Everest conqueror Hillary dies: New Zealand PM
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Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb the world's highest mountain Mount Everest, has died at the age of 88, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said Friday.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Friday paid tribute to Edmund Hillary, the first man to conquer Mount Everest, while fellow adventurers here described him as an inspiration.
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The wife of Kim Jong-il, North Korea&#39;s dictator, has died after a long battle with cancer, according to unconfirmed reports yesterday.
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New Zealand paid tribute Tuesday to Everest hero Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to stand on the roof of the world, at a rare state funeral beamed live to the Himalayan nation where he made his name.
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The conquest of Mount Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary, who died Friday, was one of mountaineering's greatest achievements. Here are some others, and some notable failures:
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Edmund Hillary, the modest New Zealand beekeeper who shot to global fame as the first person to climb Mount Everest, died Friday at age 88.
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton on Friday accused the camp of rival Sen. Barack Obama of politicizing the death of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
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Anger in New Zealand over absence of royal family at funeral of Everest conqeuror Sir Edmund Hillary
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Scotland Yard has concluded that opposition leader Benazir Bhutto died as a result of a suicide bomb blast, not a gunshot, according to a summary of the findings released Friday
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Thousands of people gathered in parks, halls and churches around New Zealand on Tuesday as the country buried Sir Edmund Hillary, the conqueror of Mount Everest.
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An expansive talk with Sir Edmund Hillary about his historic ascent and the life and fame that came after
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A young woman from Orkney dies following an attack while on a working holiday in New Zealand.
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Prime Minister Pascal Yoadimnadji of Chad died early Friday in a Paris hospital after a brain haemorrhage, the ambassador of the impoverished north-central African state said.
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Hundreds of New Zealanders paid their last respects to Edmund Hillary on Monday, ahead of a state funeral for the first man to stand atop Mount Everest.
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Edmund Hillary, 88, a beekeeper-turned-mountaineer from New Zealand who with his Sherpa guide in 1953 became the first men known to conquer Mount Everest, the world's tallest peak, died early today at Auckland City Hospital. No cause of death was reported.
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Sir Edmund Hillary was the mountaineer who, with Tenzing Norgay, his Sherpa guide, was the first to scale the 29,035-foot summit of Mount Everest.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet, who ruled Chile from 1973-1990 and spent his old age fighting human rights, fraud and corruption charges, died on Sunday a week after suffering a heart attack, Chilean television reported.