Edmund Hillary, First Atop Everest, Dies
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- 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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Ruth Graham, who surrendered dreams of missionary work in Tibet to marry a suitor who became the world's most renowned evangelist, died Thursday. She was 87. Graham died at 5:05 p.m. at her home at Little Piney Cove, surrounded by her husband and all their five children, said a statement released by Larry Ross, Billy Graham's spokesman.
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New Zealand's Sir Edmund Hillary, who along with Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first to conquer Mount Everest, has died, Prime Minister Helen Clark said on Friday.
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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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People still die on Everest, despite improved technology and environmental knowledge, a doctor warns.
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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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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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Famed explorer Sir Edmund Hillary led a life of 'determination, humility and generosity'
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Sir Wally Herbert, the first man to cross the frozen surface of the Arctic Ocean on foot, has died at the age of 72, a friend of the polar explorer said Wednesday.
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New Zealand bids a last goodbye to Mount Everest hero Sir Edmund Hillary at his state funeral in Auckland.
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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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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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Melting glaciers caused by climate change are posing 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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Shirley Chisholm, the first black US congresswoman and also the first woman to seek presidency, dies aged 80.
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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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Edmund Hillary, the modest New Zealand beekeeper who shot to global fame as the first person to climb Mount Everest, died Friday aged 88.
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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.