Saturday, January 14, 2012

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Questions about how accidents happened to Concordia ? 3 confirmed dead

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Three people are confirmed dead after a cruise ship carrying more than 4,000 people ran aground off Italy.

There were scenes of panic as the Costa Concordia hit a sandbar on Friday evening near the island of Giglio.

Some people jumped in the sea, in scenes which The Independent's travel editor Simon Calder said had ''echoes of Titanic''.
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BBC News - Capsized Costa Concordia ship near island of Giglio
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Three people are confirmed dead after a cruise ship carrying more than 4,000 people ran aground off Italy.

The Costa Concordia hit a sandbar on Friday evening near the island of Giglio.

Passengers were eating dinner on board when they heard a loud bang.

Elizabeth Nanni of Isola del Giglio Tourist Information described ''desperate people looking for each other,'' and people suffering from hypothermia after jumping in the sea.

Britian - Ed Balls: Labour cannot reverse public pay freeze

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Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has indicated Labour will support a pay freeze for public sector workers in order to help reduce the deficit.

BBC News - Italy's Costa Concordia: 'People started to panic' Cabin steward describes jumping from ship

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More than 4,000 people have been evacuated after the cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground off Italy, with at least six reported dead.

The vessel hit a sandbar on Friday evening near the island of Giglio, and listed about 20 degrees.

People tried to reach land in lifeboats, or by swimming.

Cabin steward Deodato Ordona, says there was a roaring sound, before the ship began to tilt.
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BBC News - Italy's Costa Concordia: 'People started to panic'
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At least six people are reported to have died after a cruise ship ran aground off the coast of Tuscany in Italy.

Coastguards were forced to evacuate more than 4,000 passengers and crew from the Costa Concordia, near to the Isola del Giglio.

The ship had sailed earlier on Friday from Civitavecchia port near Rome for a Mediterranean cruise. Passengers were eating dinner, when they heard a loud bang.

Cruise ship shop worker Fabio Costa described scenes of chaos as ''people started to panic''.

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Syria - tanks and troops enter town of Zabadani

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Tens of thousands of people took part in rallies across Syria in support of the Free Syrian Army, a group of army defectors seeking to topple President Bashar al-Assad.

The Syrian authorities sent troops and tanks into the town of Zabadani, near the Lebanese border, where one large demonstration took place.

One activist group says 12 civilians were killed, three of them children.

The BBC's Tim Whewell reports.

Britian - Thieves dig 100ft tunnel to cash machine in Manchester

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Thieves in Manchester dug a 100ft underground tunnel over six months to get to a cash machine.

They used machinery to cut through more than 15in (38cm) of concrete to steal the money in Fallowfield Shopping Precinct, Levenshulme.

The tunnel started from a railway embankment at the rear of the shop, and went under a car park, and beneath the foundations of the store.

The BBC's Charlie Stayt reports.

Italy - Cruise ship Concordia (Costa Crociere) runs aground Isola del Giglio - BBC News Live video & interviews

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At least six people are dead after a luxury cruise ship with 4,200 people aboard ran aground off the Tuscan coast, Italian media reported.

The Costa Concordia was on a trip around the Mediterranean when it hit a reef near the Isola del Giglio. The local mayor said he feared further casualties as it was proving difficult to rescue the last passengers.
Most of the 3200 passengers and 1000 crew members had been evacuated, but around 200 to 300 people were still on board, according to the prefect of the nearby city of Grosseto, Giuseppe Linardi.
"At around 8:00 pm (1900 GMT) the 290-metre-long Costa Concordia cruise ship...

Breaking news 10.27 CET - said to be 3 dead not 6 as originally reported
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Costa Concordia Our Cabin With Balcony
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Ricky & Sandra Married 22nd October 2011....Our honeymoon started aboard the Costa Concordia Cruise Ship...We boarded at Barcelona,cruised the Mediterranean, taking in Rome, Sicily Savona &, Malta. The ship and crew were fantastic and because of this we had the vacation of a lifetime.......Now that's what I call a room with a view!!!
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BBC News - Cruise ship Costa Concordia runs aground off Italy
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At least six people are reported to have died after a cruise ship ran aground off the coast of Tuscany in Italy.

Coastguards were forced to evacuate more than 4,000 passengers and crew from the Costa Concordia, near to the island of Isola del Giglio.

The ship had sailed earlier on Friday from Civitavecchia port near Rome for a Mediterranean cruise. Passengers were eating dinner, when they heard a loud bang.

The BBC's Andy Moore reports.
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Italy - Taxi strike in protest at 'liberalisation' - not taking fares in Rome, Turin or Naples

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http://www.euronews.net/ Row upon row of taxi sat empty and idle in Milan on Friday, as drivers called a one-day unauthorised strike in Italy.

Vehicles were not taking fares in Rome, Turin or Naples either, in a protest against new measures proposed by Prime Minister Mario Monti. The government wants to liberalise the industry, creating more licences and more competition.