AUM opens new software development firm, resumes Russian ties

AUM opens new software development firm, resumes Russian ties

TOKYO, Japan - Fumihiro Joyu (L) and Hiroshi Araki of the AUM Shinrikyo religious group look at a monitor screen during a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2001. They said the group, responsible for the 1995 sarin gas Tokyo subway attack, has started a software development firm and resumed ties with followers in Russia. They said profits from the firm will be used to pay compensation to the group's victims.

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