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4B Daily News – Tuesday, January 17, 2012 Missing raised to 29 in Italian cruise disaster ROME (AP) — Italy's cruise liner tragedy turned into an environmental crisis Monday, as rough seas bat- tering the stricken mega- ship raised fears that fuel might leak into pristine waters off Tuscany that are part of a protected sanctu- ary for dolphins, porpoises and whales. The ship's Italian opera- tor accused the jailed cap- tain of causing the wreck that left at least six dead and 29 missing, saying he made an ''unapproved, unautho- rized maneuver'' to divert the vessel from its pro- grammed course. Earlier, authorities had said 16 people were miss- ing. But an Italian Coast Guard official, Marco Brus- co, said late Monday that 25 passengers and four THE Locally owned & operated Keep the 5A>6 air out & the WARM air in with ENERGY EFFICIENT WINDOWS & DOORS Better Built Windows REMEMBER US FOR ALL YOUR DOOR & MOLDING NEEDS. 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Waters that had remained calm for the first days of the rescue turned choppy Monday, shifting the wreckage and raising fears that any further move- ment could cause some of the 500,000 gallons (1.9 million liters) of fuel on board to leak into the waters off Giglio, which are popular with scuba divers and form part of the pro- tected Tuscan archipelago. Rescue operations were suspended for several hours because of the rough seas. Italy's environmental minister raised the alarm about a potential environ- mental catastrophe. ''At the moment there haven't been any fuel leaks, but we have to intervene quickly,'' the minister, Corrado Clini, told RAI state radio. Even before the accident there had been mounting calls from environmental- ists to restrict passage of large ships in the area. The ship's operator, Costa Crociere SpA, has enlisted one of the world's leading salvagers, Smit of Rotterdam, Netherlands, to handle the removal of the Giglio,'' prosecutor Francesco Verusio told reporters. ''It was inex- cusable.'' The head of the U.N. 1,000-foot (290-meter) cruise liner and extract the fuel safely. Smit has a long track record of dealing with wrecks and leaks, including refloating grounded bulk carriers and securing FIRST LOVE TATTOO (530) 528-8288 firstlovetatto.com 648 Main St. Downtown Red Bluff Are you paying too much for life insurance? 5 3 0 - 2 3 3 - 0 3 3 4 drilling platforms in the aftermath of Hurricane Kat- rina. Meanwhile, the Italian cruise operator said Capt. Francesco Schettino inten- tionally strayed from the ship's authorized course into waters too close to the perilous reef, causing it to crash late Friday and cap- size. 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