http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=Pernambuco Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:43:13 -0400 Liveleak http://edge.liveleak.com/80281E/u/u/ll2/logo.gif http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=Pernambuco Sat, 23 Mar 2013 07:46:56 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=646_1364038242 qaz31 Color of the paper (ink) which remains on the hands, fingers = toxic. Stop buy, read, newspapers - and tell to friends in the world!By the way ... stop fish wrapped in newspaper, wrap objects moving in time and stop giving newspaper as a platform to animals. A newspaper is a periodical publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features, editorials, and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6,580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a day. The worldwide recession of 2008, combined with the rapid growth of web-based alternatives, caused a serious decline in advertising and circulation, as many papers closed or sharply retrenched operations. General-interest newspapers typically publish stories on local and national political events and personalities, crime, business, entertainment, society and sports. Most traditional papers also feature an editorial page containing editorials written by an editor and columns that express the personal opinions of writers. The newspaper is typically funded by paid subscriptions and advertising. A wide variety of material has been published in newspapers, including editorial opinions, criticism, persuasion and op-eds; obituaries; entertainment features such as crosswords, sudoku and horoscopes; weather news and forecasts; advice, food and other columns; reviews of radio, movies, television, plays and restaurants; classified ads; display ads, radio and television listings, inserts from local merchants, editorial cartoons, gag cartoons and comic strips. In Ancient Rome, Acta Diurna , or government announcement bulletins, were produced. They were carved in metal or stone and posted in public places. In China, early government-produced news sheets, called tipao, circulated among court officials during the late Han dynasty (second and third centuries AD). Between 713 and 734, the Kaiyuan Za Bao ("Bulletin of the Court") of the Chinese Tang Dynasty published government news; it was handwritten on silk and read by government officials. In 1582, there was the first reference to privately published newssheets in Beijing, during the late Ming Dynasty. In Early modern Europe the increased cross-border interaction created a rising need for information which was met by concise handwritten newssheets, called avvisi. In 1556, the government of Venice first published the monthly Notizie scritte , which cost one gazetta, a small coin. These avvisi were handwritten newsletters and used to convey political, military, and economic news quickly and efficiently to Italian cities (1500-1700) - sharing some characteristics of newspapers though usually not considered true newspapers. However, none of these publications fully met the classical criteria for proper newspapers, as t The emergence of the new media in the 17th century has to be seen in close connection with the spread of the printing press from which the publishing press derives its name. The German-language Relation aller F"urnemmen und gedenckw"urdigen Historien , printed from 1605 onwards by Johann Carolus in Strasbourg, is often recognized as the first newspaper. At the time, Strasbourg was a free imperial city in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation; the first newspaper of modern Germany was the Avisa , published in 1609 in Wolfenb"uttel. Other early papers include: The Dutch Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c. ('Courant from Italy, Germany, etc.') of 1618 was the first to appear in folio- rather than quarto-size. Amsterdam, a center of world trade, quickly became home to newspapers in many languages, often before they were published in their own country. hey were typically not intended for the general public and restricted to a certain range of topics. The first English-language newspaper, Corrant out of Italy, Germany, etc. , was published in Amsterdam in 1620. A year and a half later, Corante, or weekely newes from Italy, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Bohemia, France and the Low Countreys. was published in England by an "N.B." (generally thought to be either Nathaniel Butter or Nicholas Bourne) and Thomas Archer. The first newspaper in France was published in 1631, La Gazette (originally published as Gazette de France ). The first newspaper in Portugal, Gazeta ] , was published in 1641 in Lisbon. The first Spanish newspaper, Gaceta de Madrid, was published in 1661. Post- och Inrikes Tijyuk ded as Ordinari Post Tijdender ) was first published in Sweden in 1645, and is the oldest newspaper still in existence, though it now publishes solely online. Opregte Haarlemsche Courant from Haarlem, first published in 1656, is the oldest paper still printed. It was forced to merge with the newspaper Haarlems Dagblad in 1942 when Germany occupied the Netherlands. Since then In Boston in 1690, Benjamin Harris published Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick . This is considered the first newspaper in the American colonies even though only one edition was published before the paper was suppressed by the government. In 1704, the governor allowed The Boston News-Letter to be published and it became the first continuously published newspaper in the colonies. Soon after, weekly papers began publishing in New York and Philadelphia. These early newspapers followed the British format and were usually four pages long. They mostly carried news from Britain and content depended on the editor's interests. In 1783, the Pennsylvania Evening Post became the first American daily. In 1752, John Bushell published the Halifax Gazette , which claims to be "Canada's first newspaper." However, its official descendant, the Royal Gazette , is a government publication for legal notices and proclamations rather than a proper newspaper; In 1764, the Quebec Gazette was first printed 21 June 1764 and remains the oldest continuously published newspaper in North America as the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph . It is currently published as an English-language weekly from its offices at 1040 Belv'ed`ere, suite 218, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The first newspaper in South America was Diario de Pernambuco , established in 1825. By 2007, there were 1,456 daily newspapers in the U.S., selling 55 million copies a day. Industrial Revolution By the early 19th century, many cities in Europe, as well as North and South America, published newspaper-type publications though not all of them developed in the same way; content was vastly shaped by regional and cultural preferences. Advances in printing technology related to the Industrial Revolution enabled newspapers to become an even more widely circulated means of communication. In 1814, The Times (London) acquired a printing press capable of making 1,100 impressions per minute. Soon, it was adapted to print on both sides of a page at once. This innovation made newspapers cheaper and thus available to a larger part of the population. In 1830, the first penny press newspaper came to the market: Lynde M. Walter's Boston Transcript . Penny press papers cost about one sixth the price of other newspapers and appealed to a wider audience. In France, 'Emile de Girardin started "La Presse" in 1836, introducing cheap, advertising-supported dailies to France. In 