Twenty-nine cult members, including three children and an 18 month-old baby, are in grave danger and "any wrong move" by authorities could cost lives, Alexander Dvorkin of the Center of Religious Studies said Friday, adding, "their minds are being manipulated, they are under the strong influence of their leader. " "I've met the man, and he's definitely mentally sick, big time," regional administration spokesman Yevgeny Guseynov told CNN about Father Pyotr Kuznetsov, 43, the alleged cult leader.

A talented and famous belly dancer in South Korean will face trial for allegedly forging an undergraduate degree to land a job to teach students her dancing skills at university, prosecutors said Monday. According to a news report, the well-known belly dancer Ahn Yoo-Jin will face trial for allegedly forging a university of Sydney graduation certificate. She used the fake credentials to teach belly dancing at Kwangju Women's University in 2006 but was now terminated from her job.

The Chinese Confucius Foundation in cooperation with China's two media giants inked a $ 5. 3 million deal on Friday to make a cartoon series highlighting the life and teachings of the popular ancient philosopher, Confucius. The cartoon series, to be composed of 100 episodes in 13-minuter format each, will be aired to mark the 2,560th birth anniversary of Confucius in 2009.

Opposition leader Kevin Rudd has finally acknowledged the video which apparently showed him picking and eating his own ear wax in parliament, saying he wished his behavior could have been "more ideal. " The video, played in YouTube. com and circulated via email around the world, showed a younger Rudd doing the ear-dig thing during his earlier years as a member of parliament.

No Halloween street party this time in San Francisco's Castro District. City officials encouraged residents, revelers, and tourists, on radio and television, to stay at home or party somewhere else.