Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) hold a framed map of a highway project during a ceremony to lay its foundation stone in Touisha, 50 kms (31 miles) east of Tripoli, on August 30, 2009. The 1,200 kilometre (750 mile) highway has long been demanded by Libya as compensation for Rome's occupation and colonial rule over the north African country from 1911 until World War II.
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