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Unification Church. Sun Myung Moon is turning a small ranching town in Brazil into the head of his Latin American operations. Plans are underway to establish the New Hope Ranch, a 74,000-acre facility with a school, university, newspapers, and research center. Moon hopes it will become the center of many such systems in the area, a project purported to bring world peace, end hunger, and develop the Third World. Reaction there has been mixed: grateful for the $20 million Moon has already spent there, and wary about the cult implications. Moon now owns Bridgeport University and Washington Times newspaper, along with daily newspapers in Argentina and Uruguay. The group is

best known for its mass weddings and has allegedly submitted minors to mind control.

Hare Krishna. The Hare Krishna movement opened a complex in New Delhi. Founded in New York in the 1960s by an Indian spiritualist, the group is now aiming for legitimacy in India.

Branch Davidians. Ex-members of David Koresh's group opened a museum in Waco to commemorate the standoff, on the date of its fifth anniversary. Several Davidian factions have battled over rights to the property where the compound lies in rubble, even taking the issue to court. Now the spot will house a Davidian

museum, with pictures, memorabilia, historical information, and recordings of David Koresh.

God's Salvation Church. Leader Chen Hon-Ming, after God did not appear on television at the end of March as he claimed, is moving his Taiwanese cult from Garland, Texas to Buffalo, New York to re-settle on the shores of Lake Ontario.

Church Universal and Triumphant. While CUT has decided to remain on its Glastonbury, Montana ranch, which it considers its holy place, the organization will undergo major changes to prepare it for the future.