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"Was To Be Our Best Experience": Survivors Recount Italy Ship Disaster
On the evening of January 13, 2012, Umberto Trotti heard the terrified cries of his wife and baby in the lifeboat below, and threw himself off the capsizing Italian cruise ship.
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Bodies From Migrant Boat Disaster Brought to Malta
An Italian patrol ship arrived in Malta on Monday with 24 corpses recovered out of hundreds feared drowned after a migrant boat capsized in the Mediterranean, in one of the worst disasters yet in a growing humanitarian crisis.
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Up to 700 Feared Dead After Migrant Boat Sinks Off Libya
As many as 700 people were feared dead after a fishing boat packed with migrants capsized off the Libyan coast overnight, in what may be one of the worst disasters of the Mediterranean migrant crisis, officials said on Sunday.
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4 Migrants Found Dead on Packed Cargo Ship Brought to Italy
Four migrants were found dead on a cargo ship which was taken to Italy after apparently being abandoned by its crew in Greek waters, the Italian Red Cross said today.
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Costa Concordia Captain Claims Ship Was 30 Seconds From Avoiding Disaster
The Italian ex-captain of the doomed Costa Concordia claimed at his manslaughter trial Saturday that "with 30 more seconds" -- and warning from his crew -- the cruise ship's deadly crash could have been averted.
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Costa Concordia Captain Says Gravity Forced Him Off Disaster Ship
The captain of the Costa Concordia told his manslaughter trial Wednesday that gravity not cowardice had been behind his decision to abandon ship with passengers and crew still aboard.
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Last Body, Believed to be of Indian Waiter, Found on Wrecked Costa Concordia
The body of the last missing victim of Italy's 2012 cruise ship disaster was found on Monday on board the wrecked Costa Concordia, which is being dismantled in Genoa, Italian media reported.
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Italian Cruise Ship Wreck Prepared for Final Voyage
Italy's Costa Concordia cruise ship is being readied for its final voyage to the scrapyard on Tuesday, two and a half years after it crashed into an idyllic Mediterranean island in a disaster that claimed 32 lives.
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Tragedies at sea: The Sewol and the Costa Concordia
The causes may be very different and the toll far heavier but Italian media have pointed to similarities between the ferry disaster of the Sewol in South Korea and the Costa Concordia cruise ship crash in 2012.
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Costa Concordia to be salvaged in 1 piece
Salvage work to remove the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship from its rocky perch off Tuscany, where 32 people died, will begin early next month and is expected to take a year, the Italian owner announced on Saturday.
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Italy cruise tragedy: Woman sues Costa Concordia over miscarriage, says report
An Italian woman has reportedly sued the owner of Costa Concordia luxury liner for a million euros in damages and compensation over her miscarriage following the cruise ship disaster last month.
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Italian shipwreck: The treasure now under the sea
In the chaotic evacuation of the Costa Concordia, passengers and crew abandoned almost everything on board the cruise ship: jewels, cash, champagne, antiques, 19th-century Bohemian crystal glassware and thousands of art objects, including 300-year-old woodblock prints by a Japanese master.
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Stricken ship captain blames company pressure: reports
The captain of the stricken Costa Concordia liner told a friend a day after the disaster that a manager from the cruise company pressured him to sail too close to shore, the Italian media has reported.
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Italian divers find 12th body as search of cruise ship resumes
The body of a woman wearing a life vest was recovered by Italian coast guard divers on Saturday from a narrow underwater corridor of the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia, raising the death toll to 12 in the week-old accident that has sent some light fuel spilling into the Mediterranean off Tuscany.
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25 Indians head home after luxury cruise disaster
The Indian Embassy in Italy threw some valuable light on the status of the 201 Indian crew members who were on board the Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia, when it capsized on Friday night. First Secretary at the Embassy Vishwesh Negi revealed that 25 of them were likely to board Air Italia flights to Dubai, from where they would be taking conne...
