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Vicki McClure Davidson | January 19, 2012

  The tragedy and horror of last week’s Costa Concordia disaster haven’t abated — five more people have been found trapped underwater in the capsized luxury cruise liner. Although they were wearing lifejackets, all five had perished. Rescue teams continue to search for people still missing — according to several news accounts, the number missing [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | January 15, 2012

  The mammoth luxury cruise liner Costa Concordia is believed to have hit a submerged rock off the Tuscan coast of Italy on Friday night, which caused the massive ship to capsize. An estimated 3,200 passengers and 1,000 crew members were on board. At least three people are reported dead and more are being rescued [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | January 11, 2012

  It’s not déjà vu or a reenactment of the Bill Murray film Groundhog Day — for the second time in a week, the US military has rescued more stranded Iranian sailors. God bless our military. From Boston Globe, US rescues Iranians at sea, assails nuke activity: A U.S. Coast Guard cutter rescued six Iranian [...]

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