Paris Hilton not to return borrowed jewels

NEW YORK: Paris Hilton is holding $60,000 of jewelry that does not belong to her and should give it back, a new lawsuit contends.

A German insurer, Allianz SE, has sued the celebrity socialite and heiress to the Hilton Hotels fortune, saying she has ignored several attempts to recover the borrowed jewels.

According to an April 6 complaint filed in a New York state court, Hilton borrowed the jewelry in 2007 from the Manhattan jeweler Damiani, promising to store it in a safe or vault when she was not using it.

But Allianz said the gems sat unguarded on a closet shelf in Hilton’s unlocked Los Angeles mansion when they and some $2.7 million worth of other jewelry were stolen in a December 19, 2008, burglary while Hilton attended a Hollywood party.

Allianz said Los Angeles police found and returned the jewelry to Hilton after it had already paid Damiani’s claim under an insurance policy.

It said it began asking Hilton and two eponymously named companies she controls to return the jewelry, but that phone calls and email messages have been ignored.

Allianz’s lawsuit accuses Hilton of negligence and breach of contract.

A Hilton spokeswoman said the lawsuit was “not based on fact,” and that none of Hilton’s representatives ever told Allianz that the stolen Damiani jewelry had been returned. “Only costume jewelry was recovered,” she said.

The dispute is the latest involving a celebrity and jewelry. Actress Lindsay Lohan is expected to make a court appearance later this month on a charge that she stole a gold necklace from a Los Angeles store in January.

The Hilton case is Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty AG et al vs. Hilton et al, New York State Supreme Court, New York County, No. 104169/2011. AGENCIES

U.S. close to decision on 9/11 trial for Mohammed

WASHINGTON: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday said the administration is close to a decision on how to prosecute the self-professed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks Khalid Sheikh Mohammed but declined to provide specifics.

His initial plan to try Mohammed and four other accused plotters in a Manhattan federal court was put on hold after New York officials and lawmakers said he should be tried in a military court. AGENCIES

Country observes Protest Day against Dr Aafias penalty

Thousands of people hold protest demonstration across the country to mark the Protest Day being observed against the sentence of Dr Aafia, Dunya News reported on Friday.
Demonstrators in Lahore, Peshawar, Multan and other cities staged protests and took out rallies to demand the government to halt the implementation of Aafias prison sentence. A large number of students from different universities and colleges participated in the demonstration. Protesters burnt tires on Lower Mall road and blocked traffic.
Meanwhile, Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that the government would take every possible step to ensure Dr Aafias safe return.
A US federal court in Manhattan has sentenced Pakistani neuroscientist Dr Aafia Siddiqui 86 years of imprisonment in 7 charges.
Aafia Siddiqui, 38, was sentenced in US District Court in Manhattan by Judge Richard M. Berman, who said significant incarceration is appropriate. Don’t get angry, Siddiqui said in court to her supporters after the sentence was announced. Forgive Judge Berman. Berman responded, saying: I wish more defendants would feel the way that you do. Dr. Afia said that she didnt want any Muslims or Pakistanis to shed blood behind her name.
After the US courts decision, Dr. Aafias sister Fauzia Siddiqui said that Aafia movement would be launched soon and Dr. Aafia would be brought back to Pakistan. She said that Aafia was forced to admit that she was not tortured in the prison.
A jury convicted the Dr Aafia in February of trying to kill US agents and military officers after she was detained by police in Afghanistan in 2008. During Siddiquis three-week trial, FBI agents and US soldiers testified that when they went to interrogate Siddiqui, she snatched an unattended assault rifle and shot at them while yelling, ”Death to Americans”
Her conviction touched off protests in Pakistan. There were more protests as hundreds chanted ”Free Aafia” at a rally in Karachi, while others demonstrated outside the Manhattan courthouse.
Earlier, Interior Minister Rehman Malik sent a letter on Saturday to the United States Attorney General calling for repatriation of Dr Aafia Siddiqui to Pakistan.
Senator Talha Mehmood has said that Pakistan government did not take keen interest in Dr Aafiaa case. He was talking to media outside the Parliament House on Friday. He said had the government put pressure on the US government it would have released the unfortunate women for the former have vested interest in the country.

