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#diadosorvete Pop In Rio SP registra 3º caso de doença desconhecida; duas pessoas morreram


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Uma moradora de São Carlos (232 km de SP), de 28 anos, está internada na UTI (Unidade de Terapia Intensiva) da Santa Casa com os mesmos sintomas da doença desconhecida que matou dois irmãos que moravam no município.
Os sintomas são febre, manchas pelo corpo, tosse, dor de garganta e dificuldades respiratórias --exatamente os descritos nos casos de André Brisolari, 31, e Alessandra Brisolari, 39, mortos no início deste mês.
Segundo o secretário da Saúde de São Carlos, Artur Pereira, o estado da paciente, que não teve o nome revelado, é grave, porém, estável.
Ela respira sem a ajuda de aparelhos e ficará em observação. No município, todos os serviços de saúde foram avisados para alertar sobre outros casos.
A Vigilância Epidemiológica encaminhou exames realizados na mulher para o Instituto Adolfo Lutz --o diagnóstico deve ser apresentado em até 30 dias.
Ela está sendo medicada com antibióticos e drogas indicadas para o vírus H1N1 --que causa a gripe A.
Sobre as mortes, Pereira disse que exames iniciais já descartaram meningite, dengue hemorrágica, hantavirose, febre amarela, febre maculosa, leptospirose e o próprio vírus H1N1. Novos exames serão feitos, no entanto.
A prefeitura orienta que as pessoas evitem ambientes pouco ventilados, que lavem constantemente as mãos e que redobrem as medidas de higiene pessoal.












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Michael Jackson's Son, Prince Michael, Scheduled To Appear At Upcoming Auction




First Posted: 9/22/11 05:29 PM ET Updated: 9/22/11 05:36 PM ET

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One of Michael Jackson's sheltered children, Prince Michael, is planning to step out into the limelight in a few months in honor of one of his late father's philanthropic efforts.
According to People magazine, Prince Michael will appear at an auction in Berlin on November 10 in support of disadvantaged children. The event will showcase the sale of Jackson’s handwritten composition of his 1987 number one single, "Bad."
"Prince Michael Jackson will walk the red carpet and present the manuscript on stage surrounded by children," a spokesperson told the site. And don't expect the 14-year-old to come with any family members. A source close to the event told People that "he won't be traveling alone, but he won't have any family members with him."
Potential buyers have until November 10 to bid for the manuscript over at United Charity. All proceeds will go to the Tribute to Bambi foundation.
The announcement comes less than a week before the start of the much-anticipated trial of Dr. Conrad Murray, who has been charged with Jackson's death. Opening statements are to be televised and scheduled to begin on September 27 and concluded on or about October 28.











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John Travolta: I'm Flying My Family All Over the Globe




Thursday September 22, 2011 07:15 PM EDT
John Travolta: I'm Flying My Family All Over the Globe | John Travolta
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Most families buy plane tickets when they want to go on vacation. The Travoltas? They buy a new plane.

John Travolta recently purchased a Bombardier Challenger 601 jet that he and his family will use to travel around the globe, much to the delight of his wife and kids.

"My family fortunately loves traveling," the newly announced Bombardier brand ambassador told PEOPLE Tuesday. "Whenever I say, 'I have to go to Australia or Paris,' they say, 'When are we going? I'm there.' "

But Travolta admits that his wife Kelly Preston and their daughter Ella consider the new purchase to be a "whole new era for us."

The Challenger is the latest – and largest – in a line of aircrafts purchased by Travolta, who started taking lessons when he was just 15 years old. He had his license by 23.

"I love [flying] so much that I built my house next to a [runway] so I could fly my jet to my front door," he told reporters.

And while the avid aviator's baby boy Benjamin, 9 months, may be too young to earn his wings, Ella, 11, has already exhibited a fondness towards aircrafts.

"I was flying these little sports planes that I have and she showed interest in that," Travolta says.

"I just love being in the air. It has been my family time. I've enjoyed that."










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Michael Jackson's Son to Make First Solo Appearance



Thursday September 22, 2011 03:25 PM EDT
Michael Jackson's Son to Make First Solo Appearance
Prince Michael Jackson (left) and Michael Jackson's Bad album cover
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In his first solo foray into the limelight, Michael Jackson's eldest son, Prince Michael, will be in Berlin for a Nov. 10 auction in support of a cause dear to his late father's heart: helping disadvantaged kids.

The 14-year-old will be there for the sale of his dad's handwritten composition of the hit "Bad." All proceeds from the auction will go to the Tribute to Bambi foundation, which supports organizations in Germany that aid needy children.

"Prince Michael Jackson will walk the red carpet and present the manuscript on stage surrounded by children," a spokesperson for the event tells PEOPLE.

The teen is expected to arrive with an entourage but without relatives. "He won't be traveling alone," says a source close to the event, "but he won't have any family members with him."

In 2002, when he was 5, Prince Michael visited Berlin with his father, sister Paris and brother Blanket for the same event. (Staying at the Adlon Hotel on that occasion, Michael memorably dangled baby Blanket over the balcony before adoring fans.)

In previous auctions for the charity, Michael's glittery jacket and an autographed guitar went on the block, in in 2002 and 2009, respectively.

Those wishing to bid on the "Bad" manuscript may do so online between now and Nov. 10, at United Charity.

Asked to predict how much the manuscript might fetch, a spokeswoman laughed and said, "Hopefully, a whole lot!"











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#F8 "Any time they can guarantee us this sale ...... we will stop 20 percent enrichment,"

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claims 2 planes could not have brought down NYC towers

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After the controversial speech at the 66th UN General Assembly on Thursday, the president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, came to question the attacks of September 11, 2001 in the United States.

 

After speaking in the Assembly, Ahmadinejad told the Associated Press that, as an engineer, had "certain" that the Twin Towers were not brought down by airplanes.

 

He said "it would be impossible to bring down two planes crashing into the towers only to them." For Iran, some other scheduled explosion brought down two buildings.

