1.   Soon he confronts the revenge of Tamora, queen of the Goths, the new wife of the emperor, for the ritual killing of her son.

2.   A newborn baby found beheaded in a Lagos street may be another victim of a series of ritual killings, a newspaper reported Sunday.

3.   Also last month, the government imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the southern city of Owerri after a series of alleged ritual killings sparked riots.

4.   But he said on state television that authorities could not rule out the possibility some had been abducted for ritual killings or slave labor.

5.   His colleague, Cmdr. Andy Baker, said Scotland Yard was working closely with the South African police who had experience in dealing with ritual killings.

6.   Hundreds of people were murdered last year in ritual killings or on suspicion of being witches, a provincial commission into witchcraft has found.

7.   In addition, he said, arrows are not an efficient means of ritual killing.

8.   Police believe the boy, whom they have called Adam, may have been the victim of a ritual killing and may have come from Africa.

9.   Riots continued Wednesday following discoveries of more evidence of ritual killings, including human parts, skulls, and two tongues found in a cooking pot in a church.

10.   Ritual killings occur throughout Africa.