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New Delhi -
An Indian court Friday convicted a disgraced but still-powerful religious sect leader of murdering a journalist after he exposed rampant sexual abuses by the guru.
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Paris -
In one of the most dramatic mass murder-suicides of modern history, 914 adults and children from a US cult died in the jungle of the small South American country of Guyana on November 18, 1978.
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Seoul -
The leader of a South Korean doomsday cult has been arrested for allegedly holding some 400 followers captive in Fiji by subjecting them to violence and barbaric rituals, a police official said Wednesday.
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Apo -
Japan's execution of a doomsday cult leader and his disciples over a 1995 sarin gas attack may draw a line under the horrific saga, but hundreds of people are still signing up to Aum Shinrikyo's successor groups each year, authorities say.
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Apo -
The cremated remains of the executed guru of the Japanese doomsday cult behind a deadly 1995 sarin gas attack will be scattered at sea to avoid creating a pilgrimage site for his followers, media reported Wednesday.
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Juarez -
An American accused of leading a cult and wanted at home on pedophilia charges was arrested in Mexico along with 26 other people as part of a triple homicide investigation, officials said on Sunday.Orson William Black Jr.
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Rohtak -
An Indian court on Monday sentenced a controversial spiritual leader to a total of 20 years in prison for raping two of his devotees, days after his followers went on a rampage that left 38 dead.
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New Delhi -
Self-styled "godman" Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh inspired extraordinary devotion in India, where huge crowds flocked to hear his teachings -- even after he was accused of rape in a high-profile case that ended in conviction.
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Rohtak -
Indian police warned Monday they would use all necessary force to maintain order when a controversial guru is sentenced for rape, days after his followers went on a rampage that left 38 dead.
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Hundreds of troops Saturday laid siege to the headquarters of a sect led by a controversial Indian guru whose conviction for rape triggered deadly clashes that have killed at least 36 people.
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Panchkula -
Hundreds of troops Saturday patrolled a northern Indian city hit by deadly clashes that killed at least 30 people after thousands protested a court's decision to convict a controversial spiritual leader of rape.
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New Delhi -
India's self-styled "godmen" have legions of devoted followers, but several have been embroiled in scandals in recent years.
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Panchkula -
Troops lined the streets of a city in north India Friday after tens of thousands of distraught devotees of an Indian sect leader dubbed the "guru in bling" headed there to await a verdict in his rape trial.
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Kinshasa -
Rebels from an outlawed political-religious group attacked Kinshasa's central prison on Wednesday, breaking out their leader and about 50 other prisoners, the Congolese government said.
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New Delhi -
A mysterious cult at the centre of deadly clashes in India was running its own pseudo-government, army, court and a prison where torture was the norm, a senior police officer told AFP Saturday.
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New Delhi -
Clashes between Indian police and followers of a revolutionary sect have left at least 24 people dead after an operation to evict thousands of people from parkland erupted into violence, officials said Friday.
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New Delhi -
Clashes between Indian police and followers of a revolutionary sect have left at least 24 people dead after an operation to evict thousands of people from parkland erupted into violence, officials said Friday.
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New Delhi -
Clashes between Indian police and followers of a revolutionary sect have left at least 24 people dead after an operation to evict thousands of people from parkland erupted into violence, officials said Friday.
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Tultitla -
Two weeks after baptizing her at a Catholic church, baby Adriana's parents put her in a white gown again for a second sacrament: This time, with Mexico's skeletal "Death Saint.
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One could call it a big win for "Evil Dead 2013" as it scares up a bloody box office win with a solid $26 million haul. Whether it has legs may depend on word of mouth now.
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After famed evangelist Billy Graham met with Mitt Romney, saying he would do all he could to help the Romney campaign, Graham's Evangelistic Association removed from its website Mormonism, where it was listed with Scientology as a religious cult.
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Toronto -
Just give The Master all the Oscars already and save us some time. Paul Thomas Anderson's first film since There Will Be Blood provides an extraordinary glimpse into how a man can easily be swayed by a cult leader, a film both tragic and philosophical.
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Tatarstan -
A so called prophet claims he had a vision from God, telling him to build an Islamic caliphate underneath a home, in the ground. Here children would suffer abuse and never be allowed to see sunlight.
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A married couple bringing a lawsuit against the controversial Church of Scientology in the United States – which numbers Tom Cruise and John Travolta among its ranks – have alleged they were treated like slaves.
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A 60-year-old Israeli man arrested last month at the home he shared in Tel Aviv with what was then thought to be 17 wives has been charged with multiple counts of crimes such as rape, sodomy, and enslavement.
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Some ordinary-looking, smiling people sit at small, folding tables. A sign screams out, “FREE STRESS TEST.” What could go wrong?
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A mother was caught on a 911 tape screaming for her child to die as she allegedly stabbed the child more than a 100 times with a pair of scissors.
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As the “end of the world” did not occur, seven women belonging to a Christian cult in Russia have finally come out of a cave near the village of Nikolskoye. The cultists have been hiding in the cave since November.
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Paul Krugman, in a New York Times Op-Ed, says "the Obama campaign seems dangerously close to becoming a cult of personality." Yesterday, Slate, pokes a little fun at the hero worshiping that Obama supporters seem to revel in.
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In just over a year, 16 young people have committed suicide in the Welsh town of Bridgend, in the UK. The last two, who were cousins, hung themselves within hours of each other. Are these suicides linked? If not, then what's going on?
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South Korea's cults Nick SHEARMAN, AFP
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