 

During his UN speech, Ahmadinejad turned to criticize the United States and Western powers claim that they are responsible for the global economic crisis and use their economic and military might to invade and destroy other countries.

 

The delegations of the United States and the European Union abandoned the plenary during the president's speech.

 
Ahmadinejad launches nuclear offer before the speech

Before the speech at the UN General Assembly, Ahmadinejad said it may halt production of enriched uranium in their country if the West commit to providing the nuclear material, said the New York Times in an interview released on Thursday.

"If we provide uranium enriched to 20% starting this week, we'll stop enriching uranium now. We want only uranium enriched to 20% for our domestic consumption," Ahmadinejad asserted.

In a gesture of detente with the West, Iran on Wednesday freed two American tourists who have served two years in prison for spying.

Ahmadinejad at the UN appears after Obama accused the Iranian government not to have "failed to prove that its program is peaceful." If you continue "the path that is outside of international law," the Islamic Republic should be subject to "increased pressure and isolation," said Obama.

Iran was the target of six resolutions of the UN Security Council, four of them with sanctions, condemning its nuclear program. Tehran says it is not seeking a nuclear weapon, but Western governments are convinced of the contrary.

Before Ahmadinejad's speech, against which protests are expected on the streets of New York, the European Union (EU) proposed to resume direct talks with Iran over its nuclear activities "without conditions".

The EU is "open to sit and talk with Iran, obviously without preconditions", said on Thursday Maja Kocijancic, a spokesman for foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton.

Meanwhile, diplomatic contacts were maintained, a day before Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the UN to present his application for full membership as a state initiative that the United States threatened to veto in the Security Council.

Obama's speech on Wednesday, when he warned that "peace is not reached with the UN declarations and resolutions," and several high-level meetings have failed to make the Palestinians give up their aspirations.

In an attempt to find a way out, the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, has proposed that Palestinians receive a status of "intermediate state observer" and offered a calendar from one year to reach a "definitive agreement" with Israel. Anyway, the vote in the Security Council could take weeks, said French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe.

 

 

 

 

 

Palestinian crisis looms over U.N. meeting



UNITED NATIONS | Fri Sep 23, 2011 2:52am BST
(Reuters) - Diplomats scrambled on Thursday to head off a clash over Palestinian plans to seek full U.N. recognition with little visible sign of progress and a deadline less than 24 hours away.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad briefly seized the spotlight at the United Nations General Assembly, accusing the United States of using the September 11, 2001, attacks as a pretext for attacks on Iraq and Afghanistan and condemning western support for Zionism.
But attention focussed on the crisis transfixing this year's U.N. meeting. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is ready to submit his application to the U.N. Security Council on Friday despite pressure from U.S. President Barack Obama to forgo the U.N. option and resume direct talks with Israel.
Obama's meetings with Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday ended with no breakthrough, illustrating stark new limits on U.S. influence over a process spinning in unpredictable directions.
Obama, whose personal efforts to restart the Middle East peace process have proven fruitless, on Wednesday declared that direct talks were the only path to Palestinian statehood, underscoring unbending U.S. opposition to the U.N. plan.
Obama said the United States will veto any Palestinian move in the Security Council -- a step that would isolate Washington with its ally Israel at a moment of unprecedented political turmoil across the region.
"We understand that the Palestinian people feel like they have waited very long, and far too long, to have their own state. We want to help them achieve that state as quickly as possible," U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice told U.S. NPR radio.
"But the bottom line is there's no way to accomplish that short of the two sides coming back to the negotiating table," Rice said, calling the Palestinian U.N. bid "unwise and counterproductive."
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who had her own meetings with Abbas and Netanyahu, said the United States would continue to push for a durable, negotiated peace.
"Regardless of what happens tomorrow in the United Nations, we remain focussed on the day after," Clinton told reporters.
ON THE GROUND REALITIES
Whatever happens at the United Nations, Palestinians will remain under Israeli occupation and any nominal state would lack recognized borders or real independence and sovereignty.
The cash-strapped Palestinians face their own political divisions, and may also incur financial retribution from Israel and the United States that could hobble their efforts to build the framework of government for their homeland.
But in the West Bank, Palestinians have rallied this week to support the U.N. plan, with many expressing anger and disappointment over two decades of failed U.S. peace initiatives.
At the United Nations, diplomats are focussed on several scenarios which they hope may contain the damage once Abbas makes his application, as most expect he will.
The Security Council could delay action on Abbas' request, giving the mediating "Quartet" -- the United States, Russia, the European Union and United Nations -- more time to craft a declaration that could coax the two sides back to the table.
But the Quartet may be unable to agree on a statement that could satisfy both Israel and the Palestinians, who remain divided on core issues including borders, the status of Jerusalem, the fate of Palestinian refugees and the future of Jewish settlements.
A senior U.S. official said Quartet envoys met for several hours on Thursday, continued "to work constructively" and would meet again on Thursday evening or Friday morning.
Another option, advanced by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, would see the Palestinians go to the General Assembly, which could vote to upgrade the Palestinians from an "entity" to a "non-member state" while reviving direct peace talks.
Sarkozy's plan calls for talks to begin within one month, an agreement on borders and security within six months and a final peace agreement within a year.
The General Assembly route would require only a simple majority of the 193-nation body, not a two-thirds majority necessary for full statehood.
What remains unclear, however, is whether the Palestinians will insist on the right to haul the Israeli government or its officials before war-crimes tribunals or sue them in other global venues -- something Israel opposes.
The Palestinians have pledged to press the Security Council bid while keeping the General Assembly option open.
POLITICAL Theatre
Iran's Ahmadinejad -- who arrived in New York this year weakened by factional infighting at home -- accused Western powers of a variety of misdeeds and again questioned the September 11, 2001, attacks as "mysterious.
In what has become a regular piece of political theatre, U.S. and other Western delegations walked out of the General Assembly hall during his speech.
Although he did not mention Tehran's disputed nuclear program in his speech, Ahmadinejad said later that Iran would stop producing 20 percent enriched uranium if it is guaranteed fuel for a medical research reactor, seeking to revive a fuel swap deal that fell apart in 2009.
"Any time they can guarantee us this sale ... we will stop 20 percent enrichment," he told reporters, although deep Western scepticism over Iran's nuclear intentions would likely slow any possible resumption of talks.
The Iranian leader, who in the past has called Israel a "tumour" that must be wiped from the map, made only a passing reference to the Palestinian issue in his speech and had no comment on the Palestinians' bid for U.N. recognition.
(Additional reporting by Arshad Mohammed, John Irish, Louis Charbonneau, Patrick Worsnip, Alistair Lyon and Tom Perry; Editing by Xavier Briand and Todd Eastham)











