21.   The cult had a number of rituals involving near-worship of Asahara, including the drinking of his bathwater by the devout.

22.   The cult has had a long history of trouble with the police, whose actions it has bitterly denounced as religious oppression.

23.   The cult has a system of government-like ministries to handle such matters as security and intelligence.

24.   The cults also had their own idiosyncratic practices.

25.   The newspaper said police found the cult had all the chemicals, facilities and skills to make Sarin.

26.   The San Diego Union reported the cult had an isolated compound in the New Mexico mountains before moving to California.

27.   The Sankei Shimbun quoted police sources as saying Asahara was preparing to go to Moscow where the cult has one of its four overseas branches.

28.   Local TV station KUSI-TV said the cult had an Internet site which was shut down to block access to cult information.

29.   Local TV station KUSI-TV said the cult had an Internet site which was shut down Wednesday to block access to cult information.

30.   Police believe Inoue had planned an explosion as the cult had no more Sarin nerve gas available, the newspaper said.