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A canoeist rows on the Tiber river past St.Peter's Basilica, in downtown Rome, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008. This October has been unusually warm in most of Italy with temperatures being as much as four degrees Celsius (7.2 Fahrenheit) higher than average and reaching peaks of 28 degrees Celsius (82.4 Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)