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Ahmadinejad questiona 11/9 e diz que dois aviões não poderiam derrubar as Torres Gêmeas



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Depois do polêmico discurso na 66ª Assembleia Geral da ONU nesta quinta-feira, o presidente do Irã, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, voltou a questionar os ataques de 11 de setembro de 2001 nos Estados Unidos.
Após discursar na Assembleia, Ahmadinejad disse à Associated Press que, como engenheiro, tinha "certeza" de que as Torres Gêmeas não foram derrubadas por aviões.
Segundo ele, "seria impossível para os dois aviões derrubarem as torres apenas colidindo com elas". Para o iraniano, alguma outra explosão programada trouxe os dois prédios abaixo. 
Durante seu discurso na ONU, Ahmadinejad voltou a criticar os Estados Unidos e as potências ocidentais afirmando que eles são responsáveis pela crise econômica mundial e usam seu poderio econômico e militar para invadir e destruir outros países. 
As delegações dos Estados Unidos e da União Europeia abandonaram o plenário durante o discurso do presidente.

Ahmadinejad lança oferta nuclear antes do discurso

Antes do discurso na Assembleia Geral da ONU, Ahmadinejad disse que pode interromper a produção de urânio enriquecido em seu país se o Ocidente se comprometer a fornecer o material nuclear, afirmou o jornal New York Times em uma entrevista divulgada nesta quinta-feira.

"Se nos fornecerem urânio enriquecido a 20% a partir desta semana, nós vamos parar de enriquecer o urânio agora. Nós queremos apenas urânio enriquecido a 20% para nosso consumo interno", assegurou Ahmadinejad.

Em um gesto de distensão com o Ocidente, o Irã libertou na quarta-feira dois turistas americanos que cumpriram dois anos de prisão acusados de espionagem.

Ahmadinejad se apresenta na ONU após o presidente Obama ter acusado o governo iraniano de não ter "conseguido provar que seu programa é pacífico". Se continuar "pelo caminho que está fora da lei internacional", a República Islâmica deve ser alvo de "maior pressão e isolamento", disse Obama.

O Irã foi alvo de seis resoluções do Conselho de Segurança da ONU, quatro delas com sanções, que condenam seu programa nuclear. Teerã afirma que não busca uma arma nuclear, mas os governos ocidentais estão convencidos do contrário.

Antes do discurso de Ahmadinejad, contra o qual são esperados protestos nas ruas de Nova York, a União Europeia (UE) propôs retomar o diálogo direto com o Irã sobre suas atividades nucleares "sem condições".

A UE está "aberta para se sentar e conversar com o Irã, obviamente sem condições prévias", disse nesta quinta-feira Maja Kocijancic, porta-voz da chefe de Relações Exteriores Catherine Ashton.

Enquanto isso, os contatos diplomáticos eram mantidos, um dia antes de o presidente palestino, Mahmud Abbas, apresentar na ONU seu pedido de adesão plena como Estado, iniciativa que os Estados Unidos ameaçaram vetar no Conselho de Segurança.

O discurso de Obama na quarta-feira, quando advertiu que "a paz não é alcançada com declarações e resoluções na ONU", e várias reuniões de alto nível não conseguiram fazer com que os palestinos desistissem de suas aspirações.

Em uma tentativa de buscar uma saída, o presidente da França, Nicolas Sarkozy, propôs que os palestinos recebam um status "intermediário de Estado observador" e ofereceu um calendário de um ano para chegar a "um acordo definitivo" de paz com Israel. De qualquer forma, o voto no Conselho de Segurança pode levar semanas, disse o chanceler francês Alain Juppé.

6 teorias da conspiração bizarras envolvendo os ataques de 11 de setembro

Ana Carolina Prado 9 de setembro de 2011

Os ataques de 11 de setembro rendem muito material para quem gosta de uma teoria da conspiração. Dizer que os ataques foram orquestrados pelo próprio governo americano para aumentar a popularidade do presidente George W. Bush e garantir o apoio da nação para uma invasão ao Iraque já virou até clichê. Uma pesquisa feita em 2006 pela Universidade de Ohio, nos Estados Unidos, apontou que um em cada três americanos acha possível que o governo tenha permitido ou sido o autor dos atentados. Realmente, alguns fatos envolvendo o episódio são difíceis de serem explicados. Por que ninguém viu o avião que caiu no Pentágono? Por que os aviões penetraram nas Torres Gêmeas tão facilmente como se as paredes fossem feitas de papel? Algumas teorias trazem explicações um tanto bizarras para isso. Uma delas ainda bota a culpa em ETs e Illuminatti. Dê uma olhada em seis delas, que reunimos aqui, e depois compartilhe as suas.
1- O governo americano já sabia dos ataques, mas não os impediu porque queria beneficiar uma firma de investimento
Para a deputada americana Cynthia McKinney, do Partido Democrata, o presidente George W. Bush sabia antecipadamente dos ataques e não fez nada. Isso porque lançar o país em uma nova guerra renderia gigantescos lucros para a empresa de investimento Carlyle Group, que teria investido muito dinheiro na indústria bélica. A firma tem como um de seus conselheiros George Bush pai e é dirigida por vários ex-militares linha dura. O assessor de imprensa fez piada com as acusações: “Ela disse isso em Roswell, Novo México?”, perguntou ele, em referência às várias teorias conspiratórias envolvendo óvnis nessa cidade.

