“Please forgive us” – US pleads with muslim nations

Even with tears over the killing of the U.S ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens and 3 others, the United States of America has apologized to the whole world, particularly to Countries ruled by Muslims over the anti-Islamic film released by an American video film, which assaulted Prophet Mohammed.
Already, the crisis has spread to Yemen and some few Muslim ruling nations, including Nigeria. Muslims in the City of Jos have been protesting over the anti-Islam film released online. They have embarked on burning American flags even as soldiers are working towards putting them off the streets.
Speaking through its Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, Obama had described the video as repulsive and disgraceful, adding that the purpose was to condemn religion and to provoke violence.
Clinton, who spoke while attending a meeting in Washington D.C. with Morocco’s Foreign Affairs Minister yesterday, pleaded with all Islamic nations to pardon the Americans for such blunder.

According to her “We are closely watching what is happening in Yemen and elsewhere, and we certainly hope and expect that there will be steps taken to avoid violence and prevent the escalation of protests into violence.
“I also want to take a moment to address the video circulating on the internet that has led to these protests in a number of countries.  Let me state very clearly – and I hope it is obvious – that the United States Government had absolutely nothing to do with this video.  We absolutely reject its content and message.  America’s commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation.  And as you know, we are home to people of all religions, many of whom came to this country seeking the right to exercise their own religion, including, of course, millions of Muslims.  And we have the greatest respect for people of faith.
“To us, to me personally, this video is disgusting and reprehensible.  It appears to have a deeply cynical purpose:  to denigrate a great religion and to provoke rage.  But as I said yesterday, there is no justification, none at all, for responding to this video with violence.  We condemn the violence that has resulted in the strongest terms, and we greatly appreciate that many Muslims in the United States and around the world have spoken out on this issue.
“Violence, we believe, has no place in religion and is no way to honor religion.  Islam, like other religions, respects the fundamental dignity of human beings, and it is a violation of that fundamental dignity to wage attacks on innocents.  As long as there are those who are willing to shed blood and take innocent life in the name of religion, the name of God, the world will never know a true and lasting peace.  It is especially wrong for violence to be directed against diplomatic missions.  These are places whose very purpose is peaceful:  to promote better understanding across countries and cultures.  All governments have a responsibility to protect those spaces and people, because to attack an embassy is to attack the idea that we can work together to build understanding and a better future.

“Now, I know it is hard for some people to understand why the United States cannot or does not just prevent these kinds of reprehensible videos from ever seeing the light of day. Now, I would note that in today’s world with today’s technologies, that is impossible. However, even if it were possible, our country does have a long tradition of free expression, which is enshrined in our Constitution and our law, and we do not stop individual citizens from expressing their views no matter how distasteful they may be.

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Chris Brown's Album Given 'This Man Beats Women' Warning Sticker

Photo credit: Anthony Dixon/WENN Chris Brown's domestic abuse case, which dated back to 2009, once again plagues his music career. In HMV stores in London, copies of his latest album "Fortune" are marked with yellow stickers which give warning, "WARNING. DO NOT BUY THIS ALBUM! THIS MAN BEATS WOMEN."

Gigwise, which obtains a photo of the labeled CDs, says that it could be the work of anti-domestic violence campaigners. To E! News, a spokesman for the store states, "It was very much an isolated incident and nothing to do with HMV or representing our view."

"It would appear a member of the public popped into one of our stores yesterday and stickered a handful of CDs," the rep adds. "These were spotted and quickly removed, but, before we could act, the individual concerned must have taken a photo and sent it to the media. To our knowledge there are no further stickers in our stores now."

Meanwhile, Breezy's camp has not commented on the incident that will surely remind people of his violent past involving Rihanna. The "Don't Judge Me" singer himself recently drew criticisms with a new tattoo on his neck, which features a battered woman. People linked the image to his former girlfriend, but his rep quickly debunked it as claiming it "is not Rihanna".

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Twitter verifies 2face Idibia’s account

 Idoma-born singer, 2Face Idibia has now got his twitter handle, @2faceidibia verified by the social media website. His twitter handle popped up with the ‘blue ticked sign’ at the early hours today.

This now enables his account with twitter differentiated from other parody accounts on the site. 2Face has now joined Asa, Nneka, D’Banj, Genevieve Nnaji, Omotola Ekeinde Jalade, Ice Prince, Brymo, Dencia and others who already had their accounts with twitter verified.

2Face is known all over Africa. He became popular in the continent when he released Africa Queen during his hay days in the music industry as a solo artiste. He has won many awards and has gradually taken his act international.

source: dailypost