1.   Defence lawyers for Aum Supreme Truth sect guru Shoko Asahara threatened to withdraw from his trial Friday in protest at the speed of the proceedings.

2.   Defence lawyers of Aum Supreme Truth sect guru Shoko Asahara said Thursday they planned to ask to be dismissed from the trial, complaining proceedings were moving too quickly.

3.   Defence lawyers of Aum Supreme Truth sect guru Shoko Asahara said Thursday they planned to ask to be dimissed from the trial, complaining proceedings were moving too quickly.

4.   Defence lawyers for Aum Supreme Truth sect guru Shoko Asahara told a court Wednesday they would boycott a hearing later this week because they were overworked.

5.   Defence lawyers for Aum Supreme Truth sect guru Shoko Asahara demanded Thursday they be dismissed by the court because they could not withstand an extremely tight schedule of proceedings.

6.   Doomsday sect guru held alone in special cell.

7.   The national police chief survived the attack, that the sect guru allegedly ordered, but spent two and a half months in hospital recovering from his wounds.

8.   New hearing in the trial of Aum Supreme Truth sect guru Shoko Asahara.