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The record price of gold and the universal obsession with the sparkling metal make it a parallel global power.
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Panning for gold in California streams

Hundreds of modern-day forty-niners take to streambeds across the West as the price of the precious metal hovers near $900 an ounce.

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Topic: Gold Prospectors Association of America

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The price of gold: as influential as a global power

Panning for gold in California streams

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Focus Terrorist watch lists: Are they working as they should?

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