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Shipwrecked Concordia to be removed in June

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 22:13

The Costa Concordia cruise ship wreck will be removed in June from its watery graveyard off Tuscany and taken to a port to be dismantled, the final phase of an unprecedented USD 817 million salvage effort.

Divers resume search of capsized cruise ship

Last Updated: Saturday, January 21, 2012, 16:08

Divers are searching for bodies or survivors, although it is unlikely any of the 21 missing in the accident could still be alive.

Italy to open its first transgender prison

Last Updated: Thursday, January 28, 2010, 10:48

Italy`s north-central Tuscany region will soon open a prison to house about 30 transgender detainees in a move praised by gay and transgender rights advocates, an official has said.