Ship: Two More Bodies Found In Internet Cafe

Two more women's bodies have been found in the internet cafe of the stricken Costa Concordia as officials give the green light for half a million tons of fuel to be pumped from the ship. 
The two unidentified women were found in the ship's internet cafe. 
Authorities believe 17 people are still missing, although it has emerged that there may have been stowaways on board, meaning the total number of missing persons could be higher. 
Italian authorities said the search for the missing can proceed in tandem with the fuel removal. 
Civil protection officer Franco Gabrielli said the enormous cruise liner was stable and there is no risk it will drop to a lower seabed. 
The search had been suspended several times as the ship shifted on the rocks amid fears it could slide into deeper water. 
Just a few yards from the wreck, the sea bottom drops off suddenly, by some 65-100 feet. If the Concordia should abruptly roll off its ledge, rescuers could be trapped inside.
This weekend light fuel was seen floating in the pristine Tuscan waters surrounding the ship. Officials said it was not from the ship's fuel tanks, but from machinery and other objects on board.
There are fears of an environmental disaster if the ship's fuel, stored in 17 double-bottomed tanks, were to leak into the ocean.
Besides the heavier fuel, there also are 185 metric tons of diesel and lubricants on board.
There are also chemicals including cleaning products and chlorine.
The pristine sea around Giglio, where the ship with 4,200 people aboard rammed a reef and sliced open its hull on January 13 before turning over on its side, is a prized fishing area.
It is also part of a protected area for whales and dolphins.
Dutch salvage company Smit has been ready for a week to begin pumping fuel from the tanks, awaiting only the go ahead.
A firefighter spokesman says the search and rescue mission will continue until it is completed, despite health concerns for divers posed by decomposing food.