51.   Instead, there is a cult of the countryside, and the trains out of town are standing-room-only every weekend of the year.

52.   Later, a caller to the NTV network said the cult was responsible for the shooting.

53.   Muraoka tried to convince a Justice Ministry committee that the cult is harmless now that Asahara has stepped down.

54.   Police said they also found signs that the cult was involved in research on biological and other weapons.

55.   Searches have also turned up evidence that the cult may have been manufacturing LSD and other illegal drugs.

56.   She added that it is the first demolition of cult buildings by authorities since the cult was both declared bankrupt and ordered disbanded in two separate legal actions.

57.   Such a tag would effectively ban the group because cults are illegal under Chinese law.

58.   The cult also is bankrupt and is facing disbandment and the government is preparing to designate the sect as the target of a never-used anti-subversion law.

59.   The cult is far from the power it wielded at its zenith.

60.   The cult is interested in laser weapons and has acquired military gear, according to news reports.