Dr Aafia sentenced 86 years of imprisonment

A US federal court in Manhattan has sentenced Pakistani neuroscientist Dr Aafia Siddiqui 86 years of imprisonment in 7 charges.
Aafia Siddiqui, 38, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Manhattan by Judge Richard M. Berman, who said significant incarceration is appropriate. Don’t get angry, Siddiqui said in court to her supporters after the sentence was announced. Forgive Judge Berman. Berman responded, saying: I wish more defendants would feel the way that you do. Dr. Afia said that she didnt want any Muslims or Pakistanis to shed blood behind her name.
After the US courts decision, Dr. Aafias sister Fauzia Siddiqui said that Aafia movement would be launched soon and Dr. Aafia would be brought back to Pakistan. She said that Aafia was forced to admit that she was not tortured in the prison.
A jury convicted the Dr Aafia in February of trying to kill US agents and military officers after she was detained by police in Afghanistan in 2008. During Siddiquis three-week trial, FBI agents and US soldiers testified that when they went to interrogate Siddiqui, she snatched an unattended assault rifle and shot at them while yelling, ”Death to Americans”
Her conviction touched off protests in Pakistan. There were more protests as hundreds chanted ”Free Aafia” at a rally in Karachi, while others demonstrated outside the Manhattan courthouse.
Earlier, Interior Minister Rehman Malik sent a letter on Saturday to the United States Attorney General calling for repatriation of Dr Aafia Siddiqui to Pakistan.

911 Photos, September 11 Photos

Descended September 11 images in shame. And etched in our memories and, on Sept. 11 to mark the pictures, when everything changed. 11/09 uploaded images many times difficult to find anything new anymore. However, there are new applications, which includes more up close and personal pictures 11/09, to find out what happened in the eyes of those who were there. As it turned out, those pictures were on September 11, authorized official 11/09 memorial, which should go into next year.

September 11 National Memorial and Museum to open its doors next year, the 10′th anniversary of this event. But it is already busy looking into what happened, and suggested that the Internet a new tool to do so. Collection of photos is September 11 11/09 discovered a new application, which shows the images 11/09 of those who were on that day.

Calendar application offers interactive events of the day, which includes photographs taken by others.

In addition to this, and other images are September 11, “Explore” section, which consists of pictures and stories connected with the World Trade Center 11 / 9 and its implications. Are before and after 9 / 11 images are part of the museum to “make history” a group of residents and tourists from all over the world. Finally, on September 11, the images are part of the walk around the World Trade Center, from the initial site of the memorial in lower Manhattan.

The 11/09, images and sound to rescuers, first responders, and residents of lower Manhattan. Monuments and tributes to this day, sometimes bleak, but applications are generally not considered that the content is grim.

This exception, since 11 / 9 Memorial Museum uses technology to gather content for a long time. And will end when the actual museum is open, but the web site and applications offered to try what they have in the store.

September 11 Pictures

Services were held September 11 anniversary today in New York, Washington, DC, and others in all parts of the country and the world, and remember lives lost in nine years.

Friends and family members of victims of Nations, with emergency personnel, officials and others in the World Trade Center site to offer condolences, while President Barack Obama attended the service in Washington, DC “As we are not Americans – will never be – at war with Islam,” said Obama.

“It was not religion that attacked us that September day – it was al-Qaeda tape sorry for men that perverts religion.” This year, the 11/09 anniversary coincides with debate over the proposed mosque, not far from the zero point. See photos of the commemorative events the next day. Let us know in the comments on the way you remember 11/09.

Irans Bushehr nuclear plant starts fuel-loading

Russia will begin loading nuclear fuel into the reactor of Iran’s first atomic power station on Saturday — an irreversible step marking the start-up of the Bushehr plant after nearly 40 years of delay.
Russian specialists and their Iranian counterparts are to begin loading uranium-packed fuel rods into the reactor on Saturday — a process that will take 2-3 weeks. Rosatom chief Sergei Kiriyenko and head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation Ali Akbar Salehi are expected to attend the official launching ceremony.
Russia agreed in 1995 to build the Bushehr plant on the site of a project started by German company Siemens in the 1970s, but delays have haunted the 1 billion dollar project and diplomats say Moscow has used it as a lever in relation with Tehran.
The United States has criticised Moscow for pushing ahead with the Bushehr project at a time when major powers including Russia are pressing Tehran to allay fears that its nuclear energy programme may be geared to develop weapons.
But western fears that the Bushehr project could help Iran develop a nuclear weapon were lessened when Moscow reached an agreement with Tehran obliging it to return spent fuel to Russia. Weapons-grade plutonium can be derived from spent fuel rods.
The U.S. State Department said it did not regard Bushehr as a proliferation risk, but emphasised that broader concerns remained about the direction of Iran’s nuclear programme.

