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 The couple, who married at a lavish party on Saturday night,
spent about 10 minutes inside the lagoon city's 14th century
city hall for a civil service registering their marriage.
It was presided over by former Rome mayor and close friend,
Walter Veltroni.
Alamuddin, 36, wore a white trouser suit with a crop top and a
wide-brimmed white hat with a black ribbon. The 53-year-old
Clooney, dubbed until now as the world's most famous bachelor,
wore a light gray suit.
A black cat lingered on the wharf in front of city hall,
worrying some on-lookers who feared it could be a bad omen for
the couple. It tip-toed away minutes before the bride and groom
arrived, bringing sighs of relief to the superstitious.
The couple arrived and left aboard the speedboat water taxi
"Amore" they have used all weekend. They waved and smiled at
photographers in other boats and well-wishers on bridges along
the Grand Canal.
The brief service ended the single status of the two-time Oscar
winner who several years ago reportedly made a $100,000 bet with
actress Michelle Pfeiffer that he would never remarry after his
1993 divorce from actress Talia Balsam.
"She's one very lucky woman. She is beautiful and he is very
good looking, a man all women go crazy for," said Gaia Balika, a
Russian woman who watched the celebrity couple arrive.
"Everything was beautiful."
Alamuddin, and the Kentucky-born Clooney, who shot to stardom in
the television series "ER", have been the toast of Venice's
canals and palaces since Friday, when they arrived for four days
of festivities.
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The couple, along with stars such as actors Matt Damon and Bill
Murray, singer Bono, Vogue editor Anna Wintour and model Cindy
Crawford, have been shuttling between luxury hotels, turning Venice
into a Hollywood on the Adriatic.
Alamuddin has represented Ukrainian former Prime Minister Yulia
Tymoshenko at the European Court of Human Rights, and WikiLeaks
founder Julian Assange in extradition proceedings.
Her family left Lebanon during the 1975-1990 civil war to settle in
Britain, and she has also advised former United Nations Secretary
General Kofi Annan on the conflict in Syria, an issue about which
Clooney has spoken publicly.
Clooney has also led campaigns to highlight the plight of refugees
in Darfur, Sudan, and is expected to donate the fees earned from
selling rights to the wedding photos to that cause.
Alamuddin was rumored to have prepared 12 outfits for the long
weekend, during which guests were ferried around the city in
speedboats bearing flags marked "AG", for Amal and George.
(Writing by Philip Pullella; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)
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