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S Korea bars cloning sect leader South Korea has denied entry to the leader of a religious sect that claimed it had produced the first cloned human. The founder of the Raelian movement, Claude Vorilhon, was forced to leave the country after being detained for nine hours at Incheon airport in Seoul. The Justice Ministry said it was concerned that he might engage in cloning activities. Clonaid, the sect's cloning company which Mr Vorilhon set up, has been investigated over reports that South Korean women have been involved in its cloning experiments. The sect said Seoul's rejection of their leader...

Purported clone coming home to U.S. today, official says Company tied to sect states it will allow independent DNA tests 12/30/2002 Associated Press NEW YORK - The company that says it created the world's first cloned human says the baby, nicknamed "Eve," is coming home to the United States on Monday. The baby is flying into the country with her family, Brigitte Boisselier said Sunday, two days after she announced the child's birth. Dr. Boisselier is chief executive of Clonaid, the cloning company affiliated with a religious sect that believes space aliens launched life on Earth. "The baby is...