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Cruise ship Costa Allegra adrift off Seychelles [View all]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17183134<snip>
An Italian cruise ship with more than 1,000 people on board is without power in the Indian Ocean following a fire. No one has been injured.
The Costa Allegra is adrift in the dark more than 200 miles southwest of the Seychelles, near Alphonse Island.
A French-flagged fishing boat has reached the ship, Italian coastguards told the BBC, and tugs are en route.
The ship is from the same fleet as the Costa Concordia, which capsized off the Italian coast in January, killing 32.
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No one could pay us to take a cruise but we do like ferries.
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