[meteorite-list] Almahata Sitta

[Darren Garrison]

On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:51:06 EST, you wrote:

>Much to my regret I learned yesterday that three Europeans have been 
>arrested in Sudan because of being in possession of Almahata Sitta meteorites. 
>Since two weeks they are in a Sudanese jail and the outcome of this matter is 
>uncertain.

This article implies that Sudan might be playing politics over this, with the
meteorites (and the collectors) just an excuse:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/20/2796743.htm