1.   People who were accused of practicing witchcraft were thrown into the lake.

2.   He ruled that consulting fortune tellers and practicing witchcraft were forbidden by religious law.

3.   Hundreds of people were accused by friends and family of practicing witchcraft, and several were killed for their alleged crime.

4.   Practicing do-it-yourself witchcraft can entail soaking in a lust bath or burning money-drawing incense.

5.   A Syrian man was beheaded Friday for practicing witchcraft, an Interior Ministry statement said.

6.   Late last year, seven Tojolabal Indians from the community of El Vergel were lynched for allegedly practicing witchcraft.

7.   Residents say many women accused of practicing witchcraft have fled their villages, leaving families and property behind.

8.   Several Nigerians charged with practicing witchcraft are awaiting trial in Saudi Arabia.

9.   Roy was accused of practicing witchcraft when she gained fame in Calcutta for her New Age technique of using crystals to treat people with nervous and mental disorders.

10.   Thirty-one people accused of practicing witchcraft have been killed by angry villagers in eastern Uganda, state-radio reported Wednesday.