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