military force not just a cyber response. the world health organization today announced it is going to list cell phones as a cars pote cancer hazard. it is now in the same cancer category as lead, engine exhaust, and chloroform. earlier today i talked with dr. keith black the chairman of the neuro surgery department at cedar sinai hospital in los angeles. assuming the government would not allow anything with the possible risk of brain cancer being sold but what the government cannot tell you currently is that the cell phones are safe and what the world health organization has done with their class 2 b classification is looked at the best scientific evidence that we had and said that based on their analysis the 31 scientists from 14 different countries analyzed the data and, yes, the data currently shows that there is a possible link between cell phones and brain cancer, that
of important developments in the middle east and north africa. most of them troubling. the brutal regime in syria declared general amnesty today but human rights groups and the obama administration are quick to label it a sham. designed they say to distract attention from a bloody crackdown. in yemen, civil strife spread after a cease fire agreement between the government and opposition forces in the capital city collapsed. the regime of moammar gadhafi in libya defiantly today again vowed to hold power, rejecting the latest effort to broker a diplomatic solution to the civil war there. the united states top human rights officer in bahrain was recalled to washington after coming under attacks in media accounts that u.s. officials believe were orchestrated by hard line government officials. bahrain, remember, is supposed to be a top u.s. ally in the region. a lot of ground to cover. let s focus first on syria. the amnesty offer was for all crimes committed against the governm