“Two [Russian] smugglers — who also tried to ship out silver antiques, fossils, semi-precious stones, microscopes and old books in the suspect cargo — were initially charged with making a false declaration on their customs form.  Only after a three-month investigation did officials discover that the mystery lumps were fragments from outer space and the men part of a larger crime ring including experts and scientists, Ledovskikh said.  ‘They were part of an organized criminal gang. They had worked out a plan in advance to smuggle out of Russian territory… two meteorite chunks”

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“Iran said  it had launched a domestically made satellite-carrier rocket carrying live animals — a move that may increase Western concern that Tehran is trying to build a nuclear bomb.  President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [previously] said that Iran was ready to send its enriched uranium abroad in what appeared to be an easing of its position in the nuclear dispute. He [further] said the satellite launch was a huge breakthrough which help break “the global domineering system” — a reference to Iran’s Western foes.  The Islamic Republic hoped to send astronauts into space soon, he said, speaking at a ceremony unveiling new satellite and space technology”

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“There are fears the ambitious World Islands project in Dubai will sink into the ocean after photographs from space appear to show the globe is washing away and neglected.  Construction of the man-made cluster of islands began in 2003 about 4km off the coast of the wealthy United Arab Emirates city”

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