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Costa Concordia pre-trial hearing begins in Italy
A pre-trial hearing over the case of capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship begins today in Italy. At least 30 people are believed to have died...
Costa Concordia officers took drugs on duty and molested female staff members, two former employees claimed
The Italian media reported today that two former Costa Cruises employees have told prosecutors investigating the Costa Concordia disaster that officers “took drugs” while...
Costa Allegra has docked in Seychelles
Costa Allegra, the stricken Italian cruise ship has docked in the Indian Ocean islands of the Seychelles. Costa Allegra was towed into the islands' main...
Costa Allegra cruise ship left adrift near Seychelles is under tow
Costa Allegra, the Italian cruise ship left adrift in the Indian Ocean near Seychelles with more than 1,000 people on board following a power...
Costa Allegra cruise ship adrift off Seychelles
Costa Allegra, an Italian cruise ship owned by Costa Cruises, with more than 1,000 people on board is without power in the Indian Ocean...
Domnica Cemortan gave her first full interview since Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster
Domnica Cemortan, the Moldovan blonde tour rep who was accused of causing the sinking of the Costa Concordia by romantically distracting Captain Francesco Schettino...
Cordao do Bola Preta 2012 gathered 2.2 million revelers in Rio de Janeiro
Cordao do Bola Preta parade, one of Rio de Janeiro's oldest and most popular carnival street parties has attracted a record 2.2 million revelers,...
Jellyfish Lake: the only place in the world where tourists can safely swim with 8 million jellyfish
Jellyfish Lake, based on the Pacific island of Palau, is the only place in the world where tourists can safely swim amongst millions of...
Francesco Schettino pictured with his lover Domnica Cemortan one month before Costa Concordia disaster
Pictures of cruise ship rep Domnica Cemortan with her “lover” captain coward Francesco Schettino just a month before the Costa Concordia disaster have emerged...
The story of Manrico Giampedrino, the last person to be rescued from Costa Concordia
Manrico Giampedroni was the last person to be rescued from Italy's shipwrecked Costa Concordia after 36 hours and he said he pounded on a...
Costa Concordia: divers abandoned the search for bodies after underwater conditions deteriorated
Italian rescue teams have abandoned their search for bodies inside the wrecked cruise ship Costa Concordia after conditions underwater deteriorated. "We have definitively stopped the...
Costa Concordia: death toll rises to 17 after divers found a body of a woman
Divers searching the wreck of Costa Concordia cruise ship have found the body of a woman, bringing the death toll to 17. Operations to pump...
Bollywood aboard a Finnair flight to celebrate India’s Republic Day
Passengers aboard a Finnair flight from Helsinki to New Delhi were pleasantly surprised when the aircraft' staff treated them with a Bollywood-style dance to...
Costa Concordia UPDATES. Costa Cruises offers passengers compensation.
Costa Cruises, the Italian company that owns the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia, has offered passengers 11,000 euros ($14,000) each in compensation. The deal comes...
Costa Concordia: ship owner Costa Cruises offers passengers compensation
Costa Cruises, the Italian company that owns the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia has offered passengers 11,000 euros ($14,000; £9,000) each in compensation. The deal...
Titanic alike scene in pictures of Costa Concordia moments after cruise ship ran aground
Dramatic pictures, released this evening, show the aftermath of the Costa Concordia disaster as like a scene from the Titanic. Lifeboats can be seen spilling...
Francesco Schettino’s wife Oggi interview: “My husband is not a monster”
Fabiola Russo, the wife of Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino has defended her husband in the Italian magazine Oggi interview, claiming: “He is not...
Costa Concordia: death toll raised to 16 after another body was found inside the wreck of the ship
Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster is raised to 16 after another body has been found inside the wreck of the vessel, officials say. Salvage crews...
Costa Concordia: death toll raised to 15 after the bodies of two women have been found on the 4th deck
Italian divers have found the bodies of two women on the wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, bringing the confirmed death toll of...
Costa Concordia latest news: death toll raised to 13 after a woman’s body was found on deck seven
The death toll of Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster is raised to 13 after divers have found the body of a woman in the...
UTair pilot Sergei Golev onboard of Boeing 757 flight died in the cockpit from heart attack
Co-pilot Segei Golev, who was onboard the UTair Boeing 757 flying from Bangkok to Novosibirsk in western Siberia, died from a heart attack, transportation...
Costa Concordia death toll raised to 12 after a woman’s body was found on board
The death toll of Costa Concordia disaster is raised to twelve after the body of a woman has been found on board of the...
Costa Cruises, the company operating Costa Concordia faces US lawsuit
Costa Cruises, the company operating Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground off Italy is facing a class-action lawsuit in the US. Italy's consumer association...
Costa Concordia: crew urged passengers to go to their cabins after the ship had begun taking water
A new amateur video has emerged showing the crew of the Costa Concordia cruise ship reassuring passengers nothing was wrong, after the vessel had...
Domnica Cemortan, the Moldovan woman who dined with Francesco Schettino shortly before Costa Concordia hit the rocks
Italian media reported today that a mystery woman was on the bridge alongside cowardly captain Francesco Schettino when Costa Concordia cruise ship ran aground...
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