccnews/v04/n461/a01.html

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Woman's gun may have saved her life
    Oakland Daily Press

"Four years ago, she was helpless as a man robbed her at gunpoint. On
Friday, legally armed with a handgun, she may have saved her life.
And Farmington Hills [MI] Police Chief William Dwyer, who dreaded a
change in the law in 2001 to make it easier to receive a concealed
weapons permit, admits that he's changing his mind about that law.
Dwyer said the woman could easily have been killed after she was
targeted by a couple looking for an easy score." (03/20/04)

http://www.theoaklandpress.com/stories/03202004/pol_20040320011.shtml

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New deaf signs: Limp wrists and slant eyes must go
    Telegraph [UK]

"Political correctness has caught up with sign language for deaf
people. Gestures used to depict ethnic and religious minorities and
homosexuals are being dropped because they are now deemed offensive.
The abandoned signs include 'Jewish,' in which a hand mimes a hooked
nose; the sign for 'gay,' a flick of a limp wrist; and 'Chinese,' in
which the index fingertips pull the eyes into a slant. Another
dropped sign is that for 'Indian,' which is a finger pointing to an
imaginary spot in the middle of a forehead." (03/21/04)

http://tinyurl.com/2rfnr
Canada plans pilot marijuana project
    MSNBC

"Canada plans to make government-certified marijuana available in
local pharmacies, a move that would make it only the second country
in the world to allow the direct sale of medical marijuana. Officials
are organizing a pilot project in the British Columbia province
modeled on a year-old program in the Netherlands." (03/21/04)

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4574925/

posted by FLoA # 3/22/2004 07:50:52 AM

Friday, March 19, 2004

misc.

Taiwan's President Chen shot
    CNN

"Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian has been rushed to hospital after
being shot while campaigning for Saturday's election, the
Presidential Office says. Chen was shot in the stomach at 1:45 p.m.
(0545 GMT) Friday but his condition was not critical, his office
said. The office said the president was conscious and that Chen had
urged for calm. Vice President Annette Lu was also wounded in the
attack. ... Chen and Lu had been driving on the back of a convertible
four-wheel drive vehicle in the president's hometown of Tainan when
an unknown gunman opened fire." (03/19/04)

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/19/taiwan.chen/

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3) NATO sends reinforcements to Kosovo
    MSNBC

"Ethnic Albanians torched Serb homes and churches Thursday as Kosovo
convulsed in a second day of violence, its worst since the province's
war ended in 1999. Serbian nationalists set mosques elsewhere on fire
and threatened to retaliate with 'slaughter and death,' and NATO sent
reinforcements to quell tensions in the U.N.-run province and ease
the threat of renewed conflict in the volatile Balkans." (03/18/04)

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4547376/

Libertarian seatbelt resister's case continued
    Algonquin Countryside

"Ken Prazak says he would rather go to jail than pay a $25 ticket for
not wearing his seat belt while driving through Algonquin [IL]. Come
April 30, the East Dundee resident will know whether he will be
sentenced to jail time. ... Prazak filed two motions to dismiss the
$25 seat belt ticket on the grounds the law is unconstitutional. One
motion states the law is a violation of the Ninth Amendment, which
allows a person to retain individual rights not covered in the
Constitution, and another motion claimed he was not afforded due
process as stated in the Fifth Amendment. The third motion was filed
to suppress evidence due to a lack of probable cause. 'They want me
to pay $137 for my right to a jury trial on a $25 ticket, it's
ridiculous,' Prazak said. Prazak is an active member of the local
Libertarian party, and hosts a radio talk show on an Elgin radio
station." (03/18/04)

http://tinyurl.com/2cxma

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7) Missouri legislature passes repeal of First Amendment
    Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"The abundance of outdoor sex advertisements also has caught the
attention of Missouri legislators, who are aggressively trying to cut
down on the signs. Separate bills approved by the state House and
Senate would ban most highway billboards for businesses where workers
appear nude or where more than 10 percent of the store space is used
to display pornography. Sexually oriented businesses located within
one mile of a highway would be allowed just two onsite billboards:
one with the name, address, phone number and operating hours of the
business, the other warning minors to keep out." (03/19/04)

http://tinyurl.com/25dh9
Program encourages public to snitch on drug-throwing dealers
    Montreal Gazette [Canada]

