Cruise shipwreck death toll rises to 12

GIGLIO ISLAND: Divers searching an Italian cruise shipwreck found another body Saturday, bringing the death toll to 12, even as they hoped those missing may have miraculously survived in air pockets a week after the tragedy.

Coastguard divers discovered a woman's body towards the stern while searching previously inaccessible parts of the ship eight days after it hit rocks and keeled over on to its side off Italy's northwest coast.

As for the identity of the 12th body, a police official said the families of the 21 missing people would have to wait for "DNA tests now to identify the victim after a week in the water." (AFP)