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Workers of the Dutch SMIT extraction company work on the Tuscan ...
Jan 21st, 2012
(AP) - Workers of the Dutch SMIT extraction company work on the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012. Half-million gallons (2,400 tons) of fuel inside the capsized cruiser liner risk polluting some of the Mediterranean's most pristine sea. The cruise captain who grounded the Costa Concordia off the Tuscan coast with 4,200 people on board did not relay correct information either to the company or crew after the ship hit rocks, the cruise ship owner's CEO said as the search resumed for 21 missing passengers. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)The cruise captain who grounded the Costa Concordia off the Tuscan coast with 4,200 people on board did not relay correct information either to the company or crew after the ship hit rocks, the cruise ship owner's CEO said as the search resumed for 21 missing passengers. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) -
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