2- Teoria Aurora Negra: aviões que atingiram o WTC tinham urânio
Criada pelos investigadores  J. Petras e N. Chomsky, do jornal online independente La Rebelión, a teoria diz que seria impossível para um Boeing 767-200 com 136 toneladas de carga derrubar uma muralha de ferro como a torre do World Trade Center. Para eles, um avião que se choca a 800 km/h contra o prédio deveria se desfazer em pedacinhos na hora. No entanto, todo mundo viu que os aviões penetraram no prédio como se eles fossem de manteiga. O segredo estaria no urânio empobrecido (resíduo da produção de combustível destinado aos reatores nucleares e bombas atômicas) colocado na dianteira do avião, provavelmente envolvendo os seus motores de reação. A força destrutiva desse material é devastadora e sua natureza inflamável faz com que pegue fogo no momento do impacto, produzindo calor suficiente para fundir e derreter a blindagem mais resistente e atravessá-la, fazendo-a explodir depois pela fricção do aço ou outro material qualquer.  Para os autores da teoria, isso explica a inclinação de 45° ao penetrar no edifício: o que permitiria a destruição de cinco ou seis andares e produziria aquele desabamento em forma de sanfona, considerado perfeito demais por muitos especialistas.
3- O pentágono foi atingido por um míssil norte-americano

O fato de o buraco na fachada do prédio do Pentágono ser pequeno demais para ter sido provocado por um Boeing com 38 metros de envergadura e a falta de destroços e rastros levantaram suspeitas. Além disso, um avião de 100 toneladas voando a 400 quilômetros por hora teria estragado bem mais do que apenas um dos cinco lados do edifício. No livro “11 de setembro de 2001 – Uma terrível farsa”, o jornalista e cientista político francês Thierry Meyssan defende que o Pentágono foi, na realidade, atingido por um míssil norte-americano lançado por um grupo de extrema direita que iria lucrar muito com uma guerra do país contra o Oriente Médio. A Sociedade Americana de Engenheiros Civis deu uma explicação para o buraco na fachada do Pentágono: um avião, quando bate, não deixa um contorno perfeito de si como nos desenhos animados. Além disso, testemunhas viram um avião e corpos de passageiros foram identificados nos escombros. Em relação ao sumiço das partes do avião, a explicação estaria do fato de que, com a explosão, o caça é praticamente reduzido a pó. O mesmo aconteceu com o Boeing que bateu de frente com o prédio do Pentágono no dia 11 de setembro.
4- Bin Laden era da CIA
Ainda segundo o francês Thierry Meyssan, Bin Laden era um agente da CIA desde os anos 80, época em que os Estados Unidos financiaram a resistência afegã contra a ocupação soviética, e seus vídeos assumindo os atentados eram puro teatro. “Ele não é um guerrilheiro, é alguém que geria o financiamento da Arábia Saudita e da CIA e o distribuía pelos ‘mujadine’. É um gestor e não um soldado”, disse Meyssan em uma entrevista para o jornal Correio da Manhã em 2002.
5- Notas de dólar previram os ataques
Depois do 11 de setembro, descobriu-se supostas “mensagens subliminares” em notas de dólares prevendo o episódio. Dobrando a nota de certa maneira, aparecem imagens das Torres Gêmeas e do Pentágono em chamas logo após o ataque. E tem mais: elas também revelaram o nome do responsável pelo ataque.

Não que seja muito difícil formar nomes com todas as letras de “The United States of America” de acordo com as dobras que você fizer, mas…

6-A culpa é dos Illuminati
E existe até quem acredite que a Illuminati tem algo a ver com os ataques. A sociedade secreta Illuminati foi formalmente dissolvida em 1784 pelo governo alemão, mas o escritor americano David Icke acredita que o grupo e não só ainda existe como também sempre foi composto por seres híbridos que seriam meio humanos e meio alienígenas – incluindo Bush pai, Bush-filho, Saddam Hussein e a atual rainha da Inglaterra. Ele também apontou que o jogo de RPG Illuminati – A Nova Ordem Mundial, lançado em 1995, teria previsto os ataques de 11 de setembro. Cartas do jogo traziam um ataque terrorista às Torres Gêmeas e ao Pentágono.
   
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#RIPTROYDAVIS The 23 words that sentenced Troy Davis to death: U.S. Supreme Court order revealed as Clinton and Carter weigh in on debate


  • Carter wants 'total rejection of capital punishment'
  • Clinton says appeals process must be slowed to consider DNA evidence
  • Actor Alec Baldwin says death penalty humiliates U.S. in front of the world
  • Prisoner told Mark MacPhail's family to 'dig deeper and find the truth'
  • Defence lawyer labels 'macabre and horrible' death 'a legalised lynching'
By Hannah Roberts and Mark Duell

