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• Xenu TV Brings you the most comprehensive video coverage of Scientology on the web. [RealVideo format]
  
  
• Scientologist Web site rips off urban75.com The self-styled addiction "experts" at Scientology front group Narconon stole graphics, navigation, stylesheets, layout, code, everything, from a popular rave web site. . . and added a rat-on-your-friends form. [The Register]
  
• Been there, done that: Scientology A mother tells of how she nearly lost her son to the Scientologists. [The Times]
  
• How I was reduced to black despair by 'caring' church's personality test The cult of Scientology's home-brewed personality test sounds harmless, but recruiters use it to viciously harangue the test-taker for every imperfection. A wounded person is susceptible to the "cure" offered in this bad cop-good cop routine. [Daily Express]
  
• Articles on Scientology in UK Media A personal selection of articles from national and local UK press, radio and television concerning L. Ron Hubbard's cult of Scientology.
  
• Scientology News Translations Index of articles translated from the original German.
  
• Unfair Game: Scientologists Get Their Man Feature story concentrates on Keith Henson's misdemeanor conviction for picketing Scientology, and airs the belief that the Church of Scientology considers critics and ex-members to be "fair game" for harassment and injury. [L.A. Weekly]
  
• Firestorm hits MS Windows in Germany Responding to German complaints about part of Windows 2000 being written by a Scientologist-headed company, Microsoft issued instructions to remove the program from the operating system. [Reuters]
  
• Nightmare on the Net A web of intrigue surrounds the high-stakes legal brawl between FACTnet and the Church of Scientology. [Westword]
  
• Scientologists Force Comment Off Slashdot The Church of Scientology alleged that an anonymous comment violated their copyright. Under the terms of the DMCA, Slashdot was forced to remove the offending post--but listed links to many anti-Scientology sites. Readers responded with more than 1500 comments. [Slashdot]
  
• Church 'fails test' for charity status The Charity Commission ruled that the Church of Scientology fails to promote the moral and spiritual welfare of the community, does not confer a public benefit, and was not established for the advancement of religion, and therefore is ineligible to become a registered charity in the U.K. [Sunday Times]
  
• German Scientology News Newspaper articles translated into English, special reports.
  
• Scientology Doctor Faces Suspension Judge rules that Dr. David Minkoff illegally prescribed Valium and chloral hydrate to Lisa McPherson at the behest of fellow Scientologists, and recommends a $10,000 fine and one-year license suspension. [Tampa Tribune]
  
• The 'S' Files Serious financial crime in one of the Scientology cult's most successful operations in Britain. How they cooked the books, made false statements to obtain bank loans, and changed invoices to fiddle their VAT. [The Big Story]
  
• Scientology's Internet Wars Scientology is locked in an international legal war to remove copies of their super-secret "scriptures" from the Internet, obtaining federal court orders to raid and confiscate the homes and offices of four of their most vocal critics. [The Watchman Expositor]
  
• See You in Court Ron Hubbard was dead but the Scientologists were still out to make their mark on the world. Starting with unauthorized biographer Russell Miller. [Punch]
  
• Scientologists in trademark disputes Church of Scientology International threatens to sue two sites critical of it, on grounds of alleged trademark and copyright violations. [CNET news.com]
  
• Scientology Advertisements It calls itself a church and it claims some eight million adherents around the world, but its methods have been causing controversy for more than three decades. And tomorrow it starts to advertise itself on British television. [BBC Newsnight]
  
• Perspectives on church clash: Ex-member claims he was locked up Article based on several interviews with Jesse Prince, former Inspector General of Scientology's Religious Technology Center, who says that when he tried to escape, he was kidnapped and forcibly detained. [Battle Creek Enquirer]
  
• The Religious Hunt Continues Scientologists work hard hunting down people who publish revealing facts on the Internet. Questionable law is used to scare the Internet providers into closing down Norwegian home pages. Nothing to take notice of, claims Norwegian lawyer. [Dagbladet]
  
• Testimony: Church of Scientology spurred critic's arrest Private detectives employed by Scientology law firm Moxon & Kobrin trailed critic Jesse Prince for months before succeeding in getting him arrested. [Tampa Tribune]
  
• Stalking the Net In the online brawl over Scientology, Internet users discover that virtual reality bites back. [Westword]
  
