Attention regarding steroid abuse is solidly fixed on the professional athlete. While its understandable because of the celebrity involved, its drawn our attention as a country away from what is rapidly becoming a growing National Tragedy among our young people. This press conference was called by the Taylor Hooton foundation, an organization started when 17yearold taylor died after using steroids. Although he was 62 and 185 pounds, his father says taylor felt the pressure to get bigger and stronger. So, taylor looks around the dugout. He didnt need to look far to figure out how the other kids were getting bigger and faster and stronger. He began injecting himself with real, hardcore anabolic steroids, and seven months later, he committed suicide. Anabolic steroids are powerful drugs. They do increase muscle mass, but they also increase your risk for a host of health problems, from mood swings to heart trouble and kidney failure. The reality is it will give you an edge, but, boy, are y
Hello, mexicos government says gang members have admitted to killing the 43 students who have been missing since september. And then burning their bodies. But tear families say they wont accept the news until they get scientific proof. Rachel lavin has more from mexico city. Reporter these charred bones and teeth may be all that remains of the missing 43 university students. They were kidnapped by local police in the mexican state, and turned over to a drug gang nearly six weeks ago. The attorney general played a video in the press conference on friday. Translator i know the he enormous pain of information we obtained pains the families a pain that we all share. A large number of people. [ inaudible ] reporter in this taped confession, members of the drug gang reenact the killings. They show investigators how they lined up the bodies, some were suffocated while others were shot. Translator the suspects said they killed the survivers and then threw them later in he a trash dump where th
Somali interior minister on the fresh hopes for the future. Thousands of people have protested in yemen in support of ousted president saleh. He is accused of helping fighters seize control of parts of the capitol sanaa in september. Reporter this is the biggest show of support for Ali Abdullah Saleh since the Popular Uprising forced him to leave Office Almost three years ago. These people came here to protest against u. S. Proposed sanctions against their deposed president. If the sanctions come into effect, saleh wont be able to travel abroad, and his assets will be frozen. Translator the u. S. Sanctions are baseless, the u. S. Ambassador is a diplomat, who is he to threaten our leader . Reporter the cleric who lead the friday prayers, told the crowd the u. S. Is colluding with a sunni group destroy yemen. Translator i am here to sew solidarity with our leader, saleh, and denounce western interventions. Reporter these loyalists are wearing heading bands that say we are ready to die f
Lantern festival illuminates south korea. We begin with some breaking news out of yemen where a new cabinet has just been announced there. A total of 36 ministerial pro forma s positions. Including five women. This comes about with discussion of sanctions that the u. N. Is about to discuss in a few hours against the former president. Well go to the yemeni capitol. Who is in the new cabinet . Reporter absolutely, quite defining moment here in yemen, very Interesting Times here. The president has Just Announced the new government. Now this is a government that many yemenese hope would put an end to weeks of instability and political bickering, but then we have to wait and see what will be the reaction of the houthis. The houthis made it quite clear from the beginning that they will only put an end to their protest movement pull out their fighters from here, from the capitol, once they are sure there is a government that is going to clamp down on corruption and work for the benefits of th
South korea. Thousands of people in yemen have protested in support of former president saleh. The u. N. Will meet later on friday to consider imposing sanctions because of the continuing unrest. Reporter this is the biggest show of support for Ali Abdullah Saleh since the uprising forced him to leave Office Almost three years ago. These people came here to protest against u. S. Proposed sanctions against their deposed president. If the sanctions come into effect saleh wont be able to travel abroad, and his assets will be frozen. Translator the u. S. Sanctions are baseless. Doesntnt the ambassador know that saleh is backed by millions of people . Reporter the cleric who lead the prayer said the u. S. Is aligning with a sunni group tody destroy the country. Translator i am here to sew sal darety with our leader. And denounce western intervention. We made it clear we are opposed to the sanctions. Reporter these loyalists will wearing heading bands that say we are ready to die for saleh.