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VIDEO: 11 dead, 24 still missing from cruise ship crashed off Italy

August 15, 2013Business, Economics and Jobs

Italian officials say 11 people are dead and 24 people remain unaccounted for as rescuers comb the wreckage of the Costa Concordia, the cruise ship that floundered and sank off the coast of Italy this weekend.

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