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Date: Mar 9 06:57 2011

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The first Israeli meteorite has been discovered Since he was a four-year-old in Hungary, Gabriel Shaked of Kibbutz Afikim has been looking for meteorites on the ground. A year-and-a-half ago, he found what he was looking for in the Arava's Timna region. He noticed a black rock, small but heavy, which - when it was finally determined that it had once been part of an asteroid just days ago - was officially declared the first meteorite discovered in Israel. Read more __________________

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