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Italian coastguards pleaded angrily with Captain Francesco Schettino to return to his ship, according to recordings released on Tuesday as divers found five more bodies in the half-submerged wreck of the Costa Concordia. The discoveries took the known death toll to 11. One German who was listed as missing has been accounted for, Italy's civil protection department said, leaving 23 people still missing four days after the giant cruiser carrying more than 4,200 passengers and crew was ripped open by rocks off a Tuscan island. The captain remains under house arrest.

Co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo! Inc. Jerry Yang arrives for the announcement of a commitment pledge at the Clinton Global Initiative. Yang, who started the company in 1995, has quit the board of the struggling Internet company. His abrupt departure comes two weeks after Yahoo appointed Scott Thompson to serve as its new CEO. Yang is leaving the company's board of directors as well as all other positions within the company, effective Tuesday, the company said. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/Files

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner arrives at the Finance Ministry to meet Japan's Finance Minister Jun Azumi in Tokyo January 12, 2012. The Treasury on Tuesday started dipping into federal pension funds in order to give the Obama administration more credit to pay government bills. Treasury started suspending reinvestments in a federal pension fund known as the G-Fund in order to avoid hitting the country's $15.194 trillion debt limit. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

Protesters from the communist-affiliated trade union PAME march to the Labour ministry during a rally against austerity in Athens January 17, 2012. Thousands of angry Greek workers marched to parliament on Tuesday to protest against austerity, waving banners reading "EU, IMF out!" as Athens' lenders arrived for talks in a race against the clock to avert a messy bankruptcy. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis

In this sketch approved by the military by court artist Janet Hamlin, and obtained by Reuters on November 9, 2011, Abd Al Rahim Hussayn Muhammad al-Nashiri's Defense Attorney Richard Kammin (C) addresses the military judge. Abd Al Rahim Hussayn Muhammad Al Nashiri is seen here during his military commissions arraignment. REUTERS/Janet Hamlin

Employees weld automobiles at Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Co. Ltd (JAC Motors) in Hefei, Anhui province. China's economy grew at its weakest pace in 2-1/2 years in the latest quarter and it appeared headed for an even sharper slowdown in the coming months as export demand fades and the housing market falters. REUTERS/Stringer

U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) speaks during the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana June 17, 2011. A record 84 percent of Americans say they disapprove of the way the Congress is doing its job compared with just 13 percent who approve of how things are going, according to a Washington Post/ABC News public opinion poll published on Monday. REUTERS/Sean Gardner

A woman waits for customer at a local food market after the suspension of a nationwide strike by labour unions in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos January 16, 2012. Nigerian trade unions called off strikes and protests on Monday, ending a major confrontation over fuel prices after President Goodluck Jonathan said he would cut them by one third. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye

King Center security officer Kevin Baxter collects roses left at the crypt of Martin Luther King, Jr. in celebration of the King Holiday in Atlanta, Georgia, January 16, 2012. REUTERS/Tami Chappell

As the Costa Concordia shifted dangerously on Monday, Italy's environment minister raised the prospect of an environmental disaster if the 2,300 metric tons of fuel on the half-submerged cruise ship leaks. REUTERS/ Max Rossi