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Gold price soars on South African power cuts!

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - January 25, 2008 - Gold and platinum prices hit record highs after South Africa’s main precious metals mines were forced to close on Friday for lack of power as the government said the country faced a “national electricity emergency.”

The halt in operations came as South Africa’s government had to take the drastic step of rat

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The Social Security beneficiary is a ward of the State!

The holder of a Social Security Number/Account is in effect, or in the nature of a Ward of the State.

The law of Wards of the State provides that he who is incapable of caring for himself (whether young or old, crippled, insane, infant feeble or otherwise incapacitated), his TOTAL ESTATE escheats to the State in liquidation of the costs of that care and ward.

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Gold price soars on South Africa power cuts!

January 25, 2008 - Gold and platinum prices surged to new records on Friday on deteriorating electricity shortages in South Africa, a top producer of the precious metals, increased the supply demand.

An ounce of gold for February delivery spiked to $924.30, a fresh record, in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange during the days trading before cl

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Giant rat that once roamed the earth!

The skull of the rodent is 53cm long. The creature had huge incisors that mayhave been used for felling trees or fighting

January 16, 2008 - The fossilized skull of a rat the size of a car has been unearthed. The creature lived about four million years ago, weighed about a ton and ate mostly soft vege

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George W. Bush, White House told 935 lies after September 11!

WASHINGTON - January 23, 2008 - U.S. President George W Bush and other top officials issued almost one thousand false statements about the national security threat from Iraq following the September 11 attacks, according to a study by two not-for-profit organizations.

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Russian scientist says Earth could soon face new Ice Age!

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - January 22, 2008 - Temperatures on Earth have stabilized in the past decade, and the planet should brace itself for a new Ice Age rather than global warming, a Russian scientist said in an interview with RIA Novosti Tuesday.

"Russian and foreign research data confirm that global temperatures in 2007 were practically similar to those in 2006, and, in g

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Brilliant chess master and world-class eccentric Bobby Fischer dies!

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - January 21, 2008 - Chess master Bobby Fischer, one of the greatest chess players in history, has died, a spokesman for the World Chess Federation confirmed to CNN Friday. He was 64.

No cause of death was given.

Fischer became the first American world chess champion when he defeated Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union in a legendary encounter during th