http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/tony_barber en http://www.newstatesman.com/life-and-society/2007/03/bridge-italy-venice-berlusconi http://www.newstatesman.com/life-and-society/2007/03/bridge-italy-venice-berlusconi Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:00:00 GMT Tony Barber A furious row over competing projects - one to build a flood barrier for Venice, the other to construct a suspension bridge for Sicily - says everything about the current state of the nation.

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