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STORY: Pope Benedict held his general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday despite the presence of a protester on the dome of St. Peter's basilica.
Clinging to a ledge some 450 feet above the pontiff, Marcello Di Finizio, continued his protest against Italian prime minister Mario Monti and the European Union.
He has attached a banner to the front of the Vatican which reads: "Help! Enough Monti, Enough Europe! Enough Multinationals!".
Friends say Di Finizio, who owns a beach bar, is protesting against a European Union directive and Italian government plan that will see licences to operate patches of seafront auctioned off transparently from 2016.
