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Libya's leader, Muammar Gaddafi, is taking the final step in the rehabilitation of relations with the former colonial power - Italy.
Today, Colonel Gaddafi begins his first state visit there, in Rome.
At one time - as a Libyan newspaper has put it - he was more likely to visit Saturn, but that's all in the past.
Our correspondent in Tripoli, Rana Jawad, who has travelled to Italy in recent years, reflects on the love-hate relationship that has long-defined Italian-Libyan ties.
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