"In a bid to stop drug-filled tennis balls and arrows from being
hurled over prison fences, Leclerc penitentiary officials and Laval
police have launched a campaign asking the public for help. Laval
police plan to hand out more than 2,000 pamphlets in the coming days
to residents near the 44-year-old medium-security penitentiary,
asking them to watch for any suspicious behaviour. The program aims
to halt the practice of drug couriers using sports gear to send
narcotics to their customers in detention." (03/18/04)

http://tinyurl.com/23owh
Arizona Senate approves 80mph limit
    Arizona Republic

"Arizona state senators may be sending negative messages on highway
safety by clearing the way for 80-mph speeds on rural interstates and
rejecting a bill to allow police to pull over drivers not wearing
seat belts, activists say. 'I'm perplexed at the Legislature. They
are essentially saying 'no' to stronger seat belt laws and saying
'yes' to driving faster,' says Michael Frias, deputy director of the
Governor's Office of Highway Safety. The speed limit legislation ...
allows the Arizona Department of Transportation to raise the speed
limit to 80 from 75 mph on roads like Interstate 10 from Phoenix to
Tucson. If enacted, it would be the nation's highest speed limit. But
senators last Thursday voted 19-10 against a proposal [that] would
have allowed police to stop a driver solely for not wearing a belt.
Police can ticket for that now only after stopping a driver on
another violation." (03/18/04)

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0316limits16.html

WHO: Legal drugs pose greatest health threat
    MSNBC

"The health threat from legal drugs like alcohol and tobacco is much
greater than that from illegal narcotics, the World Health
Organization said Thursday. The first report of its kind by the
global body found that dependence on alcohol and cigarettes has a
much greater cost for societies than illegal drugs like cocaine and
crack." (03/18/04)

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4556847/

posted by FLoA # 3/19/2004 09:16:34 AM

Wednesday, March 17, 2004

tidbits

Chinese gov executes 10,000 each year
----------
eTaiwanNews.com
   "China sentences to death and immediately executes around 10,000
   convicted criminals every year, according to a delegate who sought
   to curb the practice at China's just closed parliamentary
   session." (3/16/04)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/347789383.html

Copenhagen police sweep ends "Pusher Street"
----------
Copenhagen Post
   "[P]olice forces stormed 58 Copenhagen-area addresses and hauled
   in 53 individuals on drug charges. .... The sting was directed at
   48 known Christiania drug dealers and their associates ....
   [P]olice began physically dismantling several famous Pusher Street
   'hash booths,' declaring an end to the open free-state drug trade
   once and for all." (3/17/04)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/351500255.html

posted by FLoA # 3/17/2004 10:48:24 AM

Thursday, March 11, 2004

misc.

U.S. House passes restaurant lawsuit ban
----------
Washington Times
   "The House ... banned lawsuits that would blame fast-food
   companies for their customers' weight gain and other health
   problems." Critics say the legislation is unneeded, a distraction,
   and tries to fix a problem that doesn't exist. (3/11/04)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/115000329.html

Miami guards accused of falsifying reports on teen they killed
----------
Miami Herald
   "The Miami-Dade juvenile lockup, where Omar Paisley died of a
   burst appendix that went untreated, was jolted by a new
   allegation ... that guards falsified documents relating to
   another inmate's attempted suicide last week." (3/11/04)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/139393662.html

Colorado medical marijuana case goes to federal court
----------
Rocky Mountain News
   "A [CO] federal judge ruled ... that the federal court, not state
   court, is the right place to decide a dispute over conflicting
   laws governing the use of medical marijuana." At issue is federal
   agents' refusal to return Donald Nord's marijuana after state
   charges against him were dismissed because he's a certified MMJ
   user. (3/10/04)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/120433162.html

Settlement in Tulia lawsuit closes narcotics task force
----------
Houston Chronicle
   "A $5 million settlement for Tulia [TX] residents targeted in a
   now-discredited drug bust many said was racially motivated will
   also end the narcotics task force that ran the sting ..."
   (3/11/04)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/144826076.html

New Zealand police officers trained in perjury?
----------
New Zealand Herald
   "A group of [New Zealand] former undercover police agents seeking
   compensation for the damage caused by their past drug use claim
   they were trained to commit perjury and tamper with evidence. ....
   Speaking through a spokesman, Justice Minister Phil Goff said
   there was nothing new about the officers' claims that they were
   taught to perjure themselves." (3/11/04)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/131339451.html

Bill would penalize people for being high
MAPINC

"Missourians under the influence of drugs could be arrested for being
high if a proposed House bill is passed. Reps. Brian Baker, R-Belton,
and Therese Sander, R-Moberly, proposed House Bill No. 983, which
would make it a Class A misdemeanor to be under the influence of a
controlled substance. Current law prohibits only the possession,
purchase, distribution or manufacturing of a controlled substance.
Rep. Theresa Sander, R-Moberly and Baker said drug laws contain a
'loophole' that prohibits police from charging someone with a drug
violation without physical evidence. Under the proposed legislation,
for example, police could arrest someone for being under the
influence of cocaine even without physical evidence that the person
was in possession of the drug." (03/10/04)

http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n408/a02.html

posted by FLoA # 3/11/2004 04:08:53 PM

Wednesday, March 10, 2004

Fw: Why the "munchies"? Here's one thing they found ...

