Adverts on Rome's Colosseum to help fund repairs?

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The Italian government is inviting private companies to sponsor the Colosseum in Rome to help fund repairs.

But some critics fear the building could be covered in advertising hoardings in a clash between culture and commercialism.

Duncan Kennedy reports from Rome.

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