CRUISE SHIP DISASTER LATEST official

STORY: CRUISE SHIP DISASTER LATESTDATELINE: Jan. 27, 2012LENGTH: 0:01:12LOCATION: RomeCATEGORY: OTHERSPKGINTROThe Italian firm that owns the overturned cruise, the Costa Concordia has offered each uninjured passenger 11,000 euros for compensation.The offer came about two weeks after the luxury ship ran aground and capsized off Tuscany.But some passengers have refused to accept the deal, as World News reports.PKGCosta Crociere, owner of the half-sunken cruise ship, offered 11,000 euros to each survivor on Friday to compensate them for lost baggage and the psychological trauma they suffered after the ship wreck.The Italy-based firm announced the offer after negotiations with consumer groups who say they are representing 3,200 uninjured passengers aboard the massive Costa Concordia cruise.In addition to the lump-sum indemnity, the company said it would also reimburse uninjured passengers the full costs of their cruise, their return travel expenses and any medical expenses they sustained.
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