Last updated at 11:45 PM on 22nd September 2011

Mental torture: Georgia officials stopped the process minutes before the scheduled 7pm death before resuming four hours later
Mental torture: Georgia officials stopped the execution process minutes before the scheduled 7pm death before resuming four hours later
It's a simple looking sheet of paper - but it confirmed that his life was about to end.
This U.S. Supreme Court order, which meant Troy Davis would be given the lethal injection, said: 'The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Thomas and by him referred to the Court is denied.'
Celebrities and former presidents have today lined up to criticise last night's controversial execution of death row inmate Davis.
Davis maintained his innocence to the end as he told the family of murdered policeman Mark MacPhail: 'I'm innocent. I didn't kill your son.'
Former president Jimmy Carter said today he hopes it 'will spur us as a nation toward the total rejection of capital punishment'.
And Bill Clinton also got involved, saying courts must slow down the appeals process to properly consider DNA evidence.
He said: 'In any case where there's any chance that any DNA evidence could change the outcome of the trial - I think that the appeals process has to be slowed down and organised so that any evidence of innocence can always be presented and then acted upon.'
But Mr Clinton's comments are despite a 1996 act he signed, which sped up sentences by restricting the appeals process, reported Time.
Actor Alec Baldwin added: 'The U.S. death penalty humiliates us in the eyes of much of the world.'
Other celebrities including Kim Kardashian and singer Rihanna slammed the execution as an 'injustice' and said they 'won't forget' Davis.
Document: The Supreme Court order that killed Troy Davis with only 23 words on Wednesday night
Document: The Supreme Court order that killed Troy Davis with only 23 words on Wednesday night
Former president: Bill Clinton, pictured speaking earlier this week, said after the execution that courts must slow down the appeals process to properly consider DNA evidence
Former president: Bill Clinton, pictured speaking earlier this week, said after the execution that courts must slow down the appeals process to properly consider DNA evidence
Strapped to a gurney, awaiting lethal injection, Davis lifted his head and looked at the dead man's family, to repeat his claim that he was not responsible for the police officer's death in 1989.
The execution went ahead in Georgia despite a dramatic last-minute intervention.
Minutes before Davis was due to be put to death, at 7pm, his lawyers made a last-ditch appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.


He had to wait for four hours before the nine justices made up their minds to uphold the execution which was carried out at Georgia State Prison in Jackson.
Moments later he was strapped to the chair. He was declared dead at 11.08pm last night.
His last words were: 'I'd like to address the MacPhail family. Let you know, despite the situation you are in, I'm not the one who personally killed your son, your father, your brother. I am innocent.'
Just a few feet away behind a glass window, Mr MacPhail's son and brother watched in silence.
Family: (l-r) Mr MacPhail's mother Anneliese MacPhail, his son Mark MacPhail Jr, widow Joan MacPhail and daughter Madison MacPhail, spoke of their relief when the Supreme Court temporarily upheld the execution
Family: (l-r) Mr MacPhail's mother Anneliese MacPhail, his son Mark MacPhail Jr, widow Joan MacPhail and daughter Madison MacPhail, spoke of their relief when the Supreme Court temporarily upheld the execution
Former US president Jimmy Carter
Alec Baldwin
Annoyed: High-profile figures such as Alec Baldwin, right, and former president Jimmy Carter, left, have lined up to criticise last night's controversial execution of death row inmate Davis
Last moments: Davis's sister, Kimberly Davis, said her brother was calm during his last moments and watched his three-year-old niece perform ballet for him
Last moments: Davis's sister, Kimberly Davis, said her brother was calm during his last moments and watched his three-year-old niece perform ballet for him

Baldwin and Malkin's Twitter fight

Actor Alec Baldwin and conservative blogger Michelle Malkin got into in an ugly scrap on Twitter over the execution of Troy Davis.
Mr Baldwin had been tweeting against the execution before it took place on Wednesday night, before Ms Malkin mocked him in a tweet, reported the Huffington Post.

‘Waiting for Hollyweirdo @alecbaldwin 's 'I am Troy Davis' tweet...,’ Ms Malkin posted.

Mr Baldwin responded by tweeting: 'Davis is dead Does that make you happier, @michellemalkin?'.

He later wrote: 'C'mon!! Let's go all Town Hall on that supreme thinker @michellemalkin. A world class, crypto fascist hater!'

The pair were still arguing on Thursday morning, but seemed to have calmed down by mid-afternoon as nothing more was said - in public at least.
Davis added: 'The incident that happened that night is not my fault. I did not have a gun. All I can ask... is that you look deeper into this case so that you really can finally see the truth.'
Davis, who refused a last meal, then asked his family and friends 'to continue to fight this fight'.
He said: 'For those about to take my life, God have mercy on your souls. And may God bless your souls.'
Davis’s sister, Kimberly Davis, told ABC News her brother was calm during his last moments and watched his three-year-old niece perform ballet for him.

‘Our last moments were joyous,’ she said. ‘My brother was giving us charge as to what he wanted us to do, telling us to hold our heads up, telling my nephew to continue to be all that he could be.

He told the family to ‘hold your heads up and be strong’ as the state could ‘only take his physical body and not his soul’ by executing him. She said her family will fight to end the death penalty.

Public anger: Police clashed with protesters outside the Georgia prison where Troy Davis was executed
Public anger: Police clashed with protesters outside the Georgia prison where Troy Davis was executed
Trying their best: Demostrators attempted to continue the fight on Wednesday night to keep Davis alive
Trying their best: Demostrators attempted to continue the fight on Wednesday night to keep Davis alive

Banners: Demonstrators were unhappy at what they claim is a lack of evidence for the execution of Davis
Banners: Demonstrators were unhappy at what they claim is a lack of evidence for the execution of Davis
‘This fight didn't start with him and it's not going to end with him,’ she told ABC News.

REACTION TO DEATH OF TROY DAVIS

'Such an injustice!!!! Troy Davis was executed! My prayers are with the Davis Family!'
Kim Kardashian, socialite

'For all you blood-thirsty right wing trash out there tonight. The point is he may have been innocent. Ya get it now?'
Alec Baldwin, actor
'I AM TROY DAVIS, and I AM FREE" Never Stop Fighting for Justice and We will Win! by Troy Davis...We won't forget you'
Rihanna, singer

'We have to talk about the disparities between black and white in death penalty, kill a white and u are 10times more likely to fry'
Russell Simmons, Def Jam co-founder
'Killing a man under this enormous cloud of doubt is horrific and amounts to a catastrophic failure of the justice system'
Larry Cox, Amnesty International

