70 targets hit in Gaza

Ofir Gendelman, the Israeli prime minister's spokesperson to the Arab media, said in his twitter account the Israeli army has 'targeted 70 underground pads of medium range rockets in the Gaza Strip.'

Rockets are raining on the both side and innocent people are dying. Businesses are closed and people have hunkered down. The fear is that it can escalate into full blown war as Israeli troops are marching towards the border.

Pakistani Girl shot by Talibans

Malala Yousufzai was shot and seriously wounded on Tuesday as she was leaving her school in her hometown in the Swat valley, northwest of the capital, Islamabad.

The Taliban claimed responsibility, saying her promotion of education for girls was pro-Western and she had opposed them.

The shooting has outraged people in a country seemingly inured to extreme violence since a surge in Islamist militancy began after the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.

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When a group put posters on subway stations in New York calling Islamic fundamentalists barbarian, a lot of people all over the world got upset. This the face of barbarianism my friends, who would try to kill a beautiful, intelligent young girl.

Libyans Apologize for American Deaths

Libyans took peacefully to the streets of Tripoli with banners in hands apologizing to the United States for the the killing of Ambassador Stevens and three other Americans. Most of the Muslims are in shock over the barbaric acts of the terrorists in Benghazi. The Muslims do not believe in portraying Prophet Mohammed in any way and when the movie about him came out which portrayed him in a manner that is offence to many Muslims, terrorists found the the opportunity to bring chaos and terror to the American embassy. They set the embassy on fire and killed innocent Americans.

We here at MMV are deeply saddened at this act of barbarianism, and send deepest apology to all Americans and especially to the families of the victims.

Here are the pictures from Libya 

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jtes/19-more-photos-of-libyans-apologizing-for-american

U.S Ambassador Killed in Libya

TRIPOLI, LIBYA — The U.S. ambassador to Libya and three American members of his staff were killed in the attack on the U.S. consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi by protesters angry over a film that ridiculed Islam's Prophet Muhammad, Libyan officials said Wednesday.

They said Ambassador Chris Stevens was killed Tuesday night when he and a group of embassy employees went to the consulate to try to evacuate staff as the building came under attack by a mob guns and rocket propelled grenades.

The three Libyan officials who confirmed the deaths were deputy interior minister for eastern Libya Wanis al-Sharaf; Benghazi security chief Abdel-Basit Haroun; and Benghazi city council and security official Ahmed Bousinia.

The State Department said Tuesday that one American was killed in the attack. It has not confirmed the other deaths.

The attack on the Benghazi consulate took place as hundreds of protesters in neighboring Egypt scaled the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and tore down and replaced the American flag with a black Islamic banner.

The attacks in Benghazi and Cairo were the first such assaults on U.S. diplomatic facilities in either country, at a time when both Libya and Egypt are struggling to overcome the turmoil following the ouster of their longtime authoritarian leaders, Moammar Gadhafi and Hosni Mubarak, in uprisings last year.

The protests in both countries were sparked by outrage over a film ridiculing Muhammad produced by an Israeli filmmaker living in California and being promoted by an extreme anti-Muslim Egyptian Christian campaigner in the United States. Excerpts from the film dubbed into Arabic were posted on YouTube.

Stevens, 52, was a career diplomat who spoke Arabic and French and had already served two tours in Libya, including running the office in Benghazi during the revolt against Gadhafi. He was confirmed as ambassador to Libya by the Senate earlier this year.

Associated Press

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All Gay Cruise to Morocco Cancelled

CAIRO: What would have been the first-ever all-gay cruise to arrive in Morocco was abruptly cancelled on Saturday after organizers blamed the Moroccan government for denying the ship access to the country.
Cruise liner Holland America Line and trip organizer RSVP Vacations was forced to tell the 2,100 holiday-goers aboard the MS Nieuw Amsterdam ship that the July 1 visit to Casablanca had been cancelled.
“Our port agent in Casablanca has advised us that authorities in Morocco have — despite previous confirmations — now denied our scheduled visit,” the two companies said in a letter tweeted to news organizations by passengers of the ship.
“For all of us, this is a very disappointing development,” they added. “It was ultimately the decision by local authorities in Morocco that has necessitated us to adjust our plans.”
Despite the companies’ statements, the Moroccan government denied that they had said no to the ship arriving in the country.
Morocco’s Tourism Minister Lahcen Haddad reported that no official decision had been made to prevent the ship from stopping in Morocco.

U.S. Soldier Kills 16 Afghans

BALANDI, Afghanistan (AP) — An American soldier opened fire on villagers near his base in southern Afghanistan Sunday and killed 16 civilians, according to President Hamid Karzai who called it an "assassination" and furiously demanded an explanation from Washington. Nine children and three women were among the dead. Read more