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Under water search comes to end for missing Costa Concordia passengers
[Washington Post]- The under water search of the sunken Costa Concordia ship is called off by Italian emergency officials because it is putting rescue workers at risk. The hull of the ship is…
Italian captain says he was told to go close to shore
[Reuters]- The Costa Concordia captain declared that his managers told him to take the liner close to the shore the night that it ran into the ground. The company has…
Costa Concordia captain ordered back aboard ship during tragedy
[Miami Herald]- Recordings made during the sinking of the Costa Concordia off the Tuscan coast have now been released. They show among other things that Captain Francesco Schettino had fled…
Bodies found in Costa Concordia ship
[BBC News]- More bodies were recently discovered off the western coast of Italy in the sunken part of the Costa Concordia ship. The ship held 4,000 passengers when it hit rocks earlier…
Watchdogs say press freedoms increasingly at risk in some EU states
[Deutsche Welle]– Restrictions and crackdowns on press freedoms are not just the preserve of autocratic nations, according to watchdog organizations. A number of EU nations have joined the list of…
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