Italian Cruise Disaster
Salvage company plans to get Costa Concordia out of Italian waters by 2013

Water-filled cisterns will be used to weigh down above-sea side of cruise ship so it can be turned upright and towed away

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Luxury cruise ship runs aground

A deadly accident off the Tuscan island of Giglio capsizes the Costa Concordia, forcing the evacuation of thousands
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Inside the Costa Concordia wreck

Italian cruise ship capsizes with more than 4,200 people aboard; 11 reported dead, with many more missing
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Amateur video from Costa Concordia

Scenes of chaos filmed from passengers of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground in Italy
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Fact sheet: The Costa Concordia cruise liner

At its christening in 2006 the luxury liner was the largest built in Italy
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