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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Ernest Hofstetter, part of the Swiss team that first traced the route to "The Roof of the World" used by Sir Edmund Hillary to conquer Mount Everest, has died, his son said Friday. He was 95.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 14 -- Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto will end eight years of exile Oct. 18 by flying home to Karachi, the nation's largest city, her party announced Friday, although it remains unclear whether she will come back as friend or foe of the president, Gen. Pervez...
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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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Nepal remembers one of its great champions, Sir Edmund Hillary, joint first conqueror of Mount Everest.
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Flying solo around the globe non-stop has been hailed as the last great aviation challenge on earth by Sir Richard Branson, who has put more than Â£1 million into the project.
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A Canadian woman credited with helping to save an ailing fellow climber on Mount Everest was honored Monday by Nepal's mountaineering community.
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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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A British explorer has broken the speed record for reaching the North and South Poles and the summit of Mount Everest, The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported Saturday.
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Sir Edmund Hillary, was the mountaineer who, with Tenzing Norgay, his Sherpa guide, was the first to scale the 29,035-foot summit of Mount Everest.
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Edmund Hillary, who climbed to international fame as the first person to conquer Everest, the world's highest mountain, died Friday aged 88.
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Cindy Sheehan bid farewell to her former "peace camp" near President Bush's ranch and began a nearly two-week trek Tuesday toward Washington, D.C., with her sights set on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
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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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Saying goodbye (finally) to the rickshaw
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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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Famed explorer Sir Edmund Hillary led a life of 'determination, humility and generosity'
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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.