1848, August Zang, an Austrian who knew Girardin in Paris, returned to Vienna to introduce the same methods with "Die Presse" (which was named for and frankly copied Girardin's publication). While most newspapers are aimed at a broad spectrum of readers, usually geographically defined, some focus on groups of readers defined more by their interests than their location: for example, there are daily and weekly business newspapers and sports newspapers. More specialist still are some weekly newspapers, usually free and distributed within limited areas; these may serve communities as specific as certain immigrant populations, or the local gay community.Frequency DailyA daily newspaper is issued every day, sometimes with the exception of Sundays and occasionally Saturdays, and often of some national holidays. Saturday and, where they exist, Sunday editions of daily newspapers tend to be larger, include more specialized sections and advertising inserts, and cost more. Typically, the majority of these newspapers' staff work Monday to Friday, so the Sunday and Monday editions largely depend on content done in advance or content that is syndicated. Most daily newspapers are published in the morning. Afternoon or evening papers are aimed more at commuters and office workers. UK-daily vs. Sunday Main article: Sunday editionsIn the UK, unlike most other countries, "daily" newspapers do not publish on Sundays. In the past there were independent Sunday newspapers; nowadays the same publisher often produces a Sunday newspaper, distinct in many ways from the daily, usually with a related name; e.g. The Times and The Sunday Times are distinct newspapers owned by the same company, and an article published in the latter would never be credited to The Times . Weekly and other Main article: Weekly newspaperWeekly newspapers are published once a week, and tend to be smaller than daily papers. Some newspapers are published two or three times a week; in the United States, such newspapers are generally called weeklies citation needed ]. Some publications are published, for example, fortnightly. Geographical scope and distribution Local or regionalA local newspaper serves a region such as a city, or part of a large city. Almost every market has one or two newspapers that dominate the area. Large metropolitan newspapers often have large distribution networks, and can be found outside their normal area, sometimes widely, sometimes from fewer Most nations have at least one newspaper that circulates throughout the whole country: a national newspaper . Some national newspapers, such as The Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal , are specialised (in these examples, on financial matters). There are many national newspapers in the UK, but only few in the United States and Canada. In the United States, in addition to national newspapers as such, The New York Times is available throughout the country citation There is also a small group of newspapers which may be characterized as international newspapers . Some, such as The International Herald Tribune , have always had that focus, while others are repackaged national newspapers or "international editions" of national or large metropolitan newspapers. In some cases articles that might not interest the wider range of readers are omitted from international editions; in others, of interest to expatriates, significant national news is retained. As English became the international language of business and technology, many newspapers formerly published only in non-English languages have also developed English-language editions. In places as varied as Jerusalem and Mumbai, newspapers are printed for a local and international English-speaking public, and for tourists. The advent of the Internet has also allowed non-English-language newspapers to put out a scaled-down English version to give their newspaper a global outreach. Similarly, in many countries with a large foreign-language-speaking population or many tourists, newspapers in languages other than the national language are both published locally and imported. For example, newspapers and magazines from many countries, and locally published newspapers in many languages, are readily to be found on news-stands in central London.n the United States, the overall manager or chief executive of the newspaper is the publisher. In small newspapers, the owner of the publication (or the largest shareholder in the corporation that owns the publication) is usually the publisher. Although he or she rarely or perhaps never writes stories, the publisher is legally responsible for the contents of the entire newspaper and also runs the business, including hiring editors, reporters, and other staff members. This title is less common outside the U.S. The equivalent position in the film industry and television news shows is the Newspapers often refine distribution of ads and news through zoning and editioning. Zoning occurs when advertising and editorial content change to reflect the location to which the product is delivered. The editorial content often may change merely to reflect changes in advertising - the quantity and layout of which affects the space available for editorial - or may contain region-specific news. In rare instances, the advertising may not change from one zone to another, but there will be different region-specific editorial content. As the content can vary widely, zoned editions are often produced in parallel. Editioning occurs in the main sections as news is updated throughout the night. The advertising is usually the same in each edition (with the exception of zoned regionals, in which it is often the 'B' section of local news that undergoes advertising changes). As each edition represents the latest news available for the next press run, these editions are produced linearly, with one completed edition being copied and updated for the next edition. The previous edition is always copied to maintain a Newspaper of Record and to fall back on if a quick correction is needed for the press. For example, both The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal offer a regional edition, printed through a local contractor, and featuring locale specific content. The Journal's global advertising rate card provides a good example of editioning. See also Los Angeles Times suburban sections. By the late 1990s, the availability of news via 24-hour television channels and then the Internet posed an ongoing challenge to the business model of most newspapers in developed countries. Paid circulation has declined, while advertising revenue - which makes up the bulk of most newspapers' income - has been shifting from print to the new media, resulting in a general decline in profits. Many newspapers around the world launched online editions in an attempt to follow or stay ahead of their audience. However, in the rest of the world, cheaper printing and distribution, increased literacy, the growing middle class and other factors have more than compensated for the emergence of electronic media and newspapers continue to grow. On 10 April 1995, The American Reporter became the first daily newspaper, with its own paid reporters around the world and all-original content, to start on the Internet. The editor-in-chief and founder is Joe Shea. The site is owned by 400 journalists. The future of newspapers in countries with easy internet access has been widely debated as the industry has faced down soaring newsprint prices, slumping ad sales, the loss of much classified advertising and precipitous drops in circulation. In recent years the number of newspapers slated for closure, bankruptcy or severe cutbacks has risen-especially in the United States, where the industry has shed a fifth of its journalists since 2001. Revenue has plunged while competition from internet media has squeezed older print publishers. The debate has become more urgent lately, as a deepening recession has shaved profits, and as once-explosive growth in newspaper web revenues has leveled off, forestalling what the industry hoped would become an important source of revenue. At issue is whether the newspaper industry faces a cyclical trough, or whether new technology has rendered obsolete newspapers in their traditional format. