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Beerdigungs-Zeremonie in Morzine, Frankreich, am 6. Januar 1996, fuer Edith und Patrick Vuarnet, Frau und Sohn des franzoesischen Skirennlaeufers Jean Vuarnet (im braunen Mantel), die als Mitglieder des Ordens der Sonnentempler den Freitod gewaehlt haben. Im franzoesischen Sektendrama vom Dezember 1995 suedwestlich von Grenoble, Frankreich, sind 16 Menschen dem Massenselbstmord zum Opfer gefallen. (KEYSTONE/Fabrice Coffrini)

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Erneut haben Mitglieder des Ordens der Sonnentempler den Freitod gewaehlt haben. Im franzoesischen Sektendrama vom Dezember 1995 in einem Waldstueck nahe der Ortschaft Saint-Pierre-de Cherennnes, suedwestlich von Grenoble, Frankreich, sind 16 Menschen dem Massenselbstmord zum Opfer gefallen. Der Ort wurde von der Polizei vollstaendig geraeumt, bervor die Presse zugelassen wurde. Nur wenige Brandspuren zeugen am 24. Dezember 1995 noch von den Geschehnissen. (KEYSTONE/Fabrice Coffrini)

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The four cars belonging to some of the missing members of a doomsday cult The Order of the Solar Temple are seen next to a forest in Saint Pierre de Cherenne, in the Frenh Alps, Friday December 22, 1995. Authorities searching for missing members of the cult found at least 14 charred bodies in star formation around a campfire. At least one child was among the bodies. The deaths were the latest among members of the Swiss-based cult, a year after 53 other members were found dead in apparent murder-suicides in Switzerland and Quebec. (KEYSTONE/AP PHOTO/AFP/Patrick Gardin)

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View from a helicopter, of the forest in which 16 charred members of the doomsday cult The Order of the Solar Temple were found in star formation around a campfire, seen at center left in black, in Saint Pierre de Cherennes, French Alps, Saturday December 23, 1995. The deaths were the latest among members of the Swiss-based cult, a year after 53 other members were found dead in an apparent murder-suicides in Switzerland and Quebec. (KEYSTONE/AP PHOTO/Michel Lipchitz) BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE

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Two gendarmes stand next to the four cars belonging to some of the missing members of a doomsday cult The Order of the Solar Temple, next to a forest in Saint Pierre de Cherenne, in the French Alps, Friday December 22, 1995. Authorities searching for missing members of the cult found at least 14 charred bodies in star formation around a campfire Saturday December 23. At least one child was among the bodies. The deaths were the latest among members of the Swiss-based cult, a year after 53 other members were found dead in apparent murder-suicides in Switzerland and Quebec. (KEYSTONE/AP PHOTO/AFP/Patrick Gardin) FRANCE OUT

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The coffins for the 16 people beleived to be members of the doomsday cult The Order of the Solar Temple are seen in the Grenoble morgue, central France, Saturday night December 23, 1995. French authorities found Saturday 16 charred bodies of the Swiss-based cult, arranged in star formation around a campfire near an Alpine village, 30 kilometers (18 miles) southwest of Grenoble, and including three children. 53 members of the cult were found dead in Switzerland and Quebec in October 1994. (KEYSTONE/AP PHOTO/Philippe Desmazes) FRANCE OUT

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View from a helicopter, of the forest in which 16 charred members of the doomsday cult The Order of the Solar Temple were found in star formation around a campfire, seen at center in black, in Saint Pierre de Cherennes, French Alps, Saturday December 23, 1995. The deaths were the latest among members of the Swiss-based cult, a year after 53 other members were found dead in an apparent murder-suicides in Switzerland and Quebec. (KEYSTONE/AP PHOTO/Michel Lipchitz) BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE

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Gendarmes helped by a villager, right, search for the missing members of doomsday cult The Order of the Solar Temple, in the forest of Saint Pierre de Cherenne, French Alps, December 23, 1995. (KEYSTONE/AP PHOTO/Patrick Gardin) FRANCE OUT

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Undated picture showing late Luc Jouret, the leader of the Order of the Solar Temple religious sect. Fourteen charred bodies, including one child, of members of the Swiss-based sect have been found in a mass grave in eastern France December 23, 1995. (KEYSTONE/- PHOTO/AFP/Str) BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE

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Swiss orchestra conductor Michel Tabachnik (L) speaks to the press on the first day of his trial 17 April 2001, in Grenoble Justice Court. Tabachnik is charged for his role in events leading up to the mass deaths of members of the Order of the Solar Temple sect in 1995 and faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted. (KEYSTONE/- PHOTO/AFP/GERARD MALIE)