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Virus-stricken cruise ship Aurora returns to home port.

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| November 06, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From Agence France Presse)

The luxury cruise ship Aurora returned to its home port at the end of a nightmare cruise during which hundreds of passengers became ill from a severe stomach virus and were caught in a diplomatic spat between Madrid and London.

Only one of the 500 people who came down with the virulent strain of gastroentiritis causing diarrhoea and vomiting was still showing symptoms of the illness, said a spokesman the P and O shipping company.

Two male tourists in their 70s died of heart-related causes but the ship's owners said the fatalities were unrelated to the virus.

"It's been a very stressful cruise. There has been a lot…

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