Posts Tagged ‘costa’

Spanish resort death investigated

Saturday, May 19th, 2012

Spanish police are investigating the death of a man, reported to be a 26-year-old Scot, on the Costa Brava in Spain.

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Removal of Grounded Costa Concordia Is Set to Begin in Italy

Saturday, May 19th, 2012

The Costa Concordia, the cruise ship that ran aground in January, will be lifted onto a platform beginning next week and then towed away to be demolished

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Removal of Grounded Costa Concordia Is Set to Begin in Italy

VIDEO: Concordia salvage details revealed

Saturday, May 19th, 2012

The operation to remove the wreck of the Costa Concordia will be the biggest of its kind, at a cost reported to be at least $300m, according to salvage firms and the ship’s owners.

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VIDEO: Concordia salvage details revealed

Diplomat kidnapped in Venezuela

Tuesday, April 10th, 2012

Venezuelan police search for Costa Rican trade attache Guillermo Cholele, who is the latest diplomat to be kidnapped in Caracas.

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Diplomat kidnapped in Venezuela

All fuel removed from Concordia

Saturday, March 24th, 2012

Work to remove fuel from the wreck of the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia has been completed, Italian officials announce.

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All fuel removed from Concordia

More bodies from Concordia found

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Search teams in Italy find four more bodies in the wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia which capsized on 13 January, Italian media report.

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More bodies from Concordia found

Italy ship purser tells of rescue

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

The last person rescued from Italy’s shipwrecked Costa Concordia describes banging a frying pan on a wall to alert emergency teams.

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Italy ship purser tells of rescue

Italian cruise firm offers payout

Friday, January 27th, 2012

The Italian firm that owns the stricken cruise ship Costa Concordia reaches an agreement on compensation with several Italian consumer groups.

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Italian cruise firm offers payout

More bodies found on cruise ship

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

Italian authorities say the bodies of two women have been found on the wreck on the cruise ship Costa Concordia, as fuel pumping is set to begin.

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More bodies found on cruise ship

Cruise ship body takes toll to 13

Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

Divers find the body of a woman in the wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, bringing the number of people confirmed dead to 13.

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Cruise ship body takes toll to 13

Search of Costa Concordia Resumes

Saturday, January 21st, 2012

After being suspended most of Friday, efforts to find more than 20 people still missing on the Costa Concordia are under way again.

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Search of Costa Concordia Resumes

New body found aboard cruise ship

Saturday, January 21st, 2012

Rescue teams find the body of a woman on board the Costa Concordia cruise ship which capsized a week ago, bringing the confirmed death toll to 12.

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New body found aboard cruise ship

Widow lost ashes in ship ‘chaos’

Friday, January 20th, 2012

A British woman tells how she escaped the Costa Concordia cruise ship after it ran aground and lost her husband’s ashes in the process.

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Widow lost ashes in ship ‘chaos’

VIDEO: Safety on board the Costa Serena

Friday, January 20th, 2012

A BBC journalist travelled on board the Costa Concordia’s sister ship, the Costa Serena, to get a sense of how things are done during a cruise.

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VIDEO: Safety on board the Costa Serena

Memo From Rome: Italians Embrace a Hero After Cruise Ship Accident

Friday, January 20th, 2012

Observers say a national propensity for dualism has led to a Coast Guard officer’s portrayal as a hero against the captain of the Costa Concordia.

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Memo From Rome: Italians Embrace a Hero After Cruise Ship Accident