----- Original Message -----
From: "R. J. Tavel, J.D."
To: "Learning Electronically About Freedom mailing service"

Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 10:23 AM
Subject: Why the "munchies"? Here's one thing they found ...

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> Single pill tackles smoking and obesity
> http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health/story.jsp?story=499658
>
> A single pill that tackles obesity and smoking could become the next
> pharmaceutical industry blockbuster after scientists revealed its first
> results yesterday.
>
> Rimonabant, made by the French company Sanofi-Synthelabo, has been shown
in
> two separate American trials to speed weight loss in overweight patients
> and to double the number of people stopping smoking while preventing
> subsequent weight gain.
>
> The twin effects of rimonabant on two of the Western world's dominant
> cravings could give it a crucial advantage over other drugs on the market.
> Preventing weight gain after giving up smoking would remove one of the
> greatest disincentives for those trying to kick the habit.
>
> Rimonabant is involved in seven trials in more than 13,000 patients around
> the world. It works by blocking cannabis receptors in the brain and was
> discovered after researchers decided to investigate why cannabis smokers
> developed the "munchies", the fierce appetite that often accompanies
> smoking of the drug.
>
> First results presented to the American College of Cardiology meeting in
> New Orleans yesterday showed that among 1,036 overweight patients treated
> for a year in Canada, those given the highest dose of rimonabant lost an
> average of 8.6kg (1st 5lb), compared with 2.3kg (5lb) for those on
placebos.
>
> In a second trial in 787 heavy smokers treated for 10 weeks in the US, 36
> per cent of those given rimonabant had stopped smoking, compared with 20
> per cent of those on placebo. Those on the drug, brand name Acomplia, lost
> half a pound weight on average, while those on placebos gained 2.5lb.
>
> Robert Anthenelli, one of the lead researchers in the second trial from
the
> University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, said: "Since these two
> studies show that rimonabant treats obesity and related metabolic
disorders
> in overweight and obese patients, and also helps people quit smoking
> without significant post-cessation weight gain, we may have a very
> promising new approach for managing two major and preventable risk factors
> for cardiovascular disease with one and the same drug."
>
> British experts welcomed the results. Ian Campbell, chairman of the
> National Obesity Forum, described the findings as "very positive" . "To
> achieve an 8kg weight loss over one year is as good as other medications
> that are available," he said. "I would look forward to the two-year
results
> because once you have got weight down maintaining weight loss is crucial.
> If it can prevent weight gain in people who stop smoking that could be its
> unique selling point."
>
> Professor Martin Jarvis, an expert on smoking at University College
London,
> said: "These are encouraging results. I know people are excited about it.
> For years everyone has been searching for a drug that is effective in
> reducing weight and doesn't have nasty side-effects. Lowered weight gain
> after stopping smoking would be an added bonus. Given how obesity is
> galloping away it must have a potentially really big market."
>
> Rimonabant is the first of a new class of drugs called selective CB1
> blockers which act on the addictive pathway in the brain associated with
> regulating the body's intake of food and tobacco dependency. Research
> suggests the drug taps into pathways associated with the pleasure obtained
> by eating, smoking tobacco or smoking cannabis. CB1 receptors are also
> found in fat cells and have a role in fat and glucose metabolism.
>
> The drug is expected to be on the market in the UK next year.
>

posted by FLoA # 3/10/2004 10:40:46 AM

misc.

