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It seems like more and more issues with steriods and baseball are unfolding. Yet another player came forward and admitted to taking HGH (Human Growth Hormone). Andy Pettite of the New York Yankees, came forward saying he took HGH in 2004 for 2 days. He claimed that he was taking it to help a shoulder injury heal faster. He knew what he was doing was wrong so he ellgidly stopped after only two days of use. HGH was not banned from baseball at that time but it still changes the way people look at the game of baseball. This era will forever be known as the steriod era and hopefully we overcome this.

Pakistan has been going through some unstable times as far as leadership goes. They have been skeptical about the upcoming elections in January and unsure of its fairness. Well President Musharif made it completely clear that the elections would be held on time and would be absolutly fair. In fact he encouraged people to come and witnessed how fair it is. Still people are unsure about the situation, including leading political opponent Benazir Bhutto.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2007/12/15/vassileva.pakistan.musharraf.cnn

Cloning is starting to become more and more of a mystery and scientists are determined to find more about it. Some Scientists in south Korea Cloned a few cats, but did so with a little twist. They added a red florescent protein gene into the clones. The clones, when put into an ultraviolet light glow a dull red color. Not only is this pretty cool, but it could mean some big things as far as cures for diseases go. This could lead to the passing of more complex genetic coding. These cats could help develope treatments for diseases that affect humans and cats. There are thought to be more than 250 diseases that affect cats and humans, and with the help of these new breakthroughs in cloning, some of these diseases could be treated in the future.