Iranian women, scaling new heights, eye Everest
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In May, they hope to be the first Muslim women to reach the summit.
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JERUSALEMâIt was one of the most expensive sets of eyes Israel has ever produced, and today it was to begin watching Iran like a high-resolution hawk from the lofty vantage of 260 kilometres skyward.
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Melting glaciers caused by climate change pose an urgent threat to Mount Everest's unique environment, activists said Wednesday, launching a campaign to protect the Himalayan mountain range and the world's highest peak.
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When Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa guide, stood on the summit of Mount Everest, it seems as if they were making the last âgiant leap for mankindâ of pre-space-age generations.
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An Iranian-American woman becomes the first paying female space tourist, following the successful liftoff of a Russian rocket bound for the international space station. She'll return to Earth at the end of the month.
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Despite tough odds, some Mideast women are gaining power.
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ISFAHAN, Iran  - Iran showed U.N. surveillance cameras to envoys from the Non-Aligned Movement of developing nations during a tour of a nuclear site on Saturday, in a bid to be open about its disputed atomic program.
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When Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa guide, stood on the summit of Mount Everest, it seems as if they were making the last âgiant leap for mankindâ of pre-space age generations.
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BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan  - A Russian Soyuz spacecraft   blasted off on Monday carrying a woman set to notch up three   space records: the first female tourist, first female Muslim,   and first Iranian in orbit.
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Mud roads crisscross green hills between palm groves. Snowcapped mountains rise in the distance across the Iranian border. Donkeys stroll along footpaths, carrying the region's harvest &#151; land mines.
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There is an increasing awareness among Iranians of the contrast between their growing influence abroad and frailty at home.
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First Iranian in space Russia's Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan this Monday morning (04:09 GMT), notching up three "firsts" in the process. The pod atop the rocket carried Anousheh Ansari, and when the rocket entered orbit, she became the first female space tourist, as well as the first female Muslim and the first Iranian in space.â¦
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ISFAHAN, Iran  - Iran showed U.N. surveillance cameras to envoys from the Non-Aligned Movement of developing nations during a tour of a nuclear site on Saturday, in a bid to demonstrate openness about its atomic program.
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When reaching the top means using fingernails, ropes, harnesses, a helmet and climbing shoes.
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Iran signalled its ambition to join the elite group of nations in space yesterday by claiming to have reached orbit with a rocket capable of carrying satellites
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An Iranian-American telecommunications entrepreneur took off Monday on a Russian rocket bound for the international space station, achieving her dream of becoming the the world's first female space tourist.
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THE site of worldâs highest mountain, Nepal has established a romantic reputation with tourists drawn to its spectacular scenery and wildlife.