LUIGI COSTANTINI
FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2008 file photo, chairs and tables belonging to a cafe are submerged by high water in Venice's St. Mark's Square, northern Italy. Italian authorities plan to expand Venice's port into a bustling shipping hub, further endangering the fragile lagoon and contributing to the sinking of the treasured city built on water, a conservation group said Monday, Sept. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Luigi Costantini, File)