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=646_1364038242 qaz31 Newspapers toxic-Color of a newspaper - Toxic Newspaper Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:15:18 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8ef_1300201739 vimempaz One assailant was killed late on Monday (14) during an attempted robbery of a pharmacy in Garanhuns (Pernambuco-BRAZIL). According to the Military Police (PM), the assailant was the establishment of the attendant hostage and killed by police who negotiated the release of the victim to threaten her with a knife. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8ef_1300201739 vimempaz Cops kill hostage taker! Headshot! Headshot, shot, kill, hostage taker, pernambuco, brazil, cop Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:22:11 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dbc_1196065331 3v1ld34d The Brazilian Carnival (Portuguese: Carnaval) is an annual festival in Brazil held 40 days before Easter and marks the beginning of Lent. During Lent, Roman Catholics are supposed to abstain from all bodily pleasures, including the consumption of meat. The carnival, celebrated as a profane event and believed to have its origins in the pagan Saturnalia, can thus be considered an act of farewell to the pleasures of the flesh. Brazilian Carnival as a whole exhibits some differences with its counterparts in Europe and other parts of the world, and within Brazil it has distinct regional manifestations. Contents * 1 Rio de Janeiro * 2 Bahia * 3 Pernambuco * 4 See also * 5 External links * 6 Carnival Photos and News Rio de Janeiro It has been suggested that Rio Carnival be merged into this article or section. (Discuss) Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro Brazilian citizens used to riot until the Carnival was accepted by the government as an expression of culture. That was because the Brazilian carnival had its origin in a violent Portuguese festivity called "entrudo". The modern Brazilian Carnival finds its roots in Rio de Janeiro in the 1845s, when the city http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dbc_1196065331 3v1ld34d The Amazing Brazilian Carnaval 3v1ld34d,midnight,trocas,maracatus,african,improvised,parades,dance,ash wednesday,magnifident,pernambuco,itamaraca,olinda,frevo,carnival,rio,region,patio de sao,brazil,oppression,racism,pride,heritage,blocos,eletrico,western,inspired,singing,musicians,ax Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:12:10 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=78e_1329682043 ceafab Police arrived in time to arrest them. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=78e_1329682043 ceafab Two guys are caught in the act. Police, Brazil, Pernambuco, Caught Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:26:19 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=df9_1363224085 Jersey_Devil 03/12/2013 Ribeir~ao - Pernambuco, Brazil A man was shot and later died of his injury's after being shot during armed robbery in a bakery. The two suspects have not yet been captured. As seen in the video, one of the thieves snatches the phone from the man's hand and is shot as he approaches the two robbers. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=df9_1363224085 Jersey_Devil CCTV : Man shot and killed in armed robbery and all for a cell phone man shot killed died wounds robber cell phone bakery thief Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:07:42 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=aac_1362751445 AntiPropagaanda "Fossil fuels are an energy source condemned by environmentalists, but do not appear to be on the way out in Latin America and the Caribbean, given the rise in the region's proven oil reserves in recent years. Known reserves in the region make up 20 per cent of the global underground oil reserves of nearly 1.7 trillion barrels. Venezuela says it leads the world as the country with the greatest oil reserves after certifying 297 billion barrels, thanks to the heavy crude in the Orinoco Belt. In 2009, confirmed discoveries increased by 20 per cent worldwide, while the increase in Latin America and the Caribbean was 40 per cent. Venezuela possesses 85 per cent of the region's crude reserves, and Latin America has the second largest oil reserves in the world after the Middle East, which has 55 per cent of the global total, according to figures presented by the Latin American Energy Organisation (OLADE) at a two-day seminar that ended Wednesday in Quito. Information presented at the First Latin American and Caribbean Seminar on Oil and Gas, organised by OLADE in cooperation with Ecuador's Non-Renewable Natural Resources Ministry, indicated the region has at least 345 billion barrels of oil available for extraction. "I'm not sure whether we have 85 per cent, but the increase in our proven reserves means our country will continue to be one of the four or five top global players in the oil and gas market for many decades to come," said Nelson Mart'inez, head of PDVSA America, a division of the Venezuelan state oil company. Regional players Brazil recently made large undersea oil discoveries in the waters off its Atlantic coast, like the Tup'i oilfield in 2007 with possible reserves of 33 billion barrels, and the Jupiter oilfield in 2008, with 12 billion barrels, raising the country's share to five per cent of Latin America's reserves. Third in the regional ranking is Mexico, which in spite of seeing its proved reserves decline over the last 15 years, nevertheless possesses four per cent of the region's reserves thanks to quantifying over 137 billion barrels of crude underground in the Paleocanal Chicontepec oilfield, in 2009. Ecuador is next, with three per cent of the region's proved crude reserves. Its reserves grew 63 per cent in 2008 compared with 2007 figures, partly because of certification of the ITT oilfield complex which has reserves of 960 million barrels. The heavy crude in this group of oilfields, located in and around a national park in the Amazon jungle, appears to be edging ever closer to extraction, in spite of the Yasun'i-ITT initiative aimed at leaving the oil underground in exchange for an international financial contribution. The rest of the countries in the region presently hold the remaining three per cent of oil reserves, but they are constantly seeking new deposits. Argentina, for example, launched an Exploratory and Productive Development Programme for 2010-2014, run by the Spanish-Argentine company Repsol YPF. The programme aims to determine potential underground reserves nationwide, and to replace oil as an energy source, geologist Ram'on Mart'inez, adviser to the Argentine Energy Secretariat, said. According to OLADE, in 2009 Argentina had oil reserves that - without additional discoveries - would last for 11 years, Brazil for 18 years, Colombia for eight, Ecuador for 34, Mexico for 11 and Venezuela for 201. Uruguay is also prospecting for oil both underground and in its exclusive economic zone