"Priceless" parody ad slams Kerry lifestyle
    Boston Globe

"A conservative group headed by one of Bill Clinton's harshest critics
is airing an ad that pokes fun at presumptive Democratic nominee John
F. Kerry's haircut, designer clothing, and property holdings. ... The
ad shows Kerry, boats at a marina and oceanfront property as an
announcer says: 'Massachusetts Senator John Kerry. Hairstyle by
Christophe's: $75. Designer shirts: $250. Forty-two-foot luxury
yacht: $1 million. Four lavish mansions and beachfront estate: Over
$30 million.' Another shot is of Kerry and Senator Edward M. Kennedy,
Democrat of Massachusetts, with the words: 'Another rich, liberal
elitist from Massachusetts who claims he's a man of the people.
Priceless.'" (03/09/04)

http://tinyurl.com/2pew9
US visa red tape drives away foreign students
    USA Today

"The difficulty of obtaining student visas since Sept. 11, 2001, is
leading to declines in enrollment by foreign students at many
universities nationally. Educators say the downturn threatens the
leading role of higher education in the United States, especially
world-class research in science and medicine." (03/09/04)

http://tinyurl.com/2rvnv
Matrix expands to Wisconsin
    Wired News

"Even as states retreat from participating in a controversial
interstate antiterrorism database that holds billions of records of
ordinary Americans' activities, Wisconsin has decided to join the
program .... With access to the Matrix database, Wisconsin law
enforcement officials can look up vast amounts of personal
information culled from government and commercial databases. The
information includes driver's license pictures, addresses,
professional licenses, names of neighbors and relatives, and even
domain-name registration filings and hunting licenses." (03/09/04)

http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,62564,00.html

posted by FLoA # 3/10/2004 08:51:45 AM

Tuesday, March 09, 2004

Sign of the times

Five years in jail for a kiss
Ananova [UK]

"Couples caught kissing passionately in public in Indonesia could be
jailed for up to five years. A new anti-pornography bill before the
nation's parliament includes a ban on kissing on the mouth in public.
The bill also proposes bans on public nudity, erotic dances and sex
parties, reports Sky News. 'I think there must be some restrictions
on such acts because it is against our traditions of decency,' said
Aisyah Hamid Baidlowi, head of a parliamentary committee drafting the
bill. Heavy kissing could carry a maximum penalty of five years in
jail or a �15,000 fine." (03/08/04)

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_885109.html

posted by FLoA # 3/09/2004 07:57:42 AM

Monday, March 08, 2004

These Guys Ought to Spend A Few Years In Jail--It is getting unbelievable--even for me!!!

An article in Sunday's Detroit News reports that, "Attorney General Mike
Cox, who has gone after child support scofflaws with unmatched fervor,
wants to put deadbeats behind bars for up to 10 years if they owe
$20,000." According to the article, "Cox is pushing a package of tough new
laws that a state Legislature dominated by fellow Republicans soon will
consider."
(Detroit News) http://www.detnews.com/2004/metro/0403/07/b01-84022.htm
See Also: (Oakland Press)
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=11084742&BRD=982&PAG=461&dept_id=467992&rfi=6

posted by FLoA # 3/08/2004 04:52:34 PM

Bloomberg news: Gold Price May Fall to $350, Barclays Analyst Naqvi Says

Gold Price May Fall to $350, Barclays Analyst Naqvi Says

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=email_us&refer=canada&sid=aQNNreCLrlP0

posted by FLoA # 3/08/2004 08:17:49 AM

Great Britain Not Part of This Agreement

ECB PRESS RELEASE

Joint Statement on Gold

8 March 2004

European Central Bank
Banca d'Italia
Banco de Espa�a
Banco de Portugal
Bank of Greece
Banque Centrale du Luxembourg
Banque de France
Banque Nationale de Belgique
Central Bank & Financial Services Authority of Ireland
De Nederlandsche Bank
Deutsche Bundesbank
Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Suomen Pankki
Schweizerische Nationalbank
Sveriges Riksbank

In the interest of clarifying their intentions with respect to their gold holdings, the undersigned institutions make the following statement:

Gold will remain an important element of global monetary reserves.
The gold sales already decided and to be decided by the undersigned institutions will be achieved through a concerted programme of sales over a period of five years, starting on 27 September 2004, just after the end of the previous agreement. Annual sales will not exceed 500 tons and total sales over this period will not exceed 2,500 tons.
Over this period, the signatories to this agreement have agreed that the total amount of their gold leasings and the total amount of their use of gold futures and options will not exceed the amounts prevailing at the date of the signature of the previous agreement.
This agreement will be reviewed after five years.

***

European Central Bank
Press and Information Division
Kaiserstrasse 29, D-60311 Frankfurt am Main
Tel.: +49 69 1344 7455, Fax: +49 69 1344 7404
Internet: http://www.ecb.int
Reproduction is permitted provided that the source is acknowledged.

ECB - European Central Bank