'Justice is not done for Officer Mark Allen MacPhail Sr if the wrong man is punished'
William Sessions, former FBI Director
'This is a sad sad day. We must fight through our tears and CHANGE these draconian death penalty laws. I promised Troy'
Reverend Al Sharpton
President Carter said: 'If one of our fellow citizens can be executed with so much doubt surrounding his guilt, then the death penalty system in our country is unjust and outdated.'
Davis's lawyer Thomas Ruffin denounced the execution as 'a legalised lynching' and described the process as 'sickening'.
He said: 'I saw the tube inserted into his arm, and then fluid, then jerking. It's sickening. It's worse than any film adaptation. It's more macabre and horrible than anything on film and television.'
Mr Ruffin maintains the case is riddled with doubt. But Mr MacPhail's family said justice was finally served.
His mother Anneliese MacPhail said: 'I'm kind of numb. I can't believe that it's really happened.'
Speaking from her home in Columbus, Georgia, she said: 'All the feelings of relief and peace I've been waiting for all these years, they will come later.
'I certainly do want some peace.'
She dismissed Davis' claims of innocence. 'He's been telling himself that for 22 years. You know how it is, he can talk himself into anything.'
Atlanta Journal Constitution reporter Rhonda Cook, who has covered crime for 22 years and witnessed 11 executions prior to this one, was one of five reporters allowed to watch the execution.
‘Media witnesses are as much a part of the execution process as the officers who escort the inmate to the death chamber or the officers who strap the condemned to a gurney,’ she wrote.
Emotional moment: Supporters console one another after a last minute U.S. Supreme Court appeal was denied at the prison where convicted killer Troy Davis was set to be executed
Emotional: Supporters outside the prison in Jackson console one another after the U.S. Supreme Court appeal turns down the last-ditch appeal by Troy Davis' lawyers
All hope lost: Anti-death penalty supporters comfort each other after hearing that the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last minute plea of Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis In Jackson, Ga.
All hope lost: Anti-death penalty supporters comfort each other after hearing the Supreme Court 's decision
Riot squad: Members of a law enforcement team line up in front of supporters of convicted killer Davis after some activists became rowdy outside the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification prison
Riot squad: Members of a law enforcement team line up in front of supporters of convicted killer Davis after some activists became rowdy outside the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification prison

'He blinked his eyes rapidly, he squeezed them tight and the curtain closed': Eye- witness accounts of Troy Davis's execution - by reporters who watched him die

Rhonda Cook, Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Just after 10:30 Wednesday night two words stopped the conversation among reporters instantly.

“Y’all ready?” a correctional officer asked.
We were moments away from witnessing an execution. Media witnesses are as much a part of the execution process as the officers who escort the inmate to the death chamber or the officers who strap the condemned to a gurney.
Death: The execution chamber at Jackson prison, Georgia, where Troy Davis was sedated and strapped to the gurney, while the U.S. Supreme Court took four hours to come to a decision
Death: The execution chamber at Jackson prison, Georgia, where Troy Davis was sedated and strapped to the gurney, while the U.S. Supreme Court took four hours to come to a decision
Wednesday, we were there as unbiased witnesses, sitting on the back row. Our seats were behind those there on behalf of the condemned and those who prosecuted or arrested Troy Davis for the 1989 murder of Savannah police officer Mark Allen MacPhail. The dead officer’s son and namesake, Mark MacPhail Jr., and his brother, William MacPhail, were there for the family.
We spoke little from that moment on, the five reporters selected to witness the execution.
As the officer called our names, we lined up and left the room where we had waited for so long, oblivious to the last-ditch effort to spare Davis and the police presence and protests beyond the prison's walls.
In the death chamber, we took our seats on the last of three pews.
Warden Carl  Humphrey began the process by reading the execution order signed by Chatham County Judge Penny Haas Freesmann. "The court having sentenced defendant Troy Anthony Davis on the third day of September, 1991, to be executed….”
Then he asked Davis if he has any final words.
Yes, the condemned man said and he raised his head so he could look at Mark MacPhail Jr., who was an infant when his father was murdered, and William MacPhail, the dead officer’s brother.
“I’m sorry for your loss,” Davis said.
Mark MacPhail, who was leaning forward, and his uncle did not move. They stared at the man who killed their loved one.
'As the officer called our names, we lined up and left the room where we had waited for so long, oblivious to the last-ditch effort to spare Davis and the police presence and protests beyond the prison's walls'
Rhonda Cook
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“I did not personally kill your son, father and brother,” Davis said. “I am innocent. “
He asked his family and friends to continue to search for the truth.
And to the prison officials he said “may God have mercy on your souls. May God bless your souls.”
He then lowered his head. He turned down an offer for a prayer.
Within minutes, Troy Anthony Davis slipped out of consciousness and in 14 minutes he was dead.
A three-drug cocktail ended his life. First pentobarbital put Davis in a drug-induced coma. The paralytic pancuronium bromide was second. Potassium chloride stopped Davis’ heart.
“The court ordered execution of Troy Anthony Davis was carried out in accordance with the laws of the state of Georgia,” the warden announced.
Curtains in the death chamber were closed and we were quickly ushered out.
Waiting for us at the media staging area was a line of correctional officers, deputy sheriffs and state troopers blocking protesters from crossing Georgia Highway 36 onto prison property and hoards of local, national and international reporters waiting for the reporters who witnessed the execution to describe what happened.
He went peacefully, one of the reporters said.
Greg Bluestein, Associated Press:
It didn't take long to notice Troy Davis' execution was different from the others I've covered. As I drove up to the prison, I could see the crowds of protesters and a group of at least 50 reporters.
I've covered about 10 executions in Georgia. None of them are easy. This was by far the most unusual.
'I've covered about 10 executions in Georgia. None of them are easy. This was by far the most unusual'
Greg Bluestein
Associated Press
There were four reporters besides me there to witness the execution. We ended up waiting for more than four hours in a sombre prison break room. We made small talk and speculated about whether the U.S. Supreme Court could intervene. At times, it was silent.
Around 10:30 p.m., a guard walked in and said: ‘You ready?’
We were led into a white van and, after passing through several security checkpoints, we were delivered to the squat white building on the edge of the prison that serves as the death chamber. We watched the slain officer's son, Mark MacPhail Jr., enter the building. Behind him, Jason Ewart, the condemned man's attorney, walked in. A county coroner's van rolled up.
Present: Mark MacPhail's son, Mark MacPhail Jr, was at the execution in Georgia State Prison
Present: Mark MacPhail's son, Mark MacPhail Jr, was at the execution in Georgia State Prison
By the time we were inside, officials had already strapped Davis to the gurney. There was a glass window with a curtain separating Davis from the witnesses, who sat in three rows of seats. There were about 20 of us.
Davis searched for Ewart, who nodded slightly when they locked eyes. MacPhail Jr., sitting in the front row, focused on Davis.
When it was time to deliver his last words, Davis' seized the moment, speaking quickly and confidently.
He told the MacPhail family he was not responsible for the death. ‘I am innocent. The incident that happened that night is not my fault,’ he said.
Davis urged his supporters to ‘continue to fight the fight.’ And just before the lethal drugs coursed through his veins, he offered a message to his executioners: ‘God have mercy on your souls.’
Davis blinked his eyes rapidly. He squeezed them tight. The curtain closed.

