Italy Hosts World Leaders In The National Celebrations

World leaders have celebrated the birth of Italy as a modern nation. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, were undoubtedly a welcome distraction from his legal and political difficulties.

For the President Giorgio Napolitano, this was to reflect 150 years of history present in a number of VIP guests gathered in Rome.

Among those present were the President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai and U.S. Vice President, Joe Biden.