Italy's Stricken Costa Concordia

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Max Rossi / Reuters

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A rescue boat with divers floats near the site of a controlled explosion on the side of the Costa Concordia, near Giglio island on January 17, 2012. Rescue squads used controlled explosions on Jan. 17 to aid their search for survivors; authorities almost doubled their estimate of the number missing to 29 people.

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