Saudi and Egyptian astronomers are under threat for stating Ramadan ended too early when millions of the devout thought they saw the moon during new moon and broke their fast and chowed-down. At first I thought this might be a case of "don't like the message, shoot the messenger" but then again how could millions of the faithful be so wrong?...
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=236772
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=236772