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Kazakh 'Friend of Jesus' Gets Beard in Fresco

16:42 03/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 3 (RIA Novosti)

The saga of the Kazakhstan official whose likeness was painted into a church fresco depicting a biblical scene has now ended: the painter has added a beard that obscures the official's face, media reported.

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