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secure. the knowledge no american government will ever do this to its children. to our children. what the syrian government allegedly did to this child. youll see him right here. his name was hamza ali alkhateeb. just 13 years old. he disappeared from an anti-government rally on the 29th of april. now look away if you need to. these next photos get very, very hard to take. this is what he looked like when his body came home. his kneecaps had been smashed. his head was swollen. his body...

jazeera. almost all of it is so grisly we could only show you those two frames. that set off a weekend of outrage as activists raisen zeitouni put it to the "washington post," torture is usual in syria. what was special about hamza is he was only 13 years old. a pro-regime television station disputes the allegations, with the doctor who did the autopsy phoning in, saying theres no evidence of torture. he says what you saw came from decomposition. now, right here we need to point out th...

alkhateeb. just 13 years old. he disappeared from an anti-government rally on the 29th of april. now look away if you need to. these next photos get very, very hard to take. this is what he looked like when his body came home. his kneecaps had been smashed. his head was swollen. his body covered in cigarette burns. he had been embassy claited. according to family accounts on arabic news channels, syrian government officials came to their home last wednesday asking them to sign a waiver...

taking on islamic militants who have overrun a coastal town. its a case eerily similar to the one against former imf chief dominique strauss-kahn. an egyptian businessman could be arraigned in new york today, charged with sexually assaulting a hotel housekeeper. 74-year-old mahmoud abdel salam omar is accused of groping a maid at the pierre luxury hotel. she says she went to the room at omars request to drop off tissues. call it a bin laden bounce. strong performances on national s...

what surprised me is voices urging caution are not only getting louder, but theyre getting more prominent. >> all right. im on my way. >> if youve ever put a cell phone to your ear, you should listen to what neurosurgeon dr. keith black has to say. >> theres no way to say that cell phone use is safe. i think the public has a right to know there could be a potential risk. the public generally assumes that if one is selling something on the market, that we have had assurances that that d...

On camera interview. the type of radiation coming out of your cell phone is non-ionizing. its more like a how powered microwave oven. >> what microwave radiation does, in the most simplistic terms, is very similar to what happens to your food when you put your food in a microwave oven. its essentially cooking the brain. >> reporter: based on their past statements, the fcc isnt convinced theres a real risk and maintain "they do not endorse the need for consumers to take any precautions to predeuc...

But how can they be so sure? keeping them honest, we decided to come here and find out for ourselves, but they declined an on camera interview. the type of radiation coming out of your cell phone is non-ionizing. its not like an x-ray, but its more like a how powered microwave oven. >> what microwave radiation does, in the most simplistic terms, is very similar to what happens to your food when you put your food in a microwave offen, its essentially cooking the brain. >> reporter: based on their...

User? they have safety guidelines. in this case they say keep it 25 millimeters from your body. meaning your head or your pocket. dr. keith black has been talking about this longer than many. but the voices joining him are becoming louder and more prominent. the city of san francisco pushed for radiation warning labels on cell phones. the head of a prominent cancer institute sent a memo to all employees urging them to reduce cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer. and the european...

That number is not constant. if you have a bad signal, if youre overseas and having a difficult time hearing somebody, youre getting more radiation at that time. >> what sit about the microwave radiation that can potentially cause problems? >> ionizing radiation is one end of the spectrum. thats x-rays. nonionizing is more like a low-powered microwave oven. the question is, at low powers, could this be causing tissue to heat up and causing damage that way? we know for the first time this year, f...

And down. >> what is it about the microwave radiation that can potentially cause problems? >> ionizing radiation is one end of the spectrum. thats x-rays. everyone agrees in large amounts that can be a problem. nonionizing is more like a low-powered microwave oven. the question is, at low powers, the question is, at low power, could this be causing tissue to heat up and causing damage that way? we know for the first time this year, from a study at the nih, that cell phones have an impact on the ...