in the Atlantic, with encouraging early reports. Mexico has committed to investing more than $27bn by 2019, in order to develop its potential deepwater and underground reserves. This will require renewing its drilling equipment, as 80 per cent of its 126 drills are between 37 and 52 years old, said Gustavo Hern'andez Garc'ia, subdirector of planning and evaluation for the Mexican state oil firm PEMEX. Meanwhile, the Brazilian state oil company Petrobras is planning investments of the order of $73bn up to 2015, in conjunction with its partners, in the ocean platform of the Santos basin off southeast Brazil. Venezuela's "Magna Reserva" project, carried out since June 2005 to certify crude reserves in the Orinoco Heavy Oil Belt, increased previous proven reserves in that area of central Venezuela 34-fold. New capacity The plans for the Orinoco Heavy Oil Belt, which are "at the stage of visualisation and dividing into sectors," were presented by PDVSA's Nelson Mart'inez at the Quito seminar. Developing the Orinoco belt will involve drilling 10,500 wells, building two refineries, constructing a new coastal export terminal and upgrading another. Venezuela has invited every country in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as private transnational corporations, to participate in the exploitation of these new oilfields. By 2015, "Venezuelan oil output will be 4.5 million barrels per day (bpd), so long as that does not harm the worldwide structure of production and prices, and it will be refining 3.6 million bpd," Mart'inez said. The official emphasised the change in his country's geopolitical model, which has led it to invest for the first time in oil exploration, production and refining in other countries of South America. It has also just acquired 60 per cent of a transport company "which owns 300 barges" on the Paran'a river that flows through Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. "The geopolitical goals are to establish new partnerships, enter new markets and strengthen the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)," he said. Meanwhile, PDVSA is reducing its investments in refineries in Europe. "It didn't make any sense to own refineries in Gelsenkirchen and Karlsruhe, in Germany, to which we had to provide 250,000 bpd in oil swap operations with Russia," Mart'inez told IPS in an interview. "Since they were using Russian oil, it made better sense to sell the refineries to a Russian company, as we have just done," he said. As well as producing oil in association with Petroecuador and gas with the Bolivian state company, and carrying out exploration in Argentina and Uruguay, PDVSA is also involved in two large refinery construction projects in South America: Manab'i, in Ecuador, which will process 300,000 bpd, and Pernambuco in Brazil, with a capacity of 230,000 bpd. "We have already formed the Eloy Alfaro Pacific Refinery mixed company with Petroecuador, and we are keeping to the agreed scheme," said Mart'inez, who denied the project is behind schedule. He said once the basic engineering is completed in October, terms of reference can be drawn up to approach financing sources for the $12bn that will be needed for construction. Analysis of the activities of the state and private companies at the seminar allowed engineer Benito Cabrera, Petroecuador's assistant manager of operations, to conclude that Latin America and the Caribbean will be producing 12 million bpd of oil in 2015, compared with 9.6 million bpd in 2009, of which 3.3 million bpd were exported. Oil production in the region is very uneven, with Venezuela, Mexico and Brazil jointly responsible for 80 per cent. A second group of countries, Colombia, Argentina and Ecuador, produce 17 per cent of the regional total, while the other countries between them produce three per cent." http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=aac_1362751445 AntiPropagaanda HUGO CHAVEZ Oil and The U.S. Policy HUGO CHAVEZ, Oil, America, Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:25:39 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=78c_1362705564 Jersey_Devil 03/07/2013 Boa Viagem, Recife - Pernambuco, Brazil The 16 year old boy was struck while on a pedestrian crossing. However, the lights where green for traffic at the time of the accident and as seen in the video, many people still choose to risk crossing. The boy is in serious condition and on life support at time of posting. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=78c_1362705564 Jersey_Devil CCTV : Cyclist blasted by car flung 50 feet through the air cyclist car crash smash flung fly air feet pedestrian crossing green light Tue, 23 Oct 2012 07:33:36 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3c8_1350990662 Thickhanger FROM TRANSLATION: The accident occurred in the early afternoon of Friday (Oct. 12) in the northern capital of Pernambuco, Brasil. Two balloon sellers Marcelo, 42, and Vanderson, 19, had their legs amputated during the explosion and are admitted to the Hospital. Despite the worsening of the situation, they are not at risk of death. Besides the vendors, 3 other people were burned during the explosion. One has already been released by the hospital. Two others remain hospitalized. The doctors who treated these two wounded said they suffered third-degree burns on the legs. The Institute of Criminology of Recife has the expertise in place, and now investigates possible causes of the accident. Among the hypotheses that have caused the explosion is the mishandling of the gas cylinder that was used to fill balloons. The balloon sellers had permission to handle this type of equipment. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3c8_1350990662 Thickhanger Balloon Vendors Get Legs Ripped Off After Gas Cylinder Exploded accident,Thickhanger,gas explosion Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:04:37 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4bd_1277218759 butt313 19-06-2010 Rio Largo Brazil A devastating flood in Brazil's north-east has killed 38 people and left nearly 100,000 people homeless . 1,000 people are missing in the states of Alagoas and Pernambuco. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4bd_1277218759 butt313 Flood In Rio Largo Brazil RIO LARGO BRAZIL FLOOD MISSING DEAD Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:37:14 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ce3_1251912511 Gr8virtue A black mother has baffled scientists after giving birth to three albino children. Parents Rosemere Fernandes de Andrade and her partner Joao are dark-skinned Afro-Brazilians, yet three of their five children are albinos. Genetics professor Valdir Balbino of the Federal University of Pernambuco said this is a very rare occurrence considering the parents and two other children are black. The family live in the slum of Olinda in north-east Brazil and the children have faced taunts by fellow pupils at their school. The condition affects around one in 17,000 people. Those with albiinism do not produce enough melanin pigment, which gives colour to the skin, hair and eyes and protects the body from the sun's rays. They often suffer from extreme short-sightedness and a severe sensitivity to light. Mrs Fernandes, 27,says she struggles to pay the medical bills for daughters Ruth, 10, and Esthefany, eight, as well as five-year-old son Kauan. She must also buy expensive sun-block and extra clothing to protect their skin. The mother of five has also been challenged by security guards who insisted she could not be the children's mother. Mrs Fernandes, of Olinda, said: 'I'm afraid of skin cancer because I can't afford