Blasts used in hunt for 29 missing on Italian liner
<p><span word="Rescue">Rescue</span> <span word="squads">squads</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="controlled">controlled</span> <span word="explosions">explosions</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="enter">enter</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="stricken">stricken</span> <span word="Italian">Italian</span> <span word="cruise">cruise</span> <span word="liner">liner</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="increasingly">increasingly</span> <span word="despairing">despairing</span> <span word="hunt">hunt</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="survivors">survivors</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="doubled">doubled</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="estimate">estimate</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="missing">missing</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="huge">huge</span> <span word="vessel">vessel</span> <span word="to">to</span> 29 <span word="people">people</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Costa">Costa</span> <span word="Concordia">Concordia</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="owners">owners</span> <span word="accused">accused</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="captain">captain</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="causing">causing</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="disaster">disaster</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="veering">veering</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ship">ship</span> <span word="too">too</span> <span word="close">close</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="shore">shore</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="hit">hit</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="rock">rock</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> "<span word="salute">salute</span>" <span word="to">to</span> <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Tuscan">Tuscan</span> <span word="Island">Island</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="Italy">Italy</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</span> <span word="coast">coast</span>.</p><p><span word="Captain">Captain</span> <span word="Francesco">Francesco</span> <span word="Schettino">Schettino</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="arrested">arrested</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Saturday">Saturday</span> <span word="accused">accused</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="manslaughter">manslaughter</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="abandoning">abandoning</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ship">ship</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="evacuated">evacuated</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="appear">appear</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="magistrates">magistrates</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="questioning">questioning</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span> <span word="morning">morning</span>.</p><p><span word="Prosecutors">Prosecutors</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="Schettino">Schettino</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="refused">refused</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="board">board</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="requested">requested</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coast">coast</span> <span word="guard">guard</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="explosions">explosions</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="carried">carried</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span> <span word="morning">morning</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="allow">allow</span> <span word="firefighters">firefighters</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="scuba">scuba</span> <span word="divers">divers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="enter">enter</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="leave">leave</span> <span word="parts">parts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ship">ship</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="yet">yet</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="able">able</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="search">search</span>.</p><p><span word="Pumping">Pumping</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fuel">fuel</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="capsized">capsized</span> <span word="cruise">cruise</span> <span word="ship">ship</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="weeks">weeks</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="head">head</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Dutch">Dutch</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="charge">charge</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="operation">operation</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Peter">Peter</span> <span word="Berdowski">Berdowski</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="interview">interview</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Dutch">Dutch</span> <span word="television">television</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> <span word="night">night</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="operation">operation</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="weeks">weeks</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="asked">asked</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="company">company</span>, <span word="Royal">Royal</span> <span word="Boskalis">Boskalis</span> <span word="Westminster">Westminster</span>, <span word="needed">needed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pump">pump</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fuel">fuel</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="board">board</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stricken">stricken</span> <span word="Costa">Costa</span> <span word="Concordia">Concordia</span>.</p><p><span word="When">When</span> <span word="pumping">pumping</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="diesel">diesel</span> <span word="oil">oil</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="added">added</span>, "<span word="every">every</span> <span word="hour">hour</span> <span word="counts">counts</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="happens">happens</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="spills">spills</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="damage">damage</span>, <span word="then">then</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="big">big</span> <span word="ecological">ecological</span> <span word="catastrophe">catastrophe</span>."</p>
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