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Storms drench Italy, 1 dead in Rome
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-12-12 14:36  Asian tourists visit the flooded Saint Mark's square during a period of high water in Venice in a 2006 file photo. Hoteliers in Venice, trying to lure tourists to the canal city despite floods caused by the highest sea levels in over two decades, are offering special "High Water" packages complete with free rubber boots December 10, 2008. The Venice Hoteliers Association website www.veneziasi.it is offering "Venice and the High Water" promotions at 190 euros ($245 USD) for one night's stay plus "free use of rubber boots" and a map with "alternative pedestrian routes during the high water". [Agencies]
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