How the Islamic world plans to beat the West: A GOLD COIN

The Muslim world has found a novel way to strike back at the West --- or at least at Western bankers who rule the world's currencies --- introduce a gold coin. Malasia expects to use gold dinars to trade only between Islamic countries beginning in 2003. The gold dinar, which is 4.25 grams of 24-carat gold, would unite Muslim nations who blame "greedy" currency traders for Asia's downfall in the economic crisis of 1997-98. There is also a silver Islamic Dirham coin of 3.0 grams silver. The dinar is being privately used in 22 countries and is minted in 4 countries.

WATERING DOWN YOUR VITAMINS

Guess who is soon going to dictate the dosage of vitamins and minerals you can purchase?

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration? Nope.
The National Institutes of Health? Nope.
The National Research Council/ National Academy of Sciences? Nope.

How about foreign dictocrats at the United Nations and the World Health Organization? Yep, and it's all being done under the name of free trade "harmonization," in a so-called attempt to preserve U.S. vitamin manufacturers sales to foreign countries.