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Sri Lanka rejects latest war crimes video

Colombo:  Sri Lanka on Thursday rejected a new video aired on Britain's Channel 4 which levelled fresh allegations of war crimes against the country's leadership and military.

In response to the video "Sri Lanka's Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished", the defence ministry re-released several videos and documents to counter the claims, reported Xinhua.

"The ministry categorically rejects the video as baseless and unacceptable," a defence ministry statement said.

The new video has former British foreign secretary David Miliband and the former head of UN Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes speaking on some of the incidents which took place during the final stages of the war in 2009.

The video blames both the government and the military over some of the incidents, including the failure to send adequate humanitarian aid to the thousands of civilians trapped in the final battle zone.

Sri Lanka says the video has been released with the intention of defaming the government at the ongoing UN summit for Human Rights in Geneva.

"The defence ministry rejects all allegations of human rights violation, stating that it is able to prove with valid evidence that it was the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) that committed gross violation of human rights over the past three decades," it said.

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Kony video rubs raw Uganda scars

Lira, Uganda:  Few faces evoke more hatred and fear in northern Uganda than Joseph Kony, one of Africa's most wanted men whose army of child soldiers preyed on this town for years and whose brutal legacy has been thrust back into the spotlight by a hugely popular U.S. video.

A wave of anger and depression swept over 27-year old Isaac Omodo as he stared at fuzzy images of young boys mutilated by the rebel warlord whose drugged and vicious fighters abducted Omodo's brother at the height of northern raids by Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in 2001.

Those grainy pictures came from the first screening in northern Uganda on Tuesday of a 30-minute YouTube video filmed by a California-based charity, whose appeal for U.S.-backed Ugandan troops to capture the LRA leader went viral on the Internet over the last week.

"When I see some of those things Kony did I get mad," said Omodo, whose sibling is still missing.

As the sun dipped over a dusty park in Lira, Omodo was among thousands who gathered to watch the screening of the video, which has been seen by more than 77 million people. It has attracted massive support on Twitter and Facebook and endorsements from celebrities like George Clooney and Oprah Winfrey in its quest to press for Kony's capture.

But Omodo said he felt his raw emotional scars were being reopened.

"Why are we being reminded? I feel bad. We want to just forget all about Kony and the LRA madness," Omodo told Reuters.

Some jeered as the projection neared its end and scuffles broke out as simmering frustrations boiled over.

Notorious for his use of children as fighters and sex slaves, as well as his fighters' fondness for hacking off limbs, Kony terrorised northern Uganda for nearly 20 years until he was chased out of the area in 2005.

However, the campaign behind the online video, which is the work of the previously little-known Invisible Children non-profit group, has met with a skeptical backlash from some quarters, not least among Kony's victims.

"Why make Kony famous? It baffles them," said Victor Ochen, director for African Youth Initiative Network, the charity behind the showing, speaking of those who watched the video in Lira.

Nonetheless, Ochen said, it was important to show the film in a region long marginalized by the government in Kampala, more than 370 kilometers away, and where few have access to the Internet.

STILL HAUNTED

Kony, a self-styled mystic leader who at one time was bent on ruling Uganda by the ten commandments, fled northern Uganda to roam the thick forests of South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Central African Republic.

Attempts by regional forces and foreign troops to corner the fugitive warlord, who faces war crimes charges at the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC), have failed.

In a fresh push to bring Kony to justice, U.S. President Barack Obama sent 100 U.S. military advisers to the region last year to help Ugandan forces hunt him down.

Critics of the video say it oversimplifies a long-standing human rights crisis. Of course it does, filmmaker Jason Russell has said, pointing out the video was not intended as an answer to the crisis, but as a catalyst for action.

Reed Brody, Counsel and spokesperson of U.S.-based Human Rights Watch, told Reuters he generally welcomed the public awareness raised by the film. But he said any increased military action against Kony in central Africa by the U.S.-backed Ugandan military should be "really targeted and protect civilians".

Otherwise, he said, it risked being counter-productive. "We don't really want to see Afghanistan in a corner of a forest in Africa", he added, referring to Kony's secluded bush hideaway.

In Lira, a town still clearly haunted by the horrors of Kony's atrocities, disappointment and scorn filled many watching the scratchy images.

"We expected serious action, Americans fighting Kony like in a real movie," one LRA victim, Okello Jifony, who was forced to fight under Kony for 18 months, told Reuters before giving a more somber assessment.

"Why didn't they use the real victims in this film?" he added, referring to the shots of Russell's young son juxtaposed during the film. The film does however show some Ugandan victims of the LRA.

Screening organizer Ochen said he would reconsider his plans to show the video elsewhere in northern Uganda, reminded of how painful the trauma remains.

"We start to believe Kony might come here again," said Omodo, unsure whether he would ever see his brother again.

Copyright Thomson Reuters 2012

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Poonam Pandey wishes Holi with risqué video!

