Strip-mining, a form of open cast mining, has devastated whole sections of this landscape.

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Mr Bersani ended his campaign with an address in a theatre in Rome, in which he cast himself as an honest man, ready to form a government that Italians could trust, says our correspondent.

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The cast was large enough to represent the human race, yet small enough to form a self-contained society, in which individuals could see what other individuals were doing, and think carefully about their own responses.

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These will be added to the votes cast by the public on Thursday, so the acts must still be on top form.

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