Costa Concordia's oil salvage operation begins
Salvage workers in Italy have begun pumping fuel from the cruise liner Costa Concordia, which ran aground off Tuscany one month ago.
There were more than 2,000 tonnes of oil and diesel in the tanks of the stricken vessel.
From Rome Alan Johnston reports.
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