Mitchell Report Links 80 MLB Players to Illegal Steroid Use

On Thursday December 13, 2007, former Sen. George Mitchell said in a repot that illegal performance enhancing steroids have been in widespread use in Major League Baseball for more than a decade. Mitchell said between five and seven percent of players who participated in a 2003 survey tested positive for performance enhancing drugs.

Names of 86 Major League Baseball players and personnel appeared in the Mitchell Report.

• List of 64 Players connected to steroids through use or possession
  
• List of 14 Players cited under "Alleged Internet Purchases of Performance Enhancing Substances By Players in Major League Baseball"
  
• List of 8 Players linked through Balco

Key Mitchel Report Quotes

Happy Eid-al-Adha or "Day of Sacrifice"

December 20, 2007 is "Eid-al-Adha" or "Day of Sacrifice" an Islamic holiday. Another translation is "Festival of Sacrifice."

In these modern days, the holiday celebrates commitment, obedience and self-sacrifice in the name of Allah. All followers of Islam who can afford it should kill an animal as a symbol of Ibrahim's sacrifice. The meat should then be equally distributed among family, friends and the poor.

From "Over 2 million pilgrims complete their hajj in Mecca"

20/12/2007 17:06 ABU DHABI, December 20: Almost 2.5 million pilgrims are completing their hajj in Mecca, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said on Thursday.

According to the country's statistics, over 1.7 million foreigners, including 26,000 Russians, and 700,000 Saudis performed the hajj this year. Saudi Arabian nationals are allowed to participate in the world's largest annual religious gathering once every five years. The quota was introduced to allow more foreigners to visit the country.

In the past 60 years the number of pilgrims has grown 25-fold.

On Thursday pilgrims and Muslims from all around the world are celebrating the second day of Eid ul-Adha, Festival of Sacrifice, or Kurban Bajram, as it is called by Russian and Central Asian Muslims.

The Festival of Sacrifice is a four-day holiday in commemoration of Prophet Ibrahim's readiness to sacrifice his first born son Ishmael on Allah's orders.

Holiday Lists:

• List of Religious Holidays
• List of Secular Holidays

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