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Oil removal from stricken cruise ship to start

Stability also aids search; 2 more bodies found

By Colleen Barry

 |  Associated Press  

  January 24, 2012

Salvage crew will begin pumping fuel from a capsized cruise ship as early as Tuesday to avert a possible environmental catastrophe and the ship is stable enough that search efforts for the missing can continue, Italian officials said. The decision to carry out both operations in tandem was made after instrument readings determined that the Costa Concordia was not at risk of sliding into deeper waters.

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