NABUTAUTAU, Fiji - Villagers in a remote Fijian community staged an elaborate ceremony of apology recently for the relatives of a British missionary killed and eaten here 136 years ago, according to the Associated Press. The Rev. Thomas Baker and eight Fijian followers were killed and eaten by cannibals in 1867 in the village of Nabutautau, in the hills of the South Pacific island of Viti Levu. Residents think their community has been cursed ever since. The villagers staged a series of ceremonies hoping to erase the curse they believe has kept them poor. The rituals culminated with the offering of cows, specially woven mats and 30 carved sperm-whale teeth known as tabua to 10 Australian descendants of Baker. — E.P. News