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Italian reports: 2 French tourists, Peruvian drown
Italian news reports have identified the three dead after a luxury cruise liner went aground off the coast of Italy as two French passengers and a Peruvian crewman.
Datebook for Feb. 2 to 8
• Canadian-born country music star Terri Clark will perform at 8 p.m. today in the Willow Creek Lounge at the Black Oak Casino in Tuolumne as part of her “Roots and Wings” unplugged acoustic tour. Tickets are $25, available at the Gift Basket inside the casino.
Romantic Italian spot does delicious pizza
Many a Margherita pizza has failed to satisfy because of rubbery cheese, but at Stella's Serious Italian in Monarch Beach, handmade quality is the rule. Tucked in a corner of a shopping plaza host to hair salons and gift shops, the restaurant's...
Coast guard: ship aground off Italy, bodies found
FRANCES D'EMILIO Associated Press PORTO SANTO STEFANO, Italy A luxury cruise ship ran aground off the coast of Tuscany, sending water pouring in through a 160-foot (50-meter) gash in the hull and forcing the evacuation of some 4,200 people from the listing vessel early Saturday, the Italian coast guard said. Three bodies were recovered from the sea, said Coast Guard Cmdr. Francesco Paolillo ...
Sinking Cruise Ship's Titanic-Like Chaos
PORTO SANTO STEFANO, Italy (AP) - Divers have been searching the submerged part of a luxury cruise liner that went aground off the Italian coast in case any of 70 people unaccounted for might be trapped inside, a coast guard official said Saturday, as passengers described a delayed and terrifying evacuation. Three bodies were recovered from the sea after the Costa Concordia ran aground off the ...
Middle East Online
ROME – A South Korean honeymoon couple were plucked from a capsized Italian liner on Sunday, more than 24 hours after it was wrecked, and rescue workers were struggling to save another person trapped on board.
Ship aground off Italy; 3 bodies found, 69 missing
The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia leans on its side after running aground the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. A luxury cruise ship ran aground off the coast of Tuscany, sending water pouring in through a 160-foot (50-meter) gash in the hull and forcing the evacuation of some 4,200 people from the listing vessel early Saturday, the Italian coast guard said.
3 dead, 40 still missing from Italian cruise ship as diving rescue ceases for night
Porto Santo Stefano, Italy— Survivors who escaped a luxury cruise liner that ran aground and tipped over off Italy's coast recounted a chaotic and terrifying evacuation through the ship's upended hallways Saturday, as divers searched the submerged part for any people still unaccounted for in the confusion.