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Relatives toss roses into sea near Italian ship

Quick ReadRelatives of missing Concordia crew and passengers mark 1-month anniversary of ship's disaster

Photo credit: AP | Ongoing operations to remove fuel from the half sunken hulk of the luxury ship Costa Concordia a month after it ran aground are seen outside the port of Isola del Giglio island in Tuscany, Italy, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Giorgio Fanciulli)

(AP) -- Tossing bouquets of red roses into the sea, the relatives of people still missing one month after the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster mourned in a private tribute Monday.

The family members boarded a small boat that took them 50 meters (yards) from the stricken cruise ship, which struck a reef Jan. 13 off the Tuscan coast when its captain made an unauthorized maneuver. Seventeen...

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