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Costa Allegra Stranded: Another Cruise From Hell

Just weeks after the Costa Concordia ran aground, a liner with the same company stalled out in the pirate-infested Indian Ocean.

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Cruise companies would like passengers to think that the fatal wreck of the Costa Concordia off Giglio, Italy, on Jan. 13 was a one-off accident caused by a chain of human errors set off by the erstwhile captain, Francesco

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