By Hindustan Times

After Bathroom Secret, Bedroom Secret and Mirror Act, strip queen Poonam Pandey is back with another racy video called Dirty Play, which she has been promoting on Twitter since yesterday.

The video isn't sexy, it's rather hard to watch. After finishing a glass of milk (or bhang), she rubs colour all over her body. Then she starts stripping and rubs more colour on her body. She tries to be sexy by pouring water over her and dances and what not. The 2.56 minutes long video is silly and vulgar.

However, the video was removed as its content violated YouTube's terms of service.

She started the 'video game' on March 5. She tweeted: "TwetHearts!!! the Video "Dirty Play" is o in its Way in Next few hrs and Series of Pix ... Keep Watching ... Tweethearts!! get ready to experience the Heat as never before.. the show begins today evening!! its gonna get Hot, Hotter and Hottest!"

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Images/Popup/2012/3/poonam-pandey-holi1.jp... tweets:

Poonam Pandey: "The Game has Begun #DirtyPlayofPoonamPandey let know how do want the Video to be? its a Real Wild Act!!!"

Poonam Pandey: "#DirtyPlayofPoonamPandey is Gonna be? Let me hear it Faster... so Soon u can Experience it too"

Poonam Pandey: "TweetHearts!! #DirtyPlayofPoonamPandey #Video is on its Way .... but Let me hear from u all?"

Poonam Pandey: "Tweethearts!!! Reading all ur Comments on #DirtyPlayofPoonamPandey u guyzz r Crazyy Thanx for Loving me so much. #Video is on its way"

Poonam Pandey: "Let Me know when do u want me to Share #DirtyPlayofPoonamPandey Tonight or Tomorrow morning?"

Poonam Pandey: "Still thinking when shud i upload d Video #DirtyPlayofPoonamPandey Guys keep watching youtube.com/user/officialp… will upload before Afternoon!!!"

Poonam Pandey: "Tweethearts!! i was Born on Holi.. and this year on 11 thMarch will turn 20 this Video is also a Pre BDayBashGift"

Holi pictures

To build up excitement, she posted a set of racy pictures playing holi, wearing the same old white bra seen in most of her pictures.

Poonam Pandey: "#NewPic Tweethearts!! whtz ur Plan for this HOLI ... Mine u will Experience it soon! #DirtyPlayofPoonamPandey"

Poonam Pandey: "#NewPic Yet another Pic from #DirtyPlayofPoonamPandey ... #Video is on its way but let me hear more about"

Poonam Pandey: "Tweethearts!! Before Sharing the #Video do u want one more pic from #DirtyPlayofPoonamPandey but first let me hear!!!"

Poonam Pandey: "#NewPic but the #Video is on its way let me hear #DirtyPlayofPoonamPandey will RT the best ones twitpic.com/8sezpd"

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Images/Popup/2012/3/poonam-pandey-holi2.jpg

She retweeted her followers:

She kept retweeting some of her fans for encouragement. How hard can one try to be famous!

Walii (@Wali_04): "@iPoonampandey: And now #DirtyPlayofPoonamPandey is gonaa be?" Its gonna blow our minds away?"

Nitin Sharma (@nikss9): "@iPoonampandey #DirtyPlayofPoonamPandey is gonaa be....another Tsunami aftr long time...wd lots hotness..."

Vikgnesh Sekar (@vikgnesh): "@iPoonampandey. #DirtyPlayofPoonamPandey is gonna be another heartthrobbing head line. !!"

Jatin Dhorda (@jatstherebel): "@iPoonampandey #DirtyPlayofPoonamPandey reminds me of 1 sng "Patli kamar..Chikna badan.. Tirchi najar hai! Masti bhari teri baali umar hai;)"

Chamwin (@Chamwin): "@iPoonampandey #DirtyPlayofPoonamPandey is what my dad warned me to stay away from ... as he wanted to watch it!"

Shantanu Singh (@shan_reddevil): "#DirtyPlayofPoonamPandey @iPoonampandey is parental advisory .. Over excited ppl are advised not to view.. Hotness in the video mite kill u"

Vikrant Bhosale (@vikrantbhosale8): "@iPoonampandey Inteha ho gayi intezar ki... kab ayegi wo ghadi #dirtyplayofpoonampandey ki ...."

Rockstar (@RockingCool999): "@iPoonampandey: i dint wait this eagerly for my results also..come on poonam.#DirtyPlayofPoonamPandey we are ready to get dirty.!!"

Final countdown

Poonam Pandey: "so lets Start the Countdown for the Hottest #Video #DirtyPlayofPoonamPandey ?"

Poonam Pandey: "TweetHearts!!! #DirtyPlayofPoonamPandey and the #Countdown Begins 100"

Poonam Pandey: "WARNING 18 & under should not try looking up the Video. that said i do not take responsibility for anyone under age "

After a lot of wait, her fans were glad when she finally posted the video saying: "#NewVideo #DirtyPlayofPoonamPandey is here "HAPPY HOLI" Thanx to all the fans Worldwide for Loving me so much… Luv u all."

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