Ms Cook said a correctional officer stopped a conversation between reporters outside the execution chamber instantly, asking: ‘Y’all ready’? They ‘spoke little from that moment on’.

TROY DAVIS'S FINAL DAYS

September 17:  Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles  receives 600,000-signature petition asking for clemency. 
September 19 - The board holds a clemency hearing.
September 20 - Board  denies clemency for Davis, reportedly by a majority of three to two
September 21 - 5am: Defence attorneys' last ditch request for a lie detector test is denied by the board.
5pm: Georgia Supreme Court judge denies a final appeal 
6pm: Lawyers for Davis 'hit send' on an application to US Supreme Court
6.50pm: Dramatic last minute intervention halts proceedings.
7pm: Georgia is within its rights to execute Davis but awaits Supreme Court decision
10.18pm: Lawyers say the Supreme Court have denied Davis' appeal
10.53pm: Execution begins
11.08pm: Davis is declared dead
She went to sit in front of ‘those there on behalf of the condemned and those who prosecuted or arrested Troy Davis’. She added: ‘In the death chamber, we took our seats on the last of three pews.’
Ms Cook wrote: ‘Mark MacPhail Jr, who was leaning forward, and his uncle William MacPhail did not move. They stared at the man who killed their loved one.’


As his last hours ticked away, Davis was said to be upbeat and 'prayerful'.
He turned turned down an offer for a special last meal as he met friends, family and supporters.
Outside Jackson prison in Georgia, a crowd of more than 500 demonstrators cried, hugged, prayed and held candles.
The vigil was heavily policed, with more than 100 Georgia state troopers in riot gear at the scene.
The protesters represented supporters worldwide who took up the anti-death penalty cause as Davis' final days ticked away.

Hundreds of thousands of people had signed petitions on Davis' behalf and he had prominent supporters.
His lawyers said seven of nine key witnesses against him disputed all or parts of their testimony, but state and federal judges repeatedly ruled against him - three times on Wednesday alone.
Martina Correia, sister of convicted killer Troy Davis, wipes tears from her eyes as she waited in the protest area at prison
Martina Davis looks to the sky
Grief: Martina Correia, sister of Troy Davis, wipes tears from her eyes as she waits in the protest area at prison, and right, looks up to the heavens
Campaigners listen intently on their phone to news about the delay of the execution, but their hopes were short-lived as the death penalty was carried out
Tense: Campaigners listen intently on their phone to news about the delay of the execution, but their hopes were short-lived as the death penalty was carried out
Symbolic: Student protestors outside the White House stand with tape over their mouth to show that they don't have a voice in the matter of the execution
Symbolic: Student protestors outside the White House stand with tape over their mouth to show that they don't have a voice in the matter of the execution

A supporter of Troy Davis pictured next to an Amnesty International poster holds her head in her hands after learning yesterday that the execution would be delayed
Tension: A supporter of Troy Davis pictured next to an Amnesty International poster holds her head in her hands after learning yesterday that the execution would be delayed

Supporters: Vizion Jones, right, embraces Mercedes Binns, left, after the US Supreme Court refused to issue a stay of execution
Student protestors from Howard University wait outide the White House in Washington, DC
Defeat: Vizion Jones, left, embraces Mercedes Binns after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to issue a stay of execution. Right, Students from Howard University wait outside the White House in Washington, DC
 
Davis's supporters included Pope Benedict XVI, a former FBI director, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Several conservative figures and many celebrities were also behind his case, including hip-hop star Sean 'P Diddy' Combs.

'I'm trying to bring the word to the young people: There is too much doubt,' rapper Big Boi, of the Atlanta-based group Outkast, said at a church near the prison.

Dozens of protesters outside the White House called on the President to intervene, and 12 were arrested for disobeying police orders.
Restrained: A man is detained by police as feelings in the crowds ran high yesterday
Restrained: A man is detained by police as feelings in the crowds run high yesterday
Protesters hold placards while others pray during a vigil yesterday afternoon
a supporter holds a banner proclaiming 'I am Troy Davis'
Protesters hold placards while others pray during a vigil outside the prison yesterday afternoon, while right, a supporter holds a banner proclaiming 'I am Troy Davis'
A protester clutching the bible wails as she is helped off the ground after hearing about the initial delay to the execution
Anguish: A protester clutching the bible wails as she is helped off the ground after hearing about the initial delay to the execution

At a rally in Paris many of the 150 demonstrators carried signs emblazoned with Davis's face.
'Everyone who looks a little bit at the case knows that there is too much doubt to execute him,' said Nicolas Krameyer of Amnesty International, which held vigils at U.S. embassies across the world.
The last-minute appeal by Davis's lawyers challenged ballistics linking him to the murder of off-duty policeman Mr MacPhail in 1989 in Savannah, and eyewitness testimony identifying him as the killer.
Georgia's supreme court had earlier on Wednesday rejected a last-chance appeal by Davis's lawyers. A Butts County superior court judge had also declined to stop the execution.
At the scene: Supporters continue to demonstrate into the night after the US Supreme Court upheld the execution of Troy Davis
At the scene: Supporters demonstrate into the night even after the US Supreme Court upheld the execution of Troy Davis
Davis's lawyers then went to the U.S. Supreme Court at around 6pm. From 7pm Georgia was within its rights to execute Davis but instead chose to wait for the court's decision.
After four hours the appeal was denied unanimously by all nine Supreme Court judges. Five votes were needed to stay the execution.
A statement issued by the Supreme Court read: 'The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice (Clarence) Thomas and by him referred to the Court is denied.'
Members of Mr MacPhail's family who witnessed the execution left without talking to reporters.

