Plan to recover `Kursk' bodies

Oslo - The Norwegian company whose divers helped open the wreck of a Russian submarine said yesterday it was close to completing…

Oslo - The Norwegian company whose divers helped open the wreck of a Russian submarine said yesterday it was close to completing plans for raising the Kursk or cutting it open to recover the 118 bodies aboard.

"We are in very constructive discussions with the Russians and we are working to complete a plan of action in the very near future," a Stolt spokesman said.

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