Anti-cancer group holds concert on Everest slopes
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A U.S. based anti-cancer group said international musicians had staged the world's highest rock concert on the icy slopes of Mount Everest to raise awareness about the disease.
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Live Earth concerts on Saturday meant to spur action to fight global warming must first tackle another environmental hazard -- mountains of trash and thousands of tons of greenhouse gases caused by the events.
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A record 514 people have so far conquered Mount Everest in this year's main climbing season, the biggest number since Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first climbed the world's highest mountain in 1953, a top mountaineering official said.
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Tributes are paid to Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to reach the top of Mount Everest, after he died at 88.
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Six-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong and other cyclists are rolling into Washington Saturday with the hope of raising millions of dollars for cancer research.
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The breast cancer survivor, who is still undergoing treatment in a clinical trial with a new medication, said she was touched to see more than 6,000 people who walked five miles to raise
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NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - New Jersey rockers Bon Jovi will kick off the Stand Up For A Cure 2008 Concert Series next week with a show in New York to help raise funds for lung cancer research, organizers said on Thursday.
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After years of working toward the same goal as rivals, four leading cancer centers are linking efforts to fight a deadly bone disease.
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The latest in a long list of concerts for causes, Live Earth will stage a multimedia assault on the world's attention span July 7, urging action against human-induced climate change.
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The Live Earth global concert series to raise awareness about climate change kicked off in Sydney on Saturday.
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BANGKOK, Thailand -- Climbers over age 60 are three times more likely to die on Mount Everest than the average mountaineer, according to study results released Wednesday, as more older people try scaling the world's highest peak.
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Lifestyle: 20 December 2004, Monday. A Danish asthma patient planning to climb Mount Everest in the spring of 2005 has arrived at Hilton Sofia on his way to the top.
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Some of the world&#39;s  biggest pop stars from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Madonna  performed at Live Earth concerts around the globe on Saturday  to urge fans and governments to fight global warming.
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Nepal has named an airport in the remote Everest region after pioneering climbers Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, who first climbed Mount Everest in 1953.
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The world's highest peak should put on a UN danger list to force action on global warming, campaigners say.
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Cancer survivor, six-time Tour de France cycling champion and Austinite Lance Armstrong is on a ride across the nation. Armstrong and other bicyclists with cancer experiences hope to inform and inspire Americans
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LONDON, July 7 â They joined forces two years ago to combat global poverty under the flag of Live 8, and rock and pop stars and their myriad fans around the world threw their voices behind a good cause again on Saturday, this time that of raising awareness about global warming through a campaign called Live Earth.