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Gold/Mining/Energy : Gold Price Monitor
GDXJ 145.03+2.1%Jan 23 4:00 PM EST

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To: Edmund Lee who wrote (52995)5/19/2000 11:57:00 AM
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Could this be a part the reason for current gold price?
INDIA

Desperate farmers sell kidneys to meet debts
S. N. M. ABDI in Calcutta

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Debt-ridden Indian farmers have been forced to sell their kidneys to repay loans in the state of Andhra Pradesh, which is reeling from the worst drought in living memory.
Thirty-five farmers were paid up to 50,000 rupees (HK$8,750) per kidney, a police investigation in three villages of Guntur region found. The cash was used to repay ruthless moneylenders(cont)
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