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Cult set to give up wait for world's end

The remaining 14 doomsday cult members holed up in a southern Russian cave are likely to give up their wait for the end of the world and leave the cave Wednesday, officials say.

Cult leader seeks to free children, official says

A doomsday cult leader whose followers are barricaded inside a cave in southern Russia will be taken to the site in an attempt to secure the release of several children, according to a government official.

Doomsday cult threatens suicide

Members of a doomsday cult are refusing to leave their hideout in a cave in southern Russia in spite of intervention from their leader, a government official said Friday, adding pressure to a stand-off with the authorities that one side believes will only end with the apocalypse.

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