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• At least three killed in Italy after ship crashes into port

  At least three people were killed and six injured when a container ship rammed a control tower in the northern Italian port city of Genoa late on Tuesday, harbour officials quoted on local television said.

• Searching for ship-wrecked brother, Kevin faces racial abuse

  Kevin, brother of Russel Rebello who went missing after the ill-fated ship Costa Concordia keeled over near the Tuscan coast on January 13, has been very delicately poised since the disaster. Looking at the remains of the ship in a foreign land, patiently biding time in the brave hope of his brother's return takes its toll emotionally. But an incid...

• Fishermen killed: Kerala Police seize boxes from Italian ship, to be presented in court today

  A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Kerala police on Sunday seized four boxes of materials from the Italian merchant vessel Enrica Lexie to trace the weapons used by two marines, who allegedly shot dead two Indian fishermen.

• Italy cruise tragedy: Woman sues Costa Concordia over miscarriage, says report

  An Italian woman has reportedly sued the owner of Costa Concordia luxury liner for a million euros in damages and compensation over her miscarriage following the cruise ship disaster last month.

• 2 more bodies found, fuel removal to begin on ship

  Nudged gently by the tides off Tuscany, the capsized Costa Concordia has been deemed stable enough on its rocky perch for salvagers to begin pumping fuel oil from its giant tanks as early as Tuesday.

• Indian crew members of Concordia headed home today

  As 200 of the 202 Indian crewmembers on board the Italian Cruise liner Costa Concordia that sank off the Tuscan Coast on Friday return home today and tomorrow, the cruise company has agreed upon a compensation package for them.

• Italy cruise tragedy: 200 Indians returning home

  Two hundred Indian nationals, who were rescued from the ill-fated cruize ship 'Costa Concordia' which had run aground off Italy coast on Saturday, are returning to India.

• Italy cruise wreck rescue halted, captain under house arrest

  The captain of a doomed Italian cruise liner returned home to the Amalfi coast under house arrest as fears grew that bad weather could hamper rescue efforts on the wreck.

• Love in the time of Concordia

  The story of the ship that keeled over off the Tuscan coast, the luxury liner Costa Concordia, can be told in over 4,000 different ways -- one each from the memory of those aboard it.

• 25 Indians head home after luxury cruise disaster

  The Indian Embassy in Italy threw some valuable light on the status of the 201 Indian crew members who were on board the Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia, when it capsized on Friday night. First Secretary at the Embassy Vishwesh Negi revealed that 25 of them were likely to board Air Italia flights to Dubai, from where they would be taking conne...

• "I left everything in the hands of the Almighty, and just jumped": Mumbai survivor

  "Standing at the edge of the deck, I left everything in the hands of the Almighty, and just jumped," said Jason D'Silva. And the Almighty must have been listening, as it was this very leap of faith -- off the capsizing Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia and onto a teetering lifeboat tossing in the choppy waters -- that miraculously saved the crew...

• Italy cruise tragedy: Five more bodies found, toll rises to 11

  Italian media say five more bodies have been found aboard a cruise ship that capsized off the coast of Tuscany, raising the official death toll to 11.

• Italy cruise tragedy: Holes blasted in ship to search for missing

  Italian naval divers on Tuesday exploded holes in the hull of a cruise ship grounded off a Tuscan island to speed the search for 29 missing people while seas were still calm. One official said there was still a "glimmer of hope" that survivors could be found.

• 29 missing on cruise wreck, captain questioned

  Hopes began to fade for 29 people still unaccounted for from the wreck of a luxury liner off the coast of Italy on Tuesday as a judge questioned the captain over his role in the disaster.

• UN agency mulls changes to maritime law after Italy disaster

  The UN's maritime agency may re-examine international safety regulations for large passenger ships in the wake of the Italian liner disaster, the organisation said today. Italian rescuers were desperately searching for at least 15 missing people off the Tuscan coast today following the capsizing of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, which has killed...