South Africa police standoff with illegal gold miners escalates
The police sealed off access to the Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein several weeks ago to deny the miners access to food and other essentials.
An employee holds replicas of turtles made of gold during a photo opportunity at a jewellery shop in Seoul August 2, 2011. Central banks of emerging market countries such as Korea and Thailand have added more than $10 billion of gold to their reserves
