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A looter's guide to presidential palaces

Plus: Counting the homeless, and the war over Scottish oil

1 March 2014

9:00 AM

1 March 2014

9:00 AM

Palace coups

The people of Ukraine enjoyed a peek inside President Yanukovych’s palace, complete with petting zoo and collection of motorcycles. Who has the biggest and best presidential palace?
— Italy’s president Giorgio Napolitano can claim the biggest: the Quirinal Palace in Rome, at 1.19m sq ft. It is not much fun, though, being full of worthy art collections.

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