the protection they need.' http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ce3_1251912511 Gr8virtue Meet the black Brazilian mother who has three white children dark-skinned Afro-Brazilians colour skin children albinos albino melanin pigment albiinism Brazil baffled black scientists Sat, 29 Aug 2009 06:22:00 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=669_1251541265 snade Alison Weir - Counter Punch August 28-30, 2009 Last week Sweden's largest daily newspaper published an article containing shocking material: testimony and circumstantial evidence indicating that Israelis may have been harvesting internal organs from Palestinian prisoners without consent for many years. Worse yet, some of the information reported in the article suggests that in some instances Palestinians may have been captured with this macabre purpose in mind. In the article, "Our sons plundered for their organs," veteran journalist Donald Bostrom writes that Palestinians "harbor strong suspicions against Israel for seizing young men and having them serve as the country's organ reserve - a very serious accusation, with enough question marks to motivate the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to start an investigation about possible war crimes."1/ An army of Israeli officials and apologists immediately went into high gear, calling both Bostrom and the newspaper's editors "anti-Semitic." The Israeli foreign minister was reportedly "aghast" and termed it "a demonizing piece of blood libel." An Israeli official called it "hate porn." Commentary magazine wrote that the story was "merely the tip of the iceberg in terms of European funded and promoted anti-Israel hate." Numerous people likened the article to the medieval "blood libel," (widely refuted stories that Jews killed people to use their blood in religious rituals). Even some pro-Palestinian writers joined in the criticism, expressing skepticism. The fact is, however, that substantiated evidence of public and private organ trafficking and theft, and allegations of worse, have been widely reported for many years. Given such context, the Swedish charges become far more plausible than might otherwise be the case and suggest that an investigation could well turn up significant information. Below are a few examples of previous reports on this topic. Israel's first heart transplant Israel's very first, historic heart transplant used a heart removed from a living patient without consent or consulting his family. In December 1968 a man named Avraham Sadegat (the New York Times seems to give his name as A Savgat) (2) died two days after a stroke, even though his family had been told he was "doing well." After initially refusing to release his body, the Israeli hospital where he was being treated finally turned the man's body over to his family. They discovered that his upper body was wrapped in bandages; an odd situation, they felt, for someone who had suffered a stroke. When they removed the bandages, they discovered that the chest cavity was stuffed with bandages, and the heart was missing. During this time, the headline-making Israeli heart transplant had occurred. After their initial shock, the man's wife and brother began to put the two events together and demanded answers. The hospital at first denied that Sadegat's heart had been used in the headline-making transplant, but the family raised a media storm and eventually applied to three cabinet ministers. Finally, weeks later and after the family had signed a document promising not to sue, the hospital admitted that Sadagat's heart had been used. The hospital explained that it had abided by Israeli law, which allowed organs to be harvested without the family's consent. (3) (The United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime includes the extraction of organs in its definition of human exploitation.) Indications that the removal of Sadagat's heart was the actual cause of death went unaddressed. Director of forensic medicine on missing organs A 1990 article in the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs entitled "Autopsies and Executions" by Mary Barrett reports on the grotesque killings of young Palestinians. It includes an interview with Dr. Hatem Abu Ghazalch, the former chief health official for the West Bank under Jordanian administration and director of forensic medicine and autopsies. Barrett asks him about "the widespread anxiety over organ thefts which has gripped Gaza and the West Bank since the intifada began in December of 1987." He responded: "There are indications that for one reason or another, organs, especially eyes and kidneys, were removed from the bodies during the first year or year and a half. There were just too many reports by credible people for there to be nothing happening. If someone is shot in the head and comes home in a plastic bag without internal organs, what will people assume?" (4) Mysterious Scottish death In 1998 a Scot named Alisdair Sinclair died under questionable circumstances while in Israeli custody at Ben Gurion airport. His family was informed of the death and, according to a report in J Weekly, "...told they had three weeks to come up with about $4,900 to fly Sinclair's corpse home. says the Israelis seemed to be pushing a different option: burying Sinclair in a Christian cemetery in Israel, at a cost of about $1,300." The family scraped up the money, brought the body home, and had an autopsy performed at the University of Glasgow. It turned out that Alisdair's heart and a tiny throat bone were missing. At this point the British Embassy filed a complaint with Israel. The J report states: "A heart said to be Sinclair's was subsequently repatriated to Britain, free of charge. James wanted the Forensic Institute to pay for a DNA test to confirm that this heart was indeed their brother's, but the Institute's director, Professor Jehuda Hiss refused, citing the prohibitive cost, estimated by some sources at $1,500." Despite repeated requests from the British Embassy for the Israeli pathologist's and police reports, Israeli officials refused to release either. (5,6,7) Israeli government officials raise questions Palestinian journalist Khalid Amayreh reports in an article in CCUN: "In January, 2002, an Israeli cabinet minister tacitly admitted that organs taken from the bodies of Palestinian victims might have been used for transplants in Jewish patients without the knowledge of the Palestinian victims' families. "The minister, Nessim Dahan, said in response to a question by an Arab Knesset member that he couldn't deny or confirm that organs of Palestinian youths and children killed by the Israeli army were taken out for transplants or scientific research. "'I couldn't say for sure that something like that didn't happen.'" Amayreh writes that the Knesset member who posed the question said that he "had received 'credible evidence proving that Israeli doctors at the forensic institute of Abu Kabir extracted such vital organs as the heart, kidneys, and liver from the bodies of Palestinian youth and children killed by the Israeli army in Gaza and the West Bank." (8) Israel's chief pathologist removed from post for stealing body parts For a number of years there were allegations that Israel's leading pathologist was stealing body parts. In 2001 the Israeli national news service reported: "... the parents of soldier Ze'ev Buzgallo who was killed in a Golan Heights military training accident, are filing a petition with the High Court of Justice calling for the immediate suspension of Dr. Yehuda Hiss and that criminal charges be filed against him. Hiss serves as the director of