| Publication date: 6/10/2009; 7:47:00 AM GMT. Libya's leader Moamer Kadhafi (L) and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi address a joint press conference in Rome's Villa Madama on June 10, 2009. Kadhafi's three-day visit seals a major rapprochement since Italy signed a deal with its former 1911 to 1947 colony last year pledging five billion dollars (3.5 billion euros) over the next 25 years as compensation for colonising it. Rome has also stepped up its relations with Tripoli in recent years in a bid to rein in a massive influx of clandestine migrants, many of whom come by boat from Libya across the Mediterranean. AFP PHOTO/ Filippo MONTEFORTE |
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