Davis's sister Martina Correia said: 'Troy Davis has impacted the world. They say, ''I am Troy Davis'' in languages he can't speak.'
Death scene: State troopers form a human barricade outside Jackson prison Georgia as supporters awaited a decision on the execution
Death scene: State troopers form a human barricade outside Jackson prison Georgia as supporters awaited a decision on the execution
Troy Anthony Davis
Mark Allen MacPhail
Killer and victim: Troy Davis, left, enters court in 1991 to be found guilty of murdering off duty police office Mark MacPhail, right, two years earlier
Mr MacPhail's mother Annaliese said the delay caused the family extra anguish.
While the court deliberated she said: 'I’m absolutely devastated because I want it over with... They’ve been through the courts four times there in Georgia. They’ve been to the Supreme Court three times.
'This delay, again, is very upsetting and I think very unfair to us.'

TROY DAVIS'S DEFENCE CASE

Troy Davis was convicted of the August 19, 1989, murder of Georgia police officer Mark MacPhail, who was working as a security guard at a Burger King when he intervened in an argument between several men in a nearby parking lot.
He was shot in the heart and face without having drawn his gun.
One of the men, Sylvester Coles, went to police and implicated Davis in the killing, and he was arrested four days later.
During Davis’ 1991 trial, many witnesses testified they had seen Davis shoot MacPhail. Two others testified that Davis had confessed the murder to them. The murder weapon was never found, and no physical evidence linked Davis to the crime.
Throughout his trial and subsequent appeals, Davis has maintained his innocence but was sentenced to death in August 1991.
Seven of nine witnesses to the murder changed or recanted their testimony in recent years. Several stated they had felt pressure by police to implicate Davis.
New witnesses implicated Coles in the crime.
Many appeals in state and federal courts followed. Davis and his lawyers argued that the racial composition of the jury and poor advocacy from his lawyers had affected his right to a fair trial.
In an August 2010 decision, the conviction was upheld, with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia declaring that the new evidence cast only 'minimal doubt on his conviction'. Subsequent appeals, including to the Supreme Court, were rejected.
In July 2007, September 2008, and October 2008, execution dates were scheduled but stayed shortly before the events took place.
Last night was the fourth time and final time that Davis's execution had been scheduled by Georgia officials.
He always claimed he was innocent of killing Mr MacPhail, but state and federal courts repeatedly upheld his conviction.
Davis's story captured worldwide attention because of the doubt his supporters raised over whether he killed Mr MacPhail, a 27-year-old off-duty police officer working as a security guard in Savannah.
He was shot dead after coming to the aid of Larry Young, a homeless man who was pistol-whipped in a Burger King parking lot.
Prosecutors say Davis was with another man who was demanding that Mr Young give him a beer when Davis pulled out a handgun and bashed Mr Young with it.
When Mr MacPhail arrived to help, they say Davis had a smirk on his face as he shot the officer dead.
Davis's lawyers have long argued that he was a victim of mistaken identity. But prosecutors say they have no doubt that they charged the right person with the crime.
Spencer Lawton, the district attorney who secured Davis's conviction in 1991, said he was embarrassed for the judicial system that the execution has taken so long.
'What we have had is a manufactured appearance of doubt which has taken on the quality of legitimate doubt itself. And all of it is exquisitely unfair,' said Mr Lawton.
'The good news is we live in a civilised society where questions like this are decided based on fact in open and transparent courts of law, and not on street corners.'
Witnesses placed Davis at the crime scene and identified him as the gunman. Shell casings were linked to an earlier shooting of which Davis was convicted.
There was no other physical evidence. No blood or DNA tied Davis to the crime and the weapon was never found.
Davis' attorneys say seven of nine key witnesses who testified at his trial have disputed all or parts of their testimony.
The state initially planned to execute Davis in July 2007 but the pardons board granted him a stay less than 24 hours before he was to die.
Support: Ebenezer Baptist church Pastor Raphael Warnock (left) speaks next to Amnesty International campaign director Laura Moye during a news conference to halt the execution yesterday
Support: Ebenezer Baptist church Pastor Raphael Warnock (left) speaks next to Amnesty International campaign director Laura Moye during a news conference to halt the execution yesterday
The U.S. Supreme Court stepped in a year later and halted the lethal injection two hours before he was to be executed. And a federal appeals court halted another planned execution a few months later.
The U.S. Supreme Court granted Davis a hearing to prove his innocence, the first time it had done so for a death row inmate in at least 50 years. At that June 2010 hearing, two witnesses testified that they falsely incriminated Davis at his trial when they said Davis confessed to the killing. Two others told the judge the man with Davis that night later said he shot Mr MacPhail.
Prosecutors, though, argued that Davis' lawyers were simply rehashing old testimony that had already been rejected by a jury.

Before the execution the clamour increased online yesterday with a number of famous names joining calls for it  to be stopped. Kim Kardashian tweeted: 'No one should die by lethal injection when there is this much doubt!'.
Def-Jam co-founder Russell Simmons, rapper Ghostface Killah, Reverend Al Sharpton and record producer Jermaine Dupri all added their opinions over the internet as well.













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