1. A Ukrainian court on Friday sentenced leaders of the White Brotherhood, a doomsday religious sect, to prison for inciting mass disorder. 2. Coalition members say they want to clamp down on religious corporations to avoid letting cults like the Aum Shinri Kyo doomsday sect go out of control. 3. Eighteen remaining members of a doomsday sect at the center of a mass suicide-murder last year have gone missing, police said Thursday. 4. Eighteen remaining members of a doomsday sect at the center of a mass suicide-murder last year are missing, police said Thursday. 5. Noting ongoing investigations by Russian authorities into the doomsday sect, the officials said the Ukrainian government has not yet reached a final decision on the request. 6. French investigating magistrate Luc Fontaine, who is delving into the Solar Temple doomsday sect, was on Sunday to leave for Canada to pursue his investigations. 7. A body discovered earlier this month was confirmed Thursday as the remains of a baby boy allegedly killed by the Aum Supreme Truth doomsday sect, police said. 8. A doctor with the Aum Supreme Truth doomsday sect was arrested Saturday on suspicion of confining a woman who had tried to leave the group, news reports said. 9. A Swiss prosecutor was quoted Sunday as saying the order could be outlawed if it can be proved the doomsday sect is a criminal organisation. 10. An unidentified gunman opened fire outside the Aum Supreme Truth headquarters late Friday as police were preparing to arrest Fumihiro Joyu, the flamboyant spokesman of the doomsday sect. |