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America's first fatal space accident, the Apollo fire, took place on January 27, 1967, 45 years ago. The fire killed Virgil Grissom, Ed White, and Ed Chaffee doing a test of the Apollo capsule on the launch pad.

Costa Cruises yesterday offered all surviving Concordia passengers a minimum of €11,000 (£9,200) in compensation in an attempt to limit the legal and financial fallout from the disaster that left the cruise liner wrecked off the Italian coast.

Although many Malaysians abroad do not see the need to contact the embassy unless they are in trouble, the Foreign Ministry’s consular service is always ready to help.