1.   And if the Russians refused, they hinted, they would kill him and sell his kidneys to patients who needed an organ transplant.

2.   In recent years, some poor people have sold a kidney to raise money to pay off debts.

3.   Most admitted they had voluntarily sold a kidney, but claimed were cheated of their money.

4.   Police in the south Indian city of Bangalore has filed charges against four physicians accusing them of duping poor people into selling their kidneys.

5.   Publicly offering to sell a kidney in India is unusual.

6.   The government on Wednesday announced it was investigating a newspaper expose alleging that impoverished Palestinians were selling their kidneys for transplants in Israel.

7.   The government announced Wednesday that it was investigating a newspaper report alleging that impoverished Palestinians were selling their kidneys for transplants in Israel.

8.   The police also framed charges against two middlemen who sold the kidneys to recipients in West Asian countries, Bangalore newspapers reported Tuesday.

9.   Toy kidneys can be sold, but real ones are illegal.

10.   Most are Palestinians in dire need of money, it said, although middlemen can also find Israelis ready to sell a kidney.