Furious row erupts over plans to 'salvage' Titanic's hidden treasures
A treaty between the UK and US was signed this week designed to protect the Titanic from exploitation. But a US firm with sole salvage rights has vowed to ignore the treaty as it 'can not be enforced in law'.
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