European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                England court convicts 4 of torturing it burning teen from wire reports Manchester England four people were convicted Friday of torturing and burning a teen age girl to death in Northern England in a dispute Over a coat. Judge Francis Potts called the 1992 slaying of 16-year-old Suzanne capper a was appalling a murder As it is possible to  capper was held captive for nearly a week tied to a bed beaten and tortured. Two of Ner front Teeth were pulled out then she was driven to the Countryside doused with gasoline and set on fire. She was found wandering nearby and died four Days later in a Hospital after identifying her attackers. The judge sentenced three of the defendants to life in prison for the  fourth defendant who is 17, was Given an indeterminate sentence for the murder because of his youth plus 15 years in jail for false imprisonment and  bares his feelings Bourg in Bresse France a Man who posted nude snapshots of his est ranged wife around town has been sentenced to three months in jail and fined 50,000 francs $8,600court officials said Friday. The Man who was not identified was convicted of Public indecency for hanging the pictures at a bakery and a shopping Center in the couples nearby Hometown of Bellegarde in Southeastern France. The pictures taken during the couples v honeymoon carried the woman a name address and Telephone  suspect abandoned new Delhi India a a 5-year-old boy accused of killing three other children has been abandoned by his family who feared reprisals from the victims relatives. Authorities unable to prosecute the boy under Indian Taw because he is under 6, Are unsure How to handle the Case. A this is the first Case of its kind we Are at a loss what to do a said ratan Lai Kanojia Deputy inspector general of police of the Camparan District in the Eastern state of Bihar. Kanojia said the boy Harinder Choudhury beat to death the three children with a Bamboo club dec. 6 when they refused to Stop playing noisily in front of his hut. Villagers branded the boy a Little  his parents fearing reprisals fled their Home leaving the boy to fend for  Hunts fake padres le6n, Mexico a people posing As roman Catholic priests Are going through poor neighbourhoods in this Central mexican City asking for Money. Donning the Robes used by the clergy some Are even performing masses and other Church rites said the local Bishop monsignor Rafael Garcia Gonzalez. The roman Catholic diocese in led about 200 Miles Northwest of Mexico City has tracked Down three impostors and is looking for  to seek Earhart plane port moresby Papua new Guinea a Papua new guineas War museum said Friday it would search a Remote Jungle for the air plane that american air Pioneer Amelia Earhart was flying when she disappeared. Earhart attempting a round the world flight left Papua new Guinea s Northern port of lae in a twin engine Lockheed Electra 10-e in july 1937, but was never seen again. She was setting out for Howland Island in the Pacific Ocean. The decision to Send the search party to East new Britain an Island Northwest of the Mainland was made after a reconnaissance Mission by the Royal australian air Force in september. The Raaf conducted a three Day air search after an engine was found in the Gazelle  visit taiwanese Taipei Taiwan a chinese and taiwanese officials met on taiwanese soil for the first time saturday compelled by booming Trade and cultural ties to hold talks despite their 45-year standoff. Never before has Taiwan opened its Borders to representatives from Beijing except for private personal visits. Yet the two have been meeting on a sem official basis since april with All but one of the encounters in China. The first was in Singapore. Kourou French Guiana api a Europe a ariane rocket has placed in orbit Thailand a first telecommunications satellite and a pioneering . Satellite that will broadcast directly to . Television viewers. The launch late Friday from the Guiana space Center was the 62nd ariane Mission and the 26th in a Row to succeed since a rocket blew up shortly after Takeoff in february 1990. The launch vehicle was an ariane 44l, the most powerful version of the european launcher equipped with four liquid propellant boosters. Its cargo included the dbs-1, described As the first direct to broadcast satellite for North America. It was built by Hughes space and communications for Hughes communications inc. Weighing 6,292 pounds at liftoff the satellite is equipped with sixteen 120-Watt transponders designed German Tennis Star Boris Becker and his wife Barbara make their Way through the crowd after their wedding in Beckers Hometown of Leimon near Heidelberg London apr Friday the 13th really is unlucky for some researchers report in a British medical Magazine. The risk of being admitted to a Hospital because of a Road Accident on Friday the 13th can go up As much As 52 percent says the four member team from mid Downs health authority whose research appears in the dec. 18-25 Issue of the British medical journal a staying at Home is recommended a said the team based in the town of Hayward Heath 35 Miles South of London. The researchers led by the authority a Public health registrar or. Thomas Scanlon were at a loss to explain the increase in Accident risks. But they suggested that increased anxiety on Friday the 13th May reduce concentration and increase the Chance of a crash. A Are Peoples. Beliefs self fulfilling a if you believe something strongly enough will it in fact happen a they wrote. A while we await the answers. We May just have to a for digital transmissions. It will be operated by direct a Hughes subsidiary and United states satellite broadcasting. The dbs-1, and a twin satellite to be launched in the Spring will enable american viewers to receive 150 channels through the use of parabolic antennas being sold to subscribers for $700, less than half the Normal Price for such antennas. The other satellite launched the thai com 1, is the first launched for Thailand. It was designed and built by Hughes space and communications for Shinawatra satellite co. Ltd. It was the seventh and last ariane launch of 1993. On Friday. The former Barbara Feltus daughter of an american father and a German Mother is expecting the couples child next month. Cent that Friday the 13th is indeed unlucky for  the team studied traffic flow figures for the Southern Section of the m25 Highway that circles London Hospital admission figures and numbers of shoppers in nine Southeast England supermarkets. The team compared those figures for the five Friday the 13ths that fell in july 1990, september and december 1991, and March and november 1992, with the figures for the previous Friday the 6ths in each of those five months. A the origins of Friday the 13th As an unlucky Day Are twofold Friday and the number 13,�?� the researchers wrote. They said the idea that Ordinary fridays let alone Friday the 13th, Are unlucky steals from Christian tradition in which Good Friday was the Day Christ was crucified. 1 hey said the idea of 13 As an unlucky number a belief held by the ancient romans was reinforced by the last supper when Christ dined with his 12 apostles. Page 12 the stars and stripes world sunday december 19,1993 2 satellites launched . May eventually receive 150 to channels the next launch is scheduled for Jan. 20, when As ariane 44l is to place in orbit turkeys first telecommunications satellite. / \ love match stay Home on Friday the 7 3th, British researchers recommend