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Thursday April 12, 2007

Osho • Rajneesh:

Oregon state sells land near former Rajneesh commune to youth camp

The state of Oregon has agreed to sell a 480-acre parcel surrounded by the former Rajneesh compound in central Oregon to a Christian youth camp that now owns the defunct commune’s land.

Osho • Rajneesh:

Orange People’s sect appeal

Rajneesh’s legacy is conspicuous today in the verdant hills of northern NSW, Australia, where many of his American and European-born followers have established themselves.

Osho • Rajneesh:

Sect inquiry on sham marriages

Claims of sham marriages between followers of controversial Indian guru Bhagwan Rajneesh in Australia are being investigated by the federal Government.

Wednesday April 11, 2007

Osho • Rajneesh:

Bioterror sect’s resort plan

Leaders of a sect responsible for the Western world’s first bioterrorism attack have secretly recruited a workforce for a South Pacific island health resort.

Wednesday February 1, 2006

Rajneesh:

Mercy for expat in US kill plot

A Perth-born follower of the Orange People cult has avoided jail after 20 years on the run as the self-appointed assassin in a plot to kill a US district attorney.

Tuesday January 31, 2006

Rajneesh:

Ex-Rajneeshee gets probation in murder plot

Cult case - Catherine Jane Stork receives five years in a plot to murder a federal prosecutor

Thursday December 15, 2005

Rajneesh:

Oregon agrees to sell former Rajneeshees cult encampment

SALEM, Ore. – The State Land Board has approved selling 480 acres of Wasco County scrubland that once housed the headquarters of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and his cult of red-robed followers.

Tuesday September 27, 2005

Rajneesh:

Ex-cult member pleads guilty to conspiring to kill U.S. Attorney

Catherine Jane Stubbs Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Kill U.S. Attorney in Oregon in 1985

Tuesday February 1, 2005

Rajneesh:

Marin killer to stay locked up

Mill Valley victim was slain in 1990

Saturday December 21, 2002

Rajneesh:

Last fugitive in case against Oregon cult members appears in court

AP, Dec. 21, 2002

Sunday September 30, 2001

Rajneesh:

America’s First Bioterrorism Attack

In the fall of 1984, members of the Rajneeshee, a Buddhist cult devoted to beauty, love and guiltless sex, brewed a “salsa” of salmonella and sprinkled it on fruits and veggies in the salad bar at Shakey’s Pizza in The Dalles, Oregon.