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• Crucified pregnant teen statue shown | A provocative Danish artist raised a statue of a crucified pregnant teenager outside Copenhagen's Lutheran cathedral to mark World AIDS Day on Friday (Associated Press)
  
  

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History:

• Is 1,400-year-old treasure evidence of Christianity's first foothold in Britain? | Archaeologists excavating near the edge of Trafalgar Square in London have found evidence of early Christianity in England, suggesting the area has a much older religious significance than was originally believed (The Independent, London)
  
  
• Biblical past unearthed in Holy Land construction | Building a housing complex or a road in the Holy Land can often have grave implications (Reuters)
  
  

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India:

• India's Christians dig deep for graveyard plot | India's Christians are running out of space to bury their dead, leading some to pay small fortunes to book their final resting place in a relative's grave (Reuters)
  
  
• India sees God as creator, not controller: report | Most Indians perceive God as a macro-manager responsible for controlling things like the earth's rotation, rather than being in charge of the actions of humans on a day-to-day basis, a survey said on Saturday (Reuters)
  
  

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Other stories of interest:

• US temporarily suspends premium service for religious workers | The United States has announced a temporary suspension of the premium processing visa service for religious workers after detecting "potential vulnerabilities" in the process, a move that will affect applicants from several countries, including India (PTI, India)
  
  
• "In God We Trust" moved from face to edge of new $1 coins | Minting date and the motto "E Pluribus Unum" will be there too (Religion Clause)
  
  
• Seeking counsel in the Bible | In thoroughly modern Boone County, a church rejects modern psychology (The Cincinnati Post)
  
  
• Economics: The invisible hand of the market | Professor Duncan K. Foley's book Adam's Fallacy: A Guide to Economic Theology is simultaneously an introduction to economic theory and a critique of it (Peter Steinfels, The New York Times)
  
  
• Religion news in brief | Episcopal task force on property disputes looks at splits, ELCA multicultural ministry creates association for European-Americans, and Wilmington Catholic diocese releases list of accused priests (Associated Press)
  
  
• Religion news in brief | Muslim clerics oppose Quran ringtones, federal judge to rule in logo lawsuit, and other stories (Associated Press)
  
  
• All about girth control | If only we could manage food the way we've managed sex (William Saletan, The Washington Post)
  
  

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