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Dolce vita 'over for Italy'

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The Italian parliament is expected to agree on a package of austerity measures, worth more than 50 billion euros, in the next few days, which is designed to balance the country's budget by 2013. The BBC's Chris Morris reports from the outskirts of Rome.


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