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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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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The world's highest peak should put on a UN danger list to force action on global warming, campaigners say.
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Mount Everest should be put on a United Nations danger list as global warming threatens the Himalayan region, environmentalists said on Wednesday.
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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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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 tonnes of greenhouse gases caused by the events.
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Headline acts including rocker Eric Clapton, pianist Jools Holland and The Manic Street Preachers drew more than 60,000 people to a charity concert raising money for Asian tsunami relief.
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On Saturday, the American Cancer Society will hold its biggest breast cancer fund-raiser of the year, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.
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The proceeds of the concerts will go for tsunami relief in India.
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For 17 people, the journey to Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in the world, is an exploration and not merely a climb.
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Climate change, renewable energy and space exploration will be high on the agenda when scientists from around the world gather for the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science this week.
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Nunatak, an unknown rock band from  Antarctica, is about to become famous.
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Singer-actress Olivia Newton-John plans to walk along the Great Wall of China to raise money for a cancer charity, with celebrities from around the world planning to join the trek, she told reporters on Tuesday.
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The Red Hot Chili Peppers led dozens of pop stars performing at Live Earth concerts around the world on Saturday to persuade fans and governments to go green.
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Scientists have launched a pre-emptive attack against the development of resistance to breast cancer treatments.
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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.