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|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/2005/51539.htm |title=International Religious Freedom Report 2005: Austria |year=2005 |publisher=U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=August 28, 2013 }} *{{cite web |author=Office of International Religious Freedom |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/2005/51583.htm |title=International Religious Freedom Report 2005: Sweden |year=2006 |publisher=U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=August 28, 2013 }} ;News articles * {{cite news |author=ABC News staff |title=Defence workers trained by 'cult' |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/02/2205464.htm?section=australia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411024853/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/02/2205464.htm?section=australia |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 11, 2008 |work=ABC News |location=Sydney, NSW 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