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Court refuses to lift house arrest order on Costa captain

The court in Florence rejected two requests: one from prosecutors to jail Schettino and another from Schettino to be freed.

Cruise bookings on a down-slide after Concordia disaster

Travel agents who book more than two-thirds of cruise passengers worldwide have been nervously watching bookings ever since the Costa Concordia, which is owned by Carnival Corp, ran aground.

Costa limits legal fallout, offers compensation

Costa Cruises has offered 11,000 euros in compensation to each of the more than 3,000 passengers aboard its liner that ran aground and capsized two weeks ago.

Another body found from Concordia wreck, death toll now 16

Italian fire brigade divers have found another body in the Costa Concordia cruise, thus taking the total death toll to 16 as crews prepare to pump out more than 2000 tonnes of fuel from its tanks.

Two more bodies found, Concordia toll rises to 15

Taking advantage of calm seas, divers today found the bodies of two women near the ship's Internet cafe, raising to 15 the number of confirmed dead.

Fuel trapped inside Concordia threat to Italian paradise

There are about a half million gallons (2,400 tons) of heavy fuel oil on board, as well as some 200 tons of diesel oil and smaller amounts of lubricants and other environmentally hazardous materials.

Coastguard pleaded Concordia captain to get back on board

Newspaper Corriere della Sera released what it said was a recording of ship-to-shore radio communications in which the enraged coastguards repeatedly order him back on board.