Storm batters cruise ship

Nearly 500 passengers including eight with broken bones disembarked from the "Grand Voyager" cruise ship in Sardinia on Tuesday a day after it was battered by a storm in the Mediterranean Sea. The Voyager lost communications and most of its power on Monday as it was pummelled by force 11 gales and waves up to 15 metres (45 feet) high while en route from Tunisia to Barcelona.