Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Russian Church 'Taken By Thieves'

A 200-year-old church building has disappeared from a village in central Russia, officials from the Russian Orthodox Church say.

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It was intact in July but some time in early October thieves made off with it brick by brick, they said.

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The disappearance of the Church of the Resurrection, some 300 km (186 miles) north-east of Moscow, was not immediately noticed.

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