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

The 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic is being remembered at special events across the world, including in the ship’s birthplace Belfast.

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Titanic tragedy to be remembered

The families of two Titanic survivors have met for the first time, 100 years after the ship sank.

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VIDEO: Unlikely bond in lifeboat eight

British officials say it’s not clear what’s on the ship.

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Man Finds $3B WWII Treasure

British officials say it’s not clear what’s on the ship.

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Man Finds $3B WWII Treasure

Officials say the ship’s removal may take 10 Months.

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Ship Recovery Efforts Postponed

The Italian newspaper, ‘Corriere della Serra’, has been showing amateur footage from the Costa Concordia, in which a crew member is trying to calm passengers on the ship.

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VIDEO: Go back to cabins, passengers told

The Italian newspaper, ‘Corriere della Serra’, has been showing amateur footage from the Costa Concordia, in which a crew member is trying to calm passengers on the ship.

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VIDEO: Go back to cabins, passengers told

Will also start pumping fuel from the ship’s tanks.

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Rescue Resumes in Shipwreck

The cruise liner captain accused of abandoning ship after he grounded it off the coast of Italy Friday now says he only left because he slipped and tripped into a lifeboat while helping passengers evacuate the ship. Read full article > >

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Cruise liner captain Francesco Schettino says he abandoned ship by accident

Rescuers pulled more bodies from the stricken cruise liner on Tuesday, as transcripts of a screaming match between the coast guard and the ship’s captain were released.

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Rescuers Blast Holes in Stricken Liner, Five More Bodies Found

The captain of the stricken cruise liner deviated from his approved course before the ship ran aground off the Italian coast, its owners say.

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Cruise ship captain ‘off course’

After their ship was taken hostage at gunpoint, Iranian fishermen survived six weeks by relying on calm nerves, prayer, camaraderie and, in the end, duplicity.

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Iranians Tell of Six Weeks of Fear With Somali Pirates

Two Russian seamen rescued after their ship sank off the Gwynedd coast thank the rescue services who saved them.

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Seamen pay tribute to rescue team

A top Chinese military official confirms that Beijing is building an aircraft carrier, in the first official acknowledgement of the ship’s existence.

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China aircraft carrier confirmed