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  • WWE looks to spread Christmas cheer to US troops in Afghanistan

    MUMBAI: World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Raw stars and WWE Chairman Vince McMahon will visit US Troops stationed in Afghanistan and the Middle East to spread joy and comfort this Christmas season.

    From 7-9 December, 2005 the wrestlers will live and sleep in the barracks and eat in the mess halls along with the soldiers, while filming a series of appearances with the troops. The tour will culminate in a live performance of Monday Night RAW presented as the WWE’s Tribute to the Troops holiday special. In India WWE airs on Ten Sports.
     
    The programme which will air in the US on USA Network on 19 December 2005 will have matches featuring the likes of WWE champion John Cena, Triple H, Ric Flair, and Mick Foley.

    The WWE Tribute to the Troops tour also marks the largest celebrity production to visit troops in Afghanistan, with WWE Raw superstars visiting virtually every base across the country.
     
    McMahon says, “It is important to us that we reached as many of the troops as we can to not only entertain them, but thank them for their service to their country.”
     

  • US troops kill Reuters camera man in Iraq

    BAGHDAD: The Iraq conflict may have closed a while ago but the journalist community continues to take casualties. The latest one is a Reuters camera man Mazen Dana. He was shot dead yesterday morning while filming near a US run prison on the outskirts of Baghdad.
    A Reuters report states that the 43 year old man was shot by soldiers on an American tank as he filmed outside Abu Ghraib prison in western Baghdad. While accepting the mistake, the US military has stated that the troops were under the impression that the camera was a rocket propelled grenade launcher.
    Dana’s death brings to 17 the number of journalists or their assistants who have died in Iraq since March. Two others have been missing since the first days of the war.
    He leaves behind four young children. Dana was awarded an International Press Freedom Award a couple of years ago by the Committee to Protect Journalists for his work in Hebron where he was wounded and beaten many times, states the report.

  • MTV will start New Year with concert for US troops

    MTV will start New Year with concert for US troops

    Popular music channel MTV announced that it, along with Armed Forces Entertainment and The United Service Organisations (USO), will produce a concert event dedicated to America's armed forces. The concert will be part of a 90-minute holiday television special called 'For the Troops: An MTV/ USO Special.' 

    The channel views the event as an inventive way to connect with its audience. 

    The show will be hosted by Carson Daly and will air in America on New Year's Day at 2:00 pm (ET/PT). There is no information available as yet when it will air in Asia. Artistes who will perform include Jennifer Lopez, Kid Rock and Ja Rule. 

    MTV Networks is a unit of Viacom International Inc. USO is a Congressionally chartered, nonprofit organisation. For 60 years it has organised similar events for the country's military personnel. It is supported by The Walt Disney Company and ESPN, among others.