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    <title><![CDATA[Ara in English - Sects]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colau's Broad Front loses one of its two 'sects']]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/politics/colau-s-broad-front-loses-one-of-its-two-sects_130_5887739.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/c3d7f244-b7fe-4783-9de5-a7cc692dc587_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>For days, the Broad Front and Podemos have been blaming each other for the failure of left-wing unity ahead of November 29th. The candidacy led by Ada Colau boasts of having brought together fifteen different parties under its banner, although the four main parties have been the ones leading the way: Comuns, Sumar, Más Madrid, and United Left (IU). Now there will be fourteen, as confirmed by ARA, because one of the two <em>sects </em>that had joined has pulled out of the Broad Front. The Humanist Party, founded in 1984 under the umbrella of the IU—and which left two years later amidst <a href="https://www.march.es/es/coleccion/archivo-linz-transicion-espanola/ficha/partido-humanista-piel-para-secta-comunidad--linz.R-60664" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">accusations of sectarianism</a>—, has finally rejected the offer after consulting its membership.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sebastián Marín]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 23 Oct 2026 05:06:38 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[The Broad Front candidate for the presidency of the Spanish government, Ada Colau, this Saturday in Madrid.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The coalition had announced the inclusion of two formations that experts link to sectarian dynamics]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why are there few trash cans in Japan?]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/international/why-are-there-few-trash-cans-in-japan_1_5385056.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/3a93039c-485c-488b-9bc7-0ba512f9f397_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>Walking through the streets of Japan, one can notice that there are generally few trash cans. This fact is surprising to tourists given the cleanliness of most streets. He replied, "It doesn't just bother tourists, it bothers the Japanese themselves." The question we should ask, then, is another: why are there so few trash cans in Japan? Japanese means "supreme truth." Five members of the sect spread across three different lines of the Tokyo subway during rush hour in the morning. They inhaled the gas, as it is toxic. The criminals punctured the bags so the gas would spread into the atmosphere. Some of the plastic bags were strategically placed in trash cans. The Japanese government's security policies. And one of the measures they decreed was the elimination of trash cans, urging the population to try to throw away all the garbage in their private homes or other buildings, even if that meant taking it along the street</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Paula Lobato]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 20 May 2025 05:01:54 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Japan, rain on a shopping street in Tokyo]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[A bombing on the Tokyo subway in the 1990s forced the removal of trash cans from the country, but they are now returning due to tourist pressure.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA["We have an effervescence of gurus and influencers with a sectarian narrative"]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/sunday/we-have-an-effervescence-of-gurus-and-influencers-with-sectarian-narrative_128_5307203.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/16d639d7-5053-47d9-8535-cc252ef12e08_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x1883y821.jpg" /></p><p>As a teenager, Miguel Perlado (Barcelona, ​​​​1973) fell into a cult that emerged within a parapsychology school. From that experience he became interested in studying psychology and has been working for 25 years as a clinical and forensic psychologist specialized in cults, helping people to get out of them. He is the author of the book <em>Got it!</em> (Ariel) is a popularizer and has been an expert in trials that have been covered in the media.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Serra]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 07 Mar 2025 06:01:25 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Miguel Perlado, clinical and forensic psychologist, expert in cults, in his office in Barcelona.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Psychologist, expert in cults]]></subtitle>
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