1.   The warrants charge that the cult used dummy companies to purchase materials with which to make sarin.

2.   AUM followers have said the cult used handcuffs to detain people in Japan, but it is the first time such a claim has been made in Russia.

3.   Kyodo said police suspect the cult used the dinners as tests in their efforts to develop germ warfare.

4.   The cult used front companies to buy enough chemicals to make tons of sarin capable of killing millions of people, news reports say.

5.   The cult also used the hallucinogen LSD in initiation rituals.

6.   The cult also used the hallucinagin LSD in initiation rituals.

7.   Nunn said Australian authorities found the cult had used the ranch to test batches of sarin on sheep.

8.   Religious professors said the cult also successfully used the appeal of supernatural power to attract young people.

9.   The cult also used shock therapy to force members to name their lovers and to erase the memories of other members, the prosecutors said.