Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has traveled to Libya to sign an agreement with his counterpart Muammar Gaddafi.
Under the deal, which the leaders are calling a friendship pact, Italy will pay around 3.5 billion euros in compensation for abuses committed during its colonial rule of the North African country. Berlusconi said the money would be invested in infrastructure projects in Libya over the next 25 years. In return, Rome wants Libya to stem the flow of illegal migrants turning up on Italian shores.
(Deutsche Welle)
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