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Italy has awarded a contract to build a bridge connecting Sicily to the mainland. This will be the longest suspension bridge in the world when it's completed in 2012. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi made the statement that it "will finally make Italy one nation", apparently forgetting about Sardinia.
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Hugo Chavez has expelled a US missionary group for being part of a Washington imperialism conspiracy. I highly doubt he actually believes this, but as the article says, "he finds it politically useful to portray himself as a victim of US aggression." The US does well in continuing this by not simply ignoring him.
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