Costa Concordia wreck raised from under-sea platform

The wrecked Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia has been successfully raised from the under-sea platform she has been resting on for the past year, salvage workers say. The wreck - the target of the one of the biggest maritime salvage operations in history - is now floating about 1m (3ft) off the platform. In all, the refloating operation is expected to take six or seven days. The ship will then be towed to its home port, Genoa, where it will be scrapped, according to BBC.