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In a talk with an Italian newspaper, Francesco Schettino, captain of the Costa Concordia, said a book he's writing on the sinking of the cruise liner will show him to be a hero, not a coward. Schettino's claim flies in the face of evidence.
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A first mechanic of the Costa Concordia, who saved over 500 people from the listing and sinking cruise ship, was awarded the European Union's highest prize of achievement this week. The award to Peter Petrov, a Bulgarian, was announced in Brussels.
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A Dutch movie company has begun filming the events taking place at the site of the sunken Italian liner, the Costa Concordia. The goal is to produce a time-lapse movie of the refloating and towing-away of the ill-fated cruise ship.
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There's an Italian scuba diver from the island of Giglio, where the partially submerged Costa Concordia lies, who is praying the cruise liner will sink. Why? Because Aldo Baffigi believes if it sinks it will attract scuba divers from the world over.
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Calling the offer made by the company that operated the sunken liner Costa Concordia "insulting", hundreds of passengers of the ship have banded together to sue Costa Cruises for $460 million. The announcement came Tuesday in Italy.
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Workers on the Island of Giglio stand with the doomed Costa Concordia in the background.
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