Salvage workers begin pumping fuel from the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise liner - one month since the vessel ran aground off the Italian island of Giglio.<br/> <br />Operations to remove the more than 2,300 tonnes of fuel from the ship have been delayed by the search for survivors and bodies, and by rough seas.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Italian) GIGLIO RESIDENT, MATTEO MARUIZ, SAYING:<br/> <br />"Finally they are extracting some fuel, they have taken their time. I know that they have had to search for people and the sea has been rough, but I hope they hurry up and finish this work."<br/> <br />Italy's Civil Protection Department said the operation to empty the 15 fuel tanks on board would take 28 working days - if the weather remains calm.<br/> <br />The 290-metre-long liner -- the largest passenger ship by tonnage ever wrecked -- partially capsized on January 13 after it struck a rock close to the shore.<br/> <br />At least 17 people died, and 15 people are still missing.<br/> <br />Travis Brecher, Reuters
