Everest conqueror Hillary makes last journey
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Saffron-robed Buddhist monks, Nepali Sherpas and grey-bearded mountaineers paid homage on Tuesday to Sir Edmund Hillary, the man who conquered Everest, as thousands gathered in New Zealand to watch his state funeral.
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"To be washed gently ashore, maybe on the many pleasant beaches near the place I was born. Then the full circle of my life will be complete"  Sir Edmund Hillary, the unassuming beekeeper who conquered Mount Everest to win renown as one of the 20th century's greatest adventurers, has died, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark announced Friday. He was 88.The gangling New Zealander devoted much of his life to aiding the mountain people of Nepal and took his fame in stride, preferring to be called 'Ed' and considering himself an ordinary man.'Sir Ed described himself as an average New Zealander with modest abilities. In reality, he was a colossus. He was an heroic figure who not only 'knocked off' Everest but lived a life of determination, humility, and generosity,' Clark said in a statement. Read more
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Sir Edmund Hillary, who gained worldwide fame after he and guide Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, has died, according to New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark.
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Yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur left Cornwall on Saturday afternoon to begin her bid for a new world record.
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Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest, dies aged 88.
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Sir Edmund Hillary, the unassuming beekeeper who conquered Mount Everest to win renown as one of the 20th century's greatest adventurers, has died, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark announced Friday. He was 88.
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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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Mount Everest pioneer Sir Edmund Hillary said Wednesday he was shocked that dozens of climbers left a British mountaineer to die during their own attempts on the world&#039;s tallest peak.
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An Australian climber who was left for dead on the slopes of Mount Everest but later survived has been rescued from the mountain and is in &quot;amazing shape,&quot; his spokesman said Tuesday.
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The circumstances may be solemn, but Dimitry Romanov is quietly rejoicing. On Saturday, the 80-year-old retired bank clerk will escort the remains of his distant relative Czarina Maria Feodorovna, the mother of Russia's last emperor, on a final journey from Denmark to St. Petersburg.
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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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Tributes are paid to Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to reach the top of Mount Everest, after he died at 88.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair  arrived in South Africa on Thursday on the final leg of a trip  to the continent where he is due to bid farewell to Nelson  Mandela.
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Nepal's tourism ministry has upheld a claim by mountaineer Pemba Dorji Sherpa that he had scaled Everest in a record time of eight hours and 10 minutes on May 21.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair left his Downing Street official residence for the last time Wednesday, heading for Buckingham Palace to tender his resignation after a decade in office.
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Saying goodbye (finally) to the rickshaw
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Lifestyle: 20 December 2004, Monday. A Danish asthma patient planning to climb Mount Everest in the spring of 2005 has arrived at Hilton Sofia on his way to the top.