the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute....According to the parents, the body of their son was used for medical experimentation without their consent, experiments authorized by Hiss. (9) In 2002 the service reported: "The revelation of illegally stored body parts in the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute has prompted MK Anat Maor, chairman of the Knesset Science Committee, to demand the immediate suspension of the director, Prof. Yehuda Hiss." Alisdair Sinclair's death had first alerted authorities to Hiss's malfeasance in 1998, though nothing was done for years. The Forward reported: "In 2001, an Israeli Health Ministry investigation found that Hiss had been involved for years in taking body parts, such as legs, ovaries and testicles, without family permission during autopsies, and selling them to medical schools for use in research and training. He was appointed chief pathologist in 1988. Hiss was never charged with any crime, but in 2004 he was forced to step down from running the state morgue, following years of complaints." (10) Harvesting kidneys from impoverished communities According to the Economist, a kidney racket flourished in South Africa between 2001 and 2003. "Donors were recruited in Brazil, Israel and Romania with offers of $5,000-20,000 to visit Durban and forfeit a kidney. The 109 recipients, mainly Israelis, each paid up to $120,000 for a "transplant holiday"; they pretended they were relatives of the donors and that no cash changed hands." (11) In 2004 a legislative commission in Brazil reported, "At least 30 Brazilians have sold their kidneys to an international human organ trafficking ring for transplants performed in South Africa, with Israel providing most of the funding." According to an IPS report: "The recipients were mostly Israelis, who receive health insurance reimbursements of 70,000 to 80,000 dollars for life-saving medical procedures performed abroad." IPS reports: The Brazilians were recruited in Brazil's most impoverished neighbourhoods and were paid $10,000 per kidney, "but as 'supply' increased, the payments fell as low as 3,000 dollars." The trafficking had been organized by a retired Israeli police officer, who said "he did not think he was committing a crime, given that the transaction is considered legal by his country's government." The Israeli embassy issued a statement denying any participation by the Israeli government in the illegal trade of human organs but said it did recognize that its citizens, in emergency cases, could undergo organ transplants in other countries, "in a legal manner, complying with international norms," and with the financial support of their medical insurance. However, IPS reports that the commission chair termed the Israeli stance "at the very least 'anti-ethical', adding that trafficking can only take place on a major scale if there is a major source of financing, such as the Israeli health system." He went on to state that the resources provided by the Israeli health system "were a determining factor" that allowed the network to function. (12) Tel Aviv hospital head promotes organ trafficking IPS goes on to report: "Nancy Scheper-Hughes, who heads the Organs Watch project at the U.S. University of California, Berkeley, testified to the Pernambuco legislative commission that international trafficking of human organs began some 12 years ago, promoted by Zacki Shapira, former director of a hospital in Tel Aviv. "Shapira performed more than 300 kidney transplants, sometimes accompanying his patients to other countries, such as Turkey. The recipients are very wealthy or have very good health insurance, and the 'donors' are very poor people from Eastern Europe, Philippines and other developing countries, said Scheper-Hughes, who specialises in medical anthropology." Israel prosecutes organ traffickers In 2007 Israel's Ha'aretz newspaper reported that two men confessed to persuading "Arabs from the Galilee and central Israel who were developmentally challenged or mentally ill to agree to have a kidney removed for payment." They then would refuse to pay them. The paper reported that the two were part of a criminal ring that included an Israeli surgeon. According to the indictment, the surgeon sold the kidneys he harvested for between $125,000 and $135,000. (13) Earlier that year another Israeli newspaper, the Jerusalem Post, reported that ten members of an Israeli organ smuggling ring targeting Ukrainians had been arrested. (14) In still another 2007 story, the Jerusalem Post reported that "Professor Zaki Shapira, one of Israel's leading transplant surgeons, was arrested in Turkey on Thursday on suspicion of involvement in an organ trafficking ring. According to the report, the transplants were arranged in Turkey and took place at private hospitals in Istanbul." Israeli organ trafficking comes to the U.S.? In July of this year even US media reported on the arrest of Levy Izhak Rosenbaum, from Brooklyn, recently arrested by federal officials in a massive corruption sweep in New Jersey that netted mayors, government officials and a number of prominent rabbis. Bostrom opens his article with this incident. According to the federal complaint, Rosenbaum, who has close ties to Israel, said that he had been involved in the illegal sale of kidneys for 10 years. A US Attorney explained: "His business was to entice vulnerable people to give up a kidney for $10,000 which he would turn around and sell for $160,000." (15) This is reportedly the first case of international organ trafficking in the U.S. University of California anthropologist and organ trade expert Nancy Scheper-Hughes, who informed the FBI about Rosenbaum seven years ago, says she heard reports that he had held donors at gunpoint to ensure they followed through on agreements to "donate" their organs. (16) Israel's organ donor problems Israel has an extraordinarily small number of willing organ donors. According to the Israeli news service Ynet, "the percentage of organs donated among Jews is the lowest of all the ethnic groups... In western countries, some 30 per cent of the population have organ donor cards. In Israel, in contrast, four percent of the population holds such cards. (17) "According to statistics from the Health Ministry's website, in 2001, 88 Israelis died waiting for a transplant because of a lack of donor organs. In the same year, 180 Israelis were brain dead, and their organs could have been used for transplant, but only 80 of their relatives agreed to donate their organs." According to Ynet, the low incidence of donors is related to "religious reasons." In 2006 there was an uproar when an Israeli hospital known for its compliance with Jewish law performed a transplant operation using an Israeli donor. The week before, "a similar incident occurred, but since the patient was not Jewish it passed silently." (18, 19) The Swedish article reports that 'Israel has repeatedly been under fire for its unethical ways of dealing with organs and transplants. France was among the countries that ceased organ collaboration with Israel in the 1990s. Jerusalem Post wrote that "the rest of the European countries are expected to follow France's example shortly." "Half of the kidneys transplanted to Israelis since the beginning of the 2000s have been bought illegally from Turkey, Eastern Europe or Latin America. Israeli health authorities have full knowledge of this business but do nothing to stop it. At a conference in 2003 it was shown that Israel is the only western country with a medical profession that doesn't condemn the illegal organ trade. The country takes no legal measures