• Leaving the Fold Third-generation Scientologist, disillusioned, broke away from the Church of Scientology. In turn, they declared her father a "suppressive person" and tried to paint her as an extortionist. [San Francisco Chronicle]
  
• Slashdot caves in to Scientology loonies Geek paradise Slashdot has taken the unprecedented step of removing a post which contained text allegedly copyrighted by the "Church" of Scientology, after receiving threats from Hubbard Space Command shysters citing the dreaded Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). [The Register]
  
• Scientology's War Against Judges The Scientologists' "attack" litigation strategy amounts to an all-out war on district court judges, including harassment, contempt, and recusal motions. [The American Lawyer]
  
• Lev L'Achim Wages Battle Against Scientology Cult Lev L'Achim's Anti-Cult Department attempts to close a school opened by the cult of Scientology in Tel Aviv. The Education Ministry officially announced that the school will never be licensed, and that parents who send their children there are violating the Law of Compulsory Education. [Dei'ah veDibur]
  
• Newspaper and Magazine Articles on Scientology Plus a little bit of radio and TV. Part of Ron Newman's "The Church of Scientology vs. the Net".
  
• A Mother's Betrayal by the New CAN Since Scientology has taken over the old Cult Awareness Network, parents have contacted human rights group TranceNet with horror stories. CAN is now merely a front group for Scientology.
  
• Inside the Cult Description of a half-hour documentary on Scientology. [The Big Story]
  
• Scientology link to drug case keeps jurors from reaching verdict Jurors in a misdemeanor case against Jesse Prince, a critic of the Church of Scientology, were unable to reach a verdict after some on the panel suspected the church had set him up. The vote was deadlocked at 4-2 in favor of acquittal. [Associated Press]
  
• Cult Awareness Network and Scientology On October 23, 1996 the law firm which has represented the Church of Scientology for years purchased the logo and license agreement of the Cult Awareness Network (CAN).
  
• eBay E-Meter Auctions Yanked Although anyone can buy an e-meter, eBay has yanked auctions of e-meters after the Church of Scientology claimed that copyright protection applies to the devices under the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. [Slashdot]
  
• Hush-Hush Money An anti-Scientology activist claims that the church made him an offer he had to refuse: $12 million. [Westword]
  
• The Church of Scientology Tom Jarriel talks with both insiders and critics, but Scientology comes off looking very bad. Transcript. [ABC 20/20]
  
• FRG on W2K: No CoS Readers discuss Microsoft's decision to provide instructions to Germans on how to remove defrag from Win2K because the software developer's CEO is a Scientologist. The security risk is no joke. [Slashdot]
  
• Do You Want to Buy a Bridge? An article by Mark Ebner, concerning his two-week initiation into Scientology. [Spy Magazine]
  
• Scientology faces French ban The French Justice Minister says she is prepared to consider banning the Church of Scientology, considered a cult--not a religion--in France. [BBC News]
  
• Lev L'Achim Launches Campaign to Fight Scientology The cult of Scientology is dangerous to the human mind, harmful to one's pocketbook, and uses deception to violate laws against forced religious conversion. [Dei'ah veDibur]
  
• Standoff in Stockholm After serious legal jousting which culminated in Zenon Panoussis's delivery of the NOTs to Parliament, Church of Scientology lawyers convinced a Swedish court to order a raid for copyright infringement. [Biased Journalism]
  
• Brained Mentally-impaired Raul Lopez was $1.7 million richer as the result of an accident settlement--until he joined the Church of Scientology. [New Times Los Angeles]
  
• Amazon to restore Scientology title Responding to customer criticism, Amazon.com today said it will restore a book critical of Scientology to its list of available titles. [CNET News.com]
  
• Anti-Scientology Site Shut Down The owner of xenu.net reported that the site was shut down after the ISP received a letter from Scientology's Religious Technology Center alleging trademark infringement. [Slashdot]
  
• Doc suspended for prescribing Valium The Florida Board of Medicine suspends Scientologist Dr. David I. Minkoff's medical license for one year, and furthermore rules that he is on probation for two years after that. [Associated Press]
  
• The Prisoners of Saint Hill The Scientologists call it 'baby-watching', but it has nothing to do with looking after infants. Tim Kelsey and Mike Ricks investigate the potentially dangerous, and possibly illegal, secret treatment that the world's largest cult uses to deal with difficult members. [The Independent II]