(4)AUM founder Asahara to face verdict

(4)AUM founder Asahara to face verdict

TOKYO, Japan - More than 4,000 people line up at Hibiya Park on Feb. 27 to get tickets to the Tokyo District Court. The court is to hand down a ruling later in the day on Shoko Asahara, founder of the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult after an eight-year trial.

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