Tokyo subway sarin attack
Japan executes first foreigner in years, a Chinese man who killed a family
Japan on Dec. 26 executed a 40-year-old Chinese man convicted of murdering a family of four, in the country's first execution of a foreigner since the disclosure of details on sentences carried out began in 2007, the justice ministry said.
The man, Wei Wei, had committed the murders in mid-2003 with two accomplices who were also Chinese nationals, media reported.
Facebook Evacuates Four Buildings After Possible Sarin Exposure
Two people may have been injured, writes NOVA TV.
Two people may have been injured at a post office in Menlo Park, Calif., Used by Facebook. One of the shipments may contain a sarin, NOVA TV quoted an information from local authorities.
Japan executes six cult members
Japan on July 26 executed six more members of the cult behind the deadly 1995 sarin attack on the Tokyo subway, weeks after the group's leader was hanged.
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Cult leader executed for Japan sarin attacks still a mystery
The execution of Japanese doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara leaves unanswered questions about Aum Shinrikyo, the group behind the 1995 sarin-gas attack on the Tokyo subway that killed 13 people and sickened 6,000.
Montenegro to Expel Alleged Members of Japanese Cult
A group of Russian and Japanese nationals detained in Montenegro will be expelled by midnight on Monday after it was found that they had no temporary residence permits allowing them to stay in the country for more than 30 days.
Japan remembers subway gas attack, 20 years on
Japan marked the 20th anniversary on March 20 of coordinated attacks on the Tokyo subway system, when a doomsday cult released a Nazi-developed nerve gas on packed trains, killing 13 people and injuring 6,000.
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