Everest conqueror Edmund Hillary dies
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New Zealand's Sir Edmund Hillary, who along with Nepal's Tenzing Norgay Sherpa became the first to conquer Mount Everest, died in hospital on Friday. He was 88.
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Percy Sonn, the president of the International Cricket Council who was instrumental in fighting racial segregation in the sport, died Sunday of complications following colon surgery. He was 57. Sonn became president of world cricket's governing body in 2006 and had been in critical condition in a Cape Town hospital since May 21.
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Sherpas laid prayer scarves on Sir Edmund Hillary's coffin as thousands across New Zealand bid farewell to the Mount Everest conqueror Tuesday. An honor guard held ice axes aloft as his casket was carried through their lines.
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Gen. Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, the brutal dictator who repressed and reshaped Chile for nearly two decades, died today at the Military Hospital of Santiago.
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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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Indonesia's former president Suharto, who ruled with an iron fist for 32 years, died on Sunday, a senior police official told reporters at the hospital where he was being treated.
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The first man to climb Mount Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary, has died at the age of 88
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The state funeral for explorer Sir Edmund Hillary -- who conquered Mount Everest -- is taking place Tuesday in New Zealand.
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Thousands of mourners gathered in Auckland on Tuesday to bid farewell to New Zealand's national hero Edmund Hillary, the first man to stand atop Mount Everest, at a rare state funeral.
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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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Nepal's Sherpas went into mourning Thursday at the death of Sir Edmund Hillary and pledged to ensure his legacy lives on in the community he has helped since the first conquest of Everest in 1953.
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Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, one of the world's most notorious military dictators, died Sunday in Santiago a week after suffering a heart attack.
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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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New Zealanders pay their last respects to the Mount Everest conqueror  Sir Edmund Hillary
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For a climber, the first time you lay eyes on Everest, it's hard not to think about Edmund Hillary Â and try to imagine what it was like when he and Tenzing Norgay topped out on the world's highest peak shortly before noon on May 29, 1953.
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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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Comment is free: Tim Watkin: Sir Edmund Hillary's rare greatness derives from much more than his ascent of Mount Everest