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Mid year. think it was not a matter of chance, but a matter of choice. he was speaking on a trip to africa where 11% of the continents population is vaccinated. . we re a week into the beijing winter olympics but today s headlines aren t about the sport they re about a doping controversy. because it s been confirmed that the 15 year old kameela val ee yeva, who helped russia win the team figure skating competition in beijing, had failed a drugs test back in december. the positive test result wasn t reported until after she d skated. our senior sports news reporter, laura scott reports. with the eyes of the road on her, she cast a disconsolate figure on theice she cast a disconsolate figure on the ice as she prepared for an event she might not be able to compete in. ....
Could learn their fate on friday. the world governing body for track and field will actually give that information, will consider whether to ban them from the 2016 olympics. on monday, the world anti-doping agency released a report alleging state sponsored cheat cheating and cover-ups in russia. from football to cycling and now track and field. we ve heard a number of cheating scandals and corruption allegations in sports. two of the biggest sports federations are embroiled in crises right now. the olympics and the world cup are the pinnacle of global sports event. they re glamorous and aspirational and worth billions of dollars. but the headlines aren t being made on the track or the field anymore. and the players are out of view and the shadows in the gutter. cheating athletes and corrupt administrators are nothing new. ....
Done. i found myself crying several times during the interview with diane sawyer. it s important to remember that this like every other civil rights movement in this country, is just one part of many pieces. one step of many steps that have been taken. renee richards was a former player became a transgender woman and so that. person may have been the one that began the conversation in terms of everyone recognizing the name in sports and watching that person transition into a different gender. so bruce. like many before him, it s just one step of many steps that still needs to be taken in terms of full transgender rights. you write at the end your last line is we think jokes are harmless because we re only paying attention to the people who are laughing. if you could have one wish coming out of this when the news headlines aren t about this anymore, what is your wish? my wish is that we all ....
Shouldn t have happened but the public is not at risk. do you agree that the public is not at risk? i know they re monitoring the lab technician it s unclear if there s a quarantine. that s probably correct because of the way the sample was sealed and also we think it was just the one person that had contact. but again, that s good that the public isn t at risk and it s good that there aren t more people having ton mored for 21 days, but it s not the first mistake and we need it to be the last mistake. one thing that i think that we don t talk about enough is the fact that this epidemic is still raging in west africa. many medical experts have said there s no way to get out of the woods globally maybe there s no case here in the united states right now. so the media headlines aren t all about this. but how critical is it to keep the focus, the pressure, the funding on on curbing this epidemic in west africa right now? if we don t stop the outbreak at its source in west africa w ....