against doctors participating in the illegal business - on the contrary, chief medical officers of Israel's big hospitals are involved in most of the illegal transplants, according to Dagens Nyheter (December 5, 2003)." To fill this need former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, then health minister of Israel, organized a big donor campaign in the summer of 1992, but while the number of donors skyrocketed, need still greatly surpassed supply. Palestinian disappearances increase Bostrom, who earlier wrote of all this in his 2001 book Inshallah, (20) reports in his recent article: "While the campaign was running, young Palestinian men started to disappear from villages in the West Bank and Gaza. After five days Israeli soldiers would bring them back dead, with their bodies ripped open. "Talk of the bodies terrified the population of the occupied territories. There were rumors of a dramatic increase of young men disappearing, with ensuing nightly funerals of autopsied bodies." "I was in the area at the time, working on a book. On several occasions I was approached by UN staff concerned about the developments. The persons contacting me said that organ theft definitely occurred but that they were prevented from doing anything about it. On an assignment from a broadcasting network I then travelled around interviewing a great number of Palestinian families in the West Bank and Gaza - meeting parents who told of how their sons had been deprived of organs before being killed." He describes the case of 19-year-old Bilal Achmed Ghanan, shot by Israeli forces invading his village. "The first shot hit him in the chest. According to villagers who witnessed the incident he was subsequently shot with one bullet in each leg. Two soldiers then ran down from the carpentry workshop and shot Bilal once in the stomach. Finally, they grabbed him by his feet and dragged him up the twenty stone steps of the workshop stair... Israeli soldiers loading the badly wounded Bilal in a jeep and driving him to the outskirts of the village, where a military helicopter waited. The boy was flown to a destination unknown to his family." Five days later he was returned, "dead and wrapped up in green hospital fabric." Bostrom reports that as the body was lowered into the grave, his chest was exposed and onlookers could see that he was stitched up from his stomach to his head. Bostrom writes that this was not the first time people had seen such a thing. "The families in the West Bank and in Gaza felt that they knew exactly what had happened: "Our sons are used as involuntary organ donors," relatives of Khaled from Nablus told me, as did the mother of Raed from Jenin and the uncles of Machmod and Nafes from Gaza, who had all disappeared for a number of days only to return at night, dead and autopsied." Why autopsies? Bostrom describes the questions that families asked: "Why are they keeping the bodies for up to five days before they let us bury them? What happened to the bodies during that time? Why are they performing autopsy, against our will, when the cause of death is obvious? Why are the bodies returned at night? Why is it done with a military escort? Why is the area closed off during the funeral? Why is the electricity interrupted?" Israel's answer was that all Palestinians who were killed were routinely autopsied. However, Bostrom points out that of the133 Palestinians who were killed that year, only 69 were autopsied. He goes on to write: "We know that Israel has a great need for organs, that there is a vast and illegal trade of organs which has been running for many years now, that the authorities are aware of it and that doctors in managing positions at the big hospitals participate, as well as civil servants at various levels. We also know that young Palestinian men disappeared, that they were brought back after five days, at night, under tremendous secrecy, stitched back together after having been cut from abdomen to chin." It's time to bring clarity to this macabre business, to shed light on what is going on and what has taken place in the territories occupied by Israel since the Intifada began." (21) The new "Blood Libel"? In scanning through the reaction to Bostrom's report, one is struck by the multitude of charges that his article is a new version of the old anti-Semitic "blood libel." Given that fact, it is interesting to examine a 2007 book by Israel's preeminent expert on medieval Jewish history, and what happened to him. The author is Bar-Ilan professor (and rabbi) Ariel Toaff, son of the former chief rabbi of Rome, a religious leader so famous that an Israeli journalist writes that Toaff's father "is to Italian Jewry as the Eiffel Tower is to Paris." Ariel Toaff, himself, is considered "one of the greatest scholars in his field." (22, 23) In February 2007 the Israeli and Italian media were abuzz (though most of the U.S. media somehow missed it) with news that Professor Toaff had written a book entitled "Pasque di Sangue" ("Blood Passovers") (24) containing evidence that there "was a factual basis for some of the medieval blood libels against the Jews." Based on 35 years of research, Toaff had concluded that there were at least a few, possibly many, real incidents. In an interview with an Italian newspaper (the book was published in Italy), Toaff says: "My research shows that in the Middle Ages, a group of fundamentalist Jews did not respect the biblical prohibition and used blood for healing. It is just one group of Jews, who belonged to the communities that suffered the severest persecution during the Crusades. From this trauma came a passion for revenge that in some cases led to responses, among them ritual murder of Christian children." (25) (Incidentally, an earlier book containing similar findings was published some years ago, also by an Israeli professor, Israel Shahak, of whom Noam Chomsky once wrote, "Shahak is an outstanding scholar, with remarkable insight and depth of knowledge. His work is informed and penetrating, a contribution of great value." ) (26) Professor Toaff was immediately attacked from all sides, including pressure orchestrated by Anti-Defamation League chairman Abe Foxman, but Toaff stood by his 35 years of research, announcing: "I will not give up my devotion to the truth and academic freedom even if the world crucifies me... One shouldn't be afraid to tell the truth." Before long, however, under relentless public and private pressure, Toaff had recanted, withdrawn his book, and promised to give all profits that had already accrued (the book had been flying off Italian bookshelves) to Foxman's Anti-Defamation League. A year later he published a "revised version." Donald Bostrom's experience seems to be a repeat of what Professor Toaff endured: calumny, vituperation, and defamation. Bostrom has received death threats as well, perhaps an experience that Professor Toaff also shared. If Israel is innocent of organ plundering accusations, or if its culpability is considerably less than Bostrom and others suggest, it should welcome honest investigations that would clear it of wrongdoing. Instead, the government and its advocates are working to suppress all debate and crush those whose questions and conclusions they find threatening. