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Italian police have reopened investigations into the theft of an American Airlines uniform from a Rome hotel.
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The new Pope has already stamped his humble style on the papacy - spurning a special car to take a bus with his cardinals after he was elected, and insisting on returning to his Rome hotel the next day to pay his own bill.
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The Bernini Bristol Hotel in Rome confirms it has hotel reservations for a Zimbabwean delegation but did not provide names.
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Anyone who has ever been to New York, or indeed London or Rome or Paris, knows hotel prices are eye-watering.
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Shortly before that, protesters outside the luxury hotel he used as his home in Rome had humiliatingly pelted him with coins.
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For the grand finale, hop a five-minute water taxi across the bay to Paradise Island, home to the Atlantis Resort, a massive hotel, casino, restaurant and entertainment complex that looks like a cross between Disney World and Ancient Rome.
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