Pakistan in charge after England collapse

England 233 & 221/9 (76.2 ov)
Pakistan 308
England lead by 146 runs with 1 wicket remaining
Pakistan transformed the third test against England at the Oval Friday in a spectacular passage of bowling immediately after tea on the third day.
Six England second innings wickets fell for 26 runs as they collapsed from the comparative comfort of 194 for three at tea to 221 for nine when bad light stopped play. England, who are 2-0 ahead in the four-match series, hold an overall lead of 146 with one wicket in hand.
After Alastair Cook had ended a batting slump stretching back to the start of the season with 110 including 16 boundaries, England appeared in no trouble on a good pitch against some lacklustre bowling.
Cook made a fast start after coming into the match with 106 runs from eight innings. He scored two boundaries in succession through the slips off Mohammad Asif and carved Wahab Riaz for another four through the vacant fourth slip position. Cook continued to go for his shots, contributing 87 in a second wicket partnership of 116 with Jonathan Trott before he was out after more than doubling his previous test aggregate of 106 runs from eight innings this season.
His hundred came up in bizarre circumstances when Asif, who looked out of sorts all day, gathered the ball on the bounce and threw it over wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal for four overthrows. England’s rot started in the first over after tea when Kevin Pietersen was clean bowled through the gap by off-spinner Saeed Ajmal for 23.
Ajmal, who had toiled throughout the afternoon session without reward after dismissing nightwatchman James Anderson for 11 with his first delivery of the innings, followed up by bowling Eoin Morgan for five.
In the meantime Trott, who had crawled to 36 in 3-1/2 hours, was caught in the gully off Mohammad Amir. He failed to score from 110 of his 130 deliveries.
Paul Collingwood (3) and Matt Prior (5) were caught behind off Amir, who was now jagging the ball late off the pitch at high pace from the Pavilion end and Graeme Swann (6) became Ajmal’s fourth victim when he was also bowled.
When the players left the field, Amir and Ajmal had taken six wickets between them after the tea interval.

Sialkot DPO, SP made OSD; CM takes strict notice

DPO Sialkot and SP Investigation have been made OSD by the IG Punjab in connection with brutal torture of two brother in public in Sialkot which led to their death. DPO Sialkot and SP Investigation have been asked to report in the Headquarters. Punjab CM taking strict notice has ordered to arrest all criminals and police officials involved in the incident tonight.
Earlier, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry took suo moto notice of the news as Dunya News footage was shown in the court. During the hearing, the CJP case expressed extreme displeasure over the response of DPO Sialkot Waqar Chauhan in handling the case.
The CJP summoned the Secretary Establishment and ordered him to suspend DPO Sialkot. The relatives of the victims cried in agony and despair while the Dunya TV footage of the incident was being shown in the court.
According to details, dozens of people tortured two young brothers to death in public in Sialkot in front of eight police officials and a big mass gathering while DPO Sialkot Waqar Chauhan was also present during the incident.
Video footages show that eight police officials kept watching the two young brothers being tortured to death but no one bothered to stop them. Then, the dead bodies were hanged upside down at the roundabout, but the reason behind this inhumane act was yet unknown.
Earlier, Chief Justice Lahore High Court Khawaja Muhammad Sharif had rejected the report of the police presence on the occasion of the killings of the brothers. In his remarks, the CJ LHC urged that the court was forced to take suo moto action because IG police did not take notice of the incident.
Federal Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan while talking to Dunya News said that no one should be allowed to kill a human being and no one should be allowed to take law into hands. She said that this was an inhumane act and it was a pity that police officials did nothing to stop people. She said that strict action should be taken against the culprits.

Australia: Tough to call between Gillard and Abbot

Parliamentary elections are underway in Australia to decide whether the country’s first female prime minister will remain in power or be replaced by a conservative coalition.
Julia Eileen Gillard, a Welsh-born Australian lawyer and politician, is Australia’s first female Prime Minister since June 2010, after the resignation of Kevin Rudd. She is facing a strong challenge from the rival, Conservatives Tony Abbott.
About 14 million people were set to cast their ballots as polls began on Friday. The elections will decide the make-up of the 150-seat lower house and half the 76-seat Senate.
An opinion poll published just a day earlier showed that the ruling Labor party and the Liberal-National opposition were evenly split after a hard-fought five week campaign.

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