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, rather than responding to calls for an investigation, is demanding that the Swedish government abandon its commitment to a free press and condemn the article. The Israeli press office, apparently in retaliation and to prevent additional investigation, is refusing to give press credentials to reporters from the offending newspaper. Just as in the case of the rampage against Jenin, the attack on the USS liberty, the massacre of Gaza, the crushing of Rachel Corrie, the torture of American citizens, and a multitude of other examples, Israel is using its considerable, worldwide resources to interfere with the investigative process. It is difficult to conclude that it has nothing to hide. http://www.counterpunch.org/weir08282009.html Alison Weir is executive director of If Americans Knew. A version of this article containing citations and additional information is available at http://ifamericansknew/cur_sit/sweden.html Notes. 1/ There are two English translations; this article uses the first: http://www.tlaxcala.es/pp.asp?reference=8390&lg=en http://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/authors/SwedishTrans.html The original Swedish article in Aftonbladet can be viewed at http://www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/article5652583.ab 2/ New York Times, Feb. 3, 1969, p. 8, Column 6 (53 words) http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1046041.html 3/ 40 years after Israel's first transplant, donor's family says his heart was stolen By Dana Weiler-Polak, Haaretz Correspondent, Dec. 14, 2008 http://www.wrmea.com/backissues/0490/9004021.htm 4/ Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, April 1990, Page 21, The Intifada: Autopsies and Executions http://www.jweekly.com/ 5/ October 30, 1998,Bizarre death of Scottish tourist involves suicide, missing heart by NETTY C. GROSS, Jerusalem Post Service http://www.forward.com/articles/112915/ 6/ The Forward, Illicit Body-Part Sales Present Widespread Problem, By Rebecca Dube, Aug. 26, 2009 http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/msg114437.html 7/ Masons, Muslims, Templars, Jews, Henry and Dolly. http://ccun.org/Opinion 8/ Al-Jazeerah: Cross-Cultural Understanding, Khalid Amayreh, August 20, 2009 9/ http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/12699 10/ http://www.forward.com/articles/112915/ 11/ http://www.economist.com/ 12/ The Economist, Organ transplants: The gap between supply and demand, Oct. 9, 2008 12/http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=22524 BRAZIL: Poor Sell Organs to Trans-Atlantic Trafficking Ring By Mario Osava, IPS, Feb. 23, 2004 13/ http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/935092.html Haaretz, Two Haifa men sentenced to jail for organ trafficking, By Fadi Eyadat, Dec. 18, 2007 14/ http://www.jpost.com/Police uncover illegal organ trade ring By REBECCA ANNA STOIL, July 23, 2007 15/ http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/671687 Sting rocks U.S. transplant industry, David Porter, Carla K. Johnson, ASSOCIATED PRESS, july 25, 2009 16/ http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1102799.html U.S. Professor: I told FBI about kidney trafficking 7 years ago By Natasha Mozgovaya, Haaretz Correspondent, August, 3, 2009 17/ http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3388529,00.html A mitzvah called organ donation, Efrat Shapira-Rosenberg, 10.6.07 18/ http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3265889,00.html Orthodox in uproar over organ donation incident, Neta Sela, 06.22.06 19/ http://www.israelshamir.net/English/Body_Snatchers.htm The Return of the Body Snatchers, By Israel Shamir, 20/ http://www.bokus.com/b/9789170370939.html 21/ http://www.tlaxcala.es/pp.asp?reference=8390&lg=en 22/ http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/829381.html Ha'aretz. The Wayward Son, by Adi Schwartz, March 1, 2007 23/ http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/824152.html Ha'aaretz, Bar-Ilan to order professor to explain research behind blood libel book By Ofri Ilani, Haaretz Service and The Associated Press, Feb 11, 2007 24/ http://www.bloodpassover.com/toafftableofcontents.htm Israeli writer Israel Shamir reports that some years ago "...a leading Chabad rabbi, Yitzhak Ginzburgh, gave his religious permission for a Jew to take a liver from a non-Jew even without his consent. He said that 'a Jew is entitled to extract the liver from a goy if he needs it, for the life of a Jew is more valuable than the life of a goy, likewise the life of a goy is more valuable than the life of an animal.' 25/ http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/824152.html Haaretz, Bar Ilan to order professor to explain research behind blood libel book, by Ofri Hani, Feb. 11, 2007. 26. http://www.wrmea.com/archives/august-september01/0108011.html Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, August/September 2001, page 11, In Memoriam: Israel Shahak (1933-2001), By Norton Mezvinsky http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=669_1251541265 snade Israeli Organ Harvesting israel,war crime,organ,palestine,anti-semite,idf,young,teen,youth Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:52:46 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=03b_1248982800 Smitten_Kitten (KTLA) RIO DE JANEIRO -- A Brazilian police investigation has determined that the death of boxer Arturo Gatti was a suicide and a court has ordered the release of his wife, once suspected of killing him, officials said Thursday. Lead investigator Paulo Alberes told the press that authorities found that Gatti killed himself on July 11 in a seaside resort in northeastern Brazil. When asked if police had determined the case was a suicide, Alberes said "yes." He offered no other details, but said he would hold a news conference later in the day. A day after Gatti was found dead, police said that his 23-year-old Brazilian wife, Amanda Rodrigues, had strangled him with her purse strap as he drunkenly slept. But police began to back off the accusation about a week later after a coroner's report said that Gatti may have killed himself as he was found hanged and suspended. Rodrigues' lawyer said at the time that proved his client's innocence because she could not have physically lifted Gatti. A spokeswoman for the Pernambuco state court in the city of Recife confirmed that judge Ildete Verissimo de Lima ordered the release of Rodrigues. The judge wrote in the ruling that police informed the court that "the detention of the suspect was no longer needed" as the investigation "excludes the possibility of murder." "The victim ... committed suicide by hanging," Lima's ruling read, referring to the police investigation findings. Rodrigues will walk out of jail Thursday afternoon, said her lawyer, Celio Avelino. Gatti was found dead in the apartment he was renting with Rodrigues in the resort town of Porto de Galinhas. The pair, who had a tumultuous marriage, had arrived there a few days before Gatti's death for a second honeymoon. The couple brought their 10-month-old son, who was unhurt and is in the care of Rodrigues' family in Brazil. The 37-year-old Gatti, who captured two world titles in his 16-year pro career, retired in 2007 with a record of 40-9. Gatti's family and friends in his adopted hometown of Montreal have denied the accusation the boxer could have killed himself. "Nobody believes whatsoever that there's even a 1 percent chance of a suicide. He lived life to the fullest," Ivano Scarpa, a close Gatti family friend, said at the boxer's July 20 funeral service in Canada. But Rodrigues, in a July 15 letter that she handed over to the AP from prison, said: "I'm innocent and I know that this will be proven in a few days." http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=03b_1248982800 Smitten_Kitten 'Boxer's Death Ruled Suicide, Wife to be Released' arturo gatti, amanda rodriges, boxer, suicide, death ruled suicide, wife, released, smitten_kitten