The repeal of the 1971 Sorcery Act, which acknowledged the accusation of sorcery as a plausible defence in murder cases, came after a series of brutal public killings.

BBC: PNG repeals sorcery law and expands death penalty

Local Christian bishop David Piso told the National that sorcery-related killings were a growing problem, and urged the government "to come up with a law to stop such practice".

BBC: Woman burned alive for 'sorcery' in Papua New Guinea

Now she was involved in a clan battle, a highland clearance by witch accusation, where the Chisholms accused their Maclean tenants of sorcery.

BBC: The woman who became a witch-pricker

The London-based Saudi newspaper Al-Hayat quoted a source in the country's religious police who said authorities searched Nassar's home and found books on sorcery, a number of talismans and glass bottles filled with liquids supposedly used for the purposes of magic.

CNN: Saudi woman beheaded for 'witchcraft and sorcery'

Here, then, are two slide shows demonstrating the outlines of how the ILM experts accomplished two amazing bits of computer sorcery.

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"It is reprehensible that women, the old and the weak in our society should be targeted for alleged sorcery or wrongs that they actually have nothing to do with, " O'Neill said.

NPR: Accused Witch Burned Alive In Papua New Guinea

Kepari Leniata, a 20-year-old mother, had been accused of sorcery by relatives of a 6-year-old boy who died in the hospital the day before.

NPR: Accused Witch Burned Alive In Papua New Guinea

The game was Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, meant to be a World of Warcraft style sword and sorcery MMO.

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