Tributes for Everest 'colossus'
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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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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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People still die on Everest, despite improved technology and environmental knowledge, a doctor warns.
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As fellow astronauts, other friends and loved ones gathered in Houston yesterday to honor US &quot;frontiersman&quot; Captain Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr.
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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 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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Tributes have flooded in from around the globe for legendary Australian &quot;Crocodile Hunter&quot; Steve Irwin a day after he died in a freak stingray attack that was captured on film.
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Aviation pioneer Burt Rutan has been fondly remembering his childhood hero - German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun. The X-Prize victor recently hooked up with two surviving members of von Braun&#39;s V2 team
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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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The first men to summit Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary and sherpa Tensing Norgay, celebrate their achievement in 1953 with a parade through Kathmandu
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Friends and colleagues of Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb the world's highest peak, remembered him Friday as a dogged adventurer with a generous spirit.
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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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Nepal remembers one of its great champions, Sir Edmund Hillary, joint first conqueror of Mount Everest.
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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, has died. He was 88.
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Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest, dies aged 88.
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KATHMANDU (Reuters Life!) - Mountaineers from four countries will try to climb Mount Everest in April, hoping their feat will raise global awareness on the impact of climate change in the Himalayas, organizers said on Monday.
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Australians paid tribute on Tuesday to the life of environmentalist and television &quot;crocodile hunter&quot; Steve Irwin, a year after his death from a stingray barb while filming.