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Costa Concordia disaster

US$800m operation to raise Costa Concordia

16 Sep 2013

All the superlatives apply to the marine salvage operation about to unfold off the Italian island of Giglio - it's the largest, the most expensive and the most complicated. And it's the first of...

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Talking points

12 Jan 2013

Novelty licence plates go under the hammer

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Costa Concordia salvage world's most complex and, at US$300m, costly

16 Oct 2012

The captain blamed for the sinking of the Costa Concordia cruise liner that killed 32 people shook hands with survivors and apologised yesterday at an Italian court hearing to decide if he should...

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Captain of doomed Costa Concordia 'sues to get his job back'

11 Oct 2012

The captain of an Italian luxury liner which crashed in January is taking ship owner Costa Crociere to court for firing him and is demanding his job back, an Italian newspaper reported.

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Briefs, October 11, 2012

11 Oct 2012

German press blasts Athens protesters

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Experts say cruise giant failed to act in shipwreck

14 Sep 2012

Europe’s biggest cruise operator Costa Crociere may have failed to act promptly in the Costa Concordia disaster, according to a pre-trial report that still heaped much of the blame on the ship’s...

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