Gates of Vienna News Feed 10/22/2012

An independent auditor has advised the German Central Bank to verify the existence and security of the country’s gold bullion, which has been stored abroad since the Cold War. The auditors are requesting a physical examination of German gold assets to make certain they exist in the quantities recorded in financial records.

In other news, a former officer of the Chinese army says that Australia must choose whether it will have China or the United States as its “godfather”.

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