1.0link175871<![CDATA[Egypt's Poor Sell Their Organs For A Steep Price]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/17/egypts-poor-sell-their-or_n_175871.htmlCAIRO — The poverty of Cairo's slums forced a young couple to sell nearly everything they had. When that wasn't enough, each of them sold a kidney.
The clandestine pre-dawn operation in a small private hospital ended with the man and wife being dumped semiconscious in taxis _ the payment for their kidneys tucked into their clothes, they say.