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(30 Aug 2010) SHOTLIST
1. Zoom in to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi unveiling plaque inside Libyan Academy of Culture
2. Berlusconi and Gadhafi shaking hands
3. Wide exterior of photography exhibition
4. Various of Gadhafi and Berlusconi touring exhibition
5. Berlusconi handing gift to Gadhafi
STORYLINE
Premier Silvio Berlusconi held talks with Moammar Gadhafi on Monday aimed at promoting the two nations' economic ties, but public attention remained focused on the Libyan leader's efforts to persuade Italians to convert to Islam.
There was no immediate indication if any new energy or other business deals might have been spawned during their half-hour private meeting, which took place ins the tent where Gadhafi is staying on the grounds of the Libyan Embassy.
A plaque was unveiled paying tribute to the "bridge" forged between the two countries two years ago, when a friendship treaty, heavily promoted by Berlusconi, paved the way to stepped up significant business deals.
The two leaders then toured a photography exhibition detailing the history of the relationship between the two countries, oversahadowed by Italy's colonisation of Libya between 1912 and 1942.
Under the friendship treaty, Italy agreed to pay Libya five (b) billion US dollars over 20 years as compensation for its 30-year occupation.
A large chunk of that money will come in the form of Italy's building a highway across Libya, from the border with Egypt to the border with Tunisia.
Three consortiums of Italian companies will be involved in that ambitious project.
But with no new deals so far announced, Gadhafi's theatrical flair and his aggressive promotion of Islam in a predominantly Catholic country continued to grab the headlines.
Gadhafi arrived in Rome a day earlier and promptly gave a lesson on Islam to a few hundred young Italian women recruited by a modelling agency and paid to attend the lecture.
Gadhafi handed out copies of the Quran, urged the women to convert, and participants said three young women converted on the spot.

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