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Officials have said that Oswaldo Lopez Arellano, who led two government takeovers in Honduras, has died after being hospitalized for prostate cancer. He was 89.

It was reported that an air force general, Lopez Arellano first took control of the Central American country in a bloody coup in 1963 and ruled until 1971. He returned in 1972, ousting Ramon Ernesto Cruz, who had been elected to office, and held sway until 1975 he was turned out in a coup by Gen. Juan Alberto Melgar.

Silver yesterday showed a very volatile day and settled lower tracking weakness in crude and bas

According to official reports, protesters in Serbia say they will attempt to block the excavation of what they said may be a mass grave containing bodies of ethnic Albanians.

Serbian news outlet B92 reported on Monday that the Association of Families of Missing Serbs from Kosovo said they would try to halt the operation unless there was simultaneous investigation of alleged mass grave sites in Kosovo where Serbs are thought to be buried.

Gold prices ended a tad higher after fluctuating in a narrow range for most of the session, caught between safe-haven buying amid the on-going euro debt debacle and profit taking at higher levels. Now technically market is trading in the range as RSI for 18days is currently indicating 71.01, where as 50DMA is at 16966 and gold is trading above the same and getting support at 18133 and below could see a test of 18005 level, And resistance is now likely to be seen at 18406, a move above could see prices testing 18551.

Gold trading range is 18005-18551.

Gold prices ended higher as safe-haven buying supported the prices.

Officials have revealed that a Canadian high court will consider the question of reasonably determining the age of someone chatting on the Internet when talk turns sexual.

The Toronto Sun reported on Monday that in a lower court case, Michell Rayal Levigne was initially found not guilty of attempting to sexually lure a detective posing online as a 13-year-old boy. Levigne argued he believed the online correspondent was 18.

The newspaper also said that prosecutors appealed and an appeals court found Levigne guilty.

According to lawyer, an American college student convicted in a sex-charged slaying in Italy may tell her side of the story on television.

The Daily Telegraph reported on Sunday that Luciano Ghirga, an Italian lawyer representing Amanda Knox, 22, of Seattle, said discussions on arranging an interview were under way.

Knox, her boyfriend and a third defendant have been found guilty in the November 2007 slaying of British coed Meredith Kercher, 21. Knox was given a 26-year prison term.