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"Was To Be Our Best Experience": Survivors Recount Italy Ship Disaster
On the evening of January 13, 2012, Umberto Trotti heard the terrified cries of his wife and baby in the lifeboat below, and threw himself off the capsizing Italian cruise ship.
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Bodies From Migrant Boat Disaster Brought to Malta
An Italian patrol ship arrived in Malta on Monday with 24 corpses recovered out of hundreds feared drowned after a migrant boat capsized in the Mediterranean, in one of the worst disasters yet in a growing humanitarian crisis.
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Up to 700 Feared Dead After Migrant Boat Sinks Off Libya
As many as 700 people were feared dead after a fishing boat packed with migrants capsized off the Libyan coast overnight, in what may be one of the worst disasters of the Mediterranean migrant crisis, officials said on Sunday.
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4 Migrants Found Dead on Packed Cargo Ship Brought to Italy
Four migrants were found dead on a cargo ship which was taken to Italy after apparently being abandoned by its crew in Greek waters, the Italian Red Cross said today.
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Costa Concordia Captain Claims Ship Was 30 Seconds From Avoiding Disaster
The Italian ex-captain of the doomed Costa Concordia claimed at his manslaughter trial Saturday that "with 30 more seconds" -- and warning from his crew -- the cruise ship's deadly crash could have been averted.
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Costa Concordia Captain Says Gravity Forced Him Off Disaster Ship
The captain of the Costa Concordia told his manslaughter trial Wednesday that gravity not cowardice had been behind his decision to abandon ship with passengers and crew still aboard.
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Last Body, Believed to be of Indian Waiter, Found on Wrecked Costa Concordia
The body of the last missing victim of Italy's 2012 cruise ship disaster was found on Monday on board the wrecked Costa Concordia, which is being dismantled in Genoa, Italian media reported.
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Italian Cruise Ship Wreck Prepared for Final Voyage
Italy's Costa Concordia cruise ship is being readied for its final voyage to the scrapyard on Tuesday, two and a half years after it crashed into an idyllic Mediterranean island in a disaster that claimed 32 lives.
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Tragedies at sea: The Sewol and the Costa Concordia
The causes may be very different and the toll far heavier but Italian media have pointed to similarities between the ferry disaster of the Sewol in South Korea and the Costa Concordia cruise ship crash in 2012.
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Costa Concordia to be salvaged in 1 piece
Salvage work to remove the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship from its rocky perch off Tuscany, where 32 people died, will begin early next month and is expected to take a year, the Italian owner announced on Saturday.
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Italy cruise tragedy: Woman sues Costa Concordia over miscarriage, says report
An Italian woman has reportedly sued the owner of Costa Concordia luxury liner for a million euros in damages and compensation over her miscarriage following the cruise ship disaster last month.
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Italian shipwreck: The treasure now under the sea
In the chaotic evacuation of the Costa Concordia, passengers and crew abandoned almost everything on board the cruise ship: jewels, cash, champagne, antiques, 19th-century Bohemian crystal glassware and thousands of art objects, including 300-year-old woodblock prints by a Japanese master.
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Stricken ship captain blames company pressure: reports
The captain of the stricken Costa Concordia liner told a friend a day after the disaster that a manager from the cruise company pressured him to sail too close to shore, the Italian media has reported.
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Italian divers find 12th body as search of cruise ship resumes
The body of a woman wearing a life vest was recovered by Italian coast guard divers on Saturday from a narrow underwater corridor of the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia, raising the death toll to 12 in the week-old accident that has sent some light fuel spilling into the Mediterranean off Tuscany.
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25 Indians head home after luxury cruise disaster
The Indian Embassy in Italy threw some valuable light on the status of the 201 Indian crew members who were on board the Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia, when it capsized on Friday night. First Secretary at the Embassy Vishwesh Negi revealed that 25 of them were likely to board Air Italia flights to Dubai, from where they would be taking conne...
