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  • Italian naval divers (top left) recover a body from the cruise ship Costa Concordia on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, off Italy's Tuscan coast. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

    Italian cruise ship tally: 11 dead, 21 missing

    The first victim from the Costa Concordia disaster was identified Wednesday — a 38-year-old violinist from Hungary who had been working as an entertainer on the stricken cruise ship.


  • The cruise ship Costa Concordia lies on its side on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, after running aground Friday night off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

    Audio: Captain pleaded not to reboard cruise ship

    An Italian coast guard official vehemently demanded that the captain go back to his crippled cruise ship to oversee its evacuation, but the captain repeatedly resisted, according to a shocking audiotape made public Tuesday.


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