1.   Only the gas masks are connected to the Japanese sect.

2.   The incident, which raised the specter of biological warfare by rogue groups, was attributed to the Japanese sect Aum Shinrikyo.

3.   A court has suspended the activities of the Moscow branch of a shadowy Japanese religious sect linked to a nerve gas attack in Tokyo, a judge said Tuesday.

4.   A major Russian radio station has suspended broadcasts by the Russian branch of a Japanese sect suspected in a nerve gas attack in Tokyo.

5.   A district court in Moscow on Tuesday froze the assets of the Moscow branch of the Japanese religious sect AUM Shinrikyo, local reports said.

6.   Airport officials were ordered to tighten immigration checks to make sure that members of the Japanese religious sect linked with the sarin nerve gas attack are denied entry.

7.   As parents wept with joy, a judge shut down the Russian branches of a shadowy Japanese sect Tuesday for corrupting the minds and bodies of its young devotees.

8.   Disclosure of the police investigations comes after reports Friday of another Australian link to the Japanese sect.

9.   President Boris Yeltsin on Wednesday ordered an investigation into the activities in Russia of the Japanese religious sect suspected in the Tokyo subway gas attacks.

10.   President Boris Yeltsin today ordered an investigation into the activities in Russia of the Japanese religious sect suspected in the Tokyo subway gas attacks.