1.   The trials of Asahara and other top cult officials are continuing in Tokyo, but they may take a decade or more before they are resolved.

2.   Already reports have said a top cult scientist, Masami Tsuchiya, has confessed that he was ordered to produce sarin before the subway attack.

3.   April brought the gory stabbing death of a top cult scientist, Hideo Murai, before hundreds of onlookers and TV cameras.

4.   Asahara and about two dozen top cult leaders have been charged with murder.

5.   Before police moved in, however, top cult leaders had vanished, along with carloads of important documents and other potential evidence.

6.   Cult leader Shoko Asahara and other top cult officials have been charged with murder for planning or carrying out the first subway gas attack.

7.   Criminal charges are still pending against Asahara and many other top cult members, but final verdicts could take years.

8.   Cult leader Shoko Asahara and other top cult officials have been charged with murder by planning or carrying out the gas attack.

9.   In April, top cult scientist Hideo Murai was fatally stabbed before hundreds of onlookers and TV cameras.

10.   In morning testimony, a former top cult official testified Asahara had taught that terrorism could bring salvation.