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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L'alpinista ed esploratore neozelandese si Ã¨ spento all'etÃ  di 88 anniNel 1953 aveva raggiunto la cima, a quota 8.850, con lo sherpa Tenzing Norgay                                          E' morto Edmund Hillary il primo a scalare l'Everest
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Hundreds of people queued on Monday to pay their last respects to Sir Edmund Hillary, the conqueror of Mount Everest, whose body lay in state in New Zealand ahead of his funeral on Tuesday.
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Family, friends and admirers will all have a chance to say goodbye this weekend to Lady Bird Johnson, the widow of former President Lyndon Baines Johnson, who died Wednesday of natural causes at the LBJ Ranch, a family spokesman said.
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A LEGEND will be fondly farewelled and another will gallop into history in today&#39;s $3 million Cox Plate. Record crowds are expected at Moonee Valley to watch the weight-for-age championship of Australasia.
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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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Yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur left Cornwall on Saturday afternoon to begin her bid for a new world record.
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Britain's Ellen MacArthur completes her solo round-the-world voyage in record time.
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Saying goodbye (finally) to the rickshaw
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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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Four years ago this weekend, then-Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright visited North Korea, in what appeared to be a breakthrough in U.S. relations with the reclusive Stalinist government. Today, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell leaves on what may be his last official visit to East Asia -- hopping through Japan, China and South Korea over three days -- with the crisis over North Korea's nuclear ambitions at the top of his agenda.
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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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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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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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Comment is free: Tim Watkin: Sir Edmund Hillary's rare greatness derives from much more than his ascent of Mount Everest
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Hundreds of people file past the casket of Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary, ahead of his state funeral.
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The body of murdered backpacker Karen Aim is flown to the UK from New Zealand for her funeral next week.