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Costa Allegra Cruise Ship Suffers Disaster Near Africa

Kathy Landin — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:15:10 +0000

In the Arabian Sea, the Italian coast guard is reporting that the Costa Allegra, an Italian cruise ship, is adrift near the Seychelles islands after a fire broke out and caused the motors to stop working. They say the passengers are safe, but the ship cannot travel anywhere.

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Survivors of Costa Concordia Ship That Sank Offered 30 Percent Off Future Cruises

Shauna Wright — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:49:56 +0000

In what’s being seen by many as an incredulous move, Carnival Corp., the parent company of the downed Costa Concordia cruise ship, is offering survivors of the disaster 30 percent off future cruise vacations.

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Audio from Cruise Ship Disaster Makes an Unlikely Star of Italian Coast Guard Captain [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:07:58 +0000

As rescuers continue to search for survivors on the Costa Concordia cruise ship five days after it slammed into rocks off Italy’s Tuscan coast, new audio between the ship’s captain and a member of the Italian Coast Guard has surfaced, giving the European country its newest — and most unintentional — celebrity.

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Americans Among the Missing on Sinking Italian Cruise Ship [PICTURES, VIDEO]

NewsTalk 1290 — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:45:27 +0000

At least two Americans are among the estimated 16 people missing after a cruise ship hit a reef on Friday night andcapsized off the west coast of Italy with 4,200 passengers and crew aboard. Six passengers have been confirmed dead since the Costa Concordia ran aground near Tuscany, tearing a 160-foot hole in its hull and causing the ship to sink. The captain, Francesco Schettino, 52, blames the disaster on rocks not on his navigational charts, but has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter.

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