Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi (1936-2023) welcomes Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (c. 1942 - 2011) at Rome's Ciampinio airport, Italy, on 10 June 2009. Gaddafi is wearing a photograph showing the arrest of Umar al-Mukhtar (1858-1931) who had resisted Italian colonial rule in Italy in the early 20th century.
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