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Latvia plans to set a fine of $10,000 for false calls of emergencies services, including calls of police and fire fighters, the country's interior minister said.
The Interior Ministry decided to increase the fine after the hoax meteorite strike staged in the Baltic state by a Latvian mobile operator, Tele2, in October last year.

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After the meteorite publicity stunt, the telecommunication company Tele2 has been receiving many phone calls from private individuals as well as enterprises wishing to have Tele2 as their mobile phone operator, as the company informed the business information portal "Nozare.lv".
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Meteorite stunt backfires on Swedish telecoms firm
A publicity campaign involving a hoax meteorite in Latvia has backfired spectacularly with the Swedish TELE2 telecoms company behind the stunt losing a government contract.

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Ed ~ The Latvian police are launching a formal investigation that may lead to criminal charges.

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The alert was first raised on Sunday evening by Ancis Steinbergs, who said that he had been out filming for a university project with his girlfriend and a fellow undergraduate. He was refusing to answer his telephone tonight to answer questions about the experts assessments.
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Scientists: Latvian meteorite man-made hoax


Scientists investigating a large crater in a field in northern Latvia, believed to have been caused by a meteorite, now suspect it was a hoax.

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"This is not a real crater. It is artificial" - Uldis Nulle of the Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre.

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Ed ~ Experts now have cast real doubts on the claim that a meteorite had impacted in northern Latvia.
Ilgonis Vilks from the University of Latvia has reservations that the crater had been caused by a meteorite, due to the fact that the locals did not hear any load explosions. And it seems that the flames observed were caused by molten metal being poured into the crater - in short it was an elaborate hoax.

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One geologist said he believed the crater was a hoax.
Dainis Ozols, who examined the hole in daylight, said he believed someone had dug the crater in order to make it look like it had been created by an object from space.
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Ed ~ Evidence from the site shows that it is not an impact crater.

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"My first impression is that, yes, it was a meteorite. All the evidence suggests this when compared to pictures of real meteorite craters" - Uldis Nulle, a scientist at the Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Center.

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Ed ~ It was a hoax.

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Questa notte un meteorite si è schiantato al suolo. E' accaduto nella cittadina lettone di Mazsalaca, vicina al confine con l'Estonia e a 170 km da Riga.
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Ed ~ Evidence from this site shows that it is not an impact crater.

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Truth or hoax? Russian blogs claimed this image was taken from a video filmed on a mobile phone just after the meteor crashed to earth.
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Ed ~ If the film is genuine then it probable that this was not an impact crater. The crater and associated fire would have been caused by other means.

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