European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages o stars and stripes Friday March militants found guilty in schoolgirl beheading by Irwan Firdaus the associated press Jakarta Indonesia three islamic militants were found guilty wednesday of decapitating three Christian schoolgirls in Indonesia and dumping their bloodied Heads in nearby villages judges said they were sentenced to Between 14 and 20 years the alleged members of the Alsaid linked be Mach islam Yah network left a Handwritten note close to the bodies vowing More killings to avenge the deaths of muslims in earlier sectarian violence on Sulawesi Island wanted 100 More Heads said judge Lilik Muly Adi reciting the letters text blood must be paid with blood lives with lives Heads with Heads Ahsanuddin 34 who goes by a single name was sentenced to 20 years for masterminding the 2005 attack and co conspirators Lilik Purnomo 28 and Iwanto Irano 29 each got 14 years he said Indonesia the worlds most populous Muslim nation has been hit by a string of terrorist attacks in re cent years targeting local christians and nightclubs restaurants and foreign embassies but the grisly nature of the beheading which of Ahsanuddin curved As the children were cutting through a Cocoa Plantation on their Way to school gave fresh Impe Tus to the country War on terrorism and was Fol Lowed by scores of arrests the three militants had faced a maximum penalty of death by firing squad but judges ruled that they deserved some leniency for cooperating with authorities confessing and showing remorse a Man named Siregar told the Central Jakarta District court that Ahsanuddin ordered the slayings and helped dumped their girls Heads in three Chris Tian dominated villages Purnomo and Irano were found guilty of ambushing and beheading the teens he said it was not immediately Clear if the three convicts would Appeal More than 90 percent of Indonesia 220 million people Are muslims but Central Sulawesi province the scene of religious clashes that left at least 1000 people dead from 1998 to 2002 has a roughly equal number of muslims and christians a peace agreement ended the worst of the Vio Lence but tensions flared after the 2005 beheading and again in september 2006 after the execution of three roman Catholic militants convicted of leading a 2000 attack on an islamic school that killed up to 70 people in january 15 alleged islamic militants were killed in a gun Battle in Sulawesi several others were arrested including three others who have con fessed to taking part in the beheading but have yet to be brought to trial Cuba supporters quiet ladies in White Javier cuban government supporters chant slogans on tuesday As a group of political prisoners wives known As ladies in White March in Havana government supporters broke up the opposition protesters who marched through a trafficked neighbourhood to remember the crackdown that put their loved ones behind bars Bill Gates loses virtual soccer match to mexican pro by Lisa j Adams the associated press Mexico City Microsoft corp chairman Bill Gates met his technological match tuesday los ing a video game simulation of a penalty shootout to Star mexican soccer player Rafael Marquez 21 As hundreds of Microsoft mex Ico employees and other invited guests cheered on the two i  bet All of my Money on it the richest Man in the world quipped when Marquez asked him if he really dared take on the Chal Lenge before they hunkered Down in two opposing chairs and launched a live Competition Dis played on three giant screens Hung above a Large stage Gates was in Mexico to commemorate his company 20th anniversary Here and sign accords with Mexico City and Federal offi Dario Microsoft founder Bill Gates left and mexican soccer player Rafael Marquez who plays on the Barcelona team play a game of soccer on an Box console on tuesday during a seminar in Mexico City vials aimed at using technology to increase efficiency in business and government and improve health care and education the personal computer is so wonderful that we should want every child to have the same Opportunity to use it and connect up to the worlds information Over the internet Gates said during a morning appearance with mexi can president Felipe Calderon Gates also spoke in favor of a us immigration Reform reiterating comments he had recently made in the the United states in a big believer that As much As possible Freedom of Migra Tion is a Good thing Gates said were hopeful that Well see some immigration Reform hopefully it will be something that provides predictability and As much free Dom As migration As possible Gates said he spoke with govern ment officials about How to in crease the currently Low technology use in Small mexican businesses in order to make them More competitive Calderon presented Gates with Mexico highest medal of Honor to a foreign citizen for his generosity to Mexico in particular a recent million hardware and Mil lion software donation to a pro Gram that is connecting 2700 pub lic libraries to the internet israeli workers end strike after 8 hours Jerusalem a strike by Public service workers ended wednesday after just eight hours when the israeli government agreed to pay Back wages the open ended strike was expected to shut Down most services including israeli airports and seaports but As the two sides kept in Contact it appeared it would not last Long enough to do significant damage at israels Airport most planes took off and landed More or less on schedule As an exceptions com Mittee approved Many flights general strikes in Israel encompass a wide array of services and much of the country was Para lazed government offices were shuttered and state run utilities operated on Skeleton staffs a his Tarut spokesman said As Many As 150000 workers walked off the Job from the associated press japanese doctors warned against giving flu drug to teens Kyodo concerns Over Tam flu have spiked since two teens on the drug fell to their deaths by Chi Saki Watanabe the associated press Tokyo japanese doctors were warned wednesday against prescribing Tam flu one of the few medicines believed effective against Bird flu to teen agers after several Young patients report edly exhibited dangerous behaviour but the maker of the drug insisted it was Safe the health ministry issued emergency instructions on tuesday to a japanese Tam flu distributor Chugai pharmaceutical co to warn doctors not to give the drug to teenagers a Chugai official said on the condition of anonymity citing policy Chugai began warning doctors hospitals and pharmacies nationwide on wednes Day the official said concerns Over the effects of Tam flu an ant flu Medicine also known As Roselta Mimir have spiked in Japan after a boy and a girl both 14 fell to their deaths from their condominiums while taking the drug in separate incidents in february the us food and drug administration has said it received More than 100 reports of delirium hallucinations and other unusual psychiatric behaviour mostly in Japa Nese children treated with Tam flu be tween aug 29 2005 and july 62006 the japanese government has not released de tailed figures the drug manufactured by Swiss com Pany Roche holding a already carries warnings in Japan and the United states that such abnormal behaviour could occur two 12yearold boys also taking Tami flu both broke legs after jumping out of their houses in separate incidents in february and March the Chugai official said however Roche announced tuesday that new data from Japan and the us showed no causal link Between Tam flu and Neur psychiatric symptoms the Fra and Roche have also said that severe cases of flu can trigger the Abnor Mal behaviour displayed by some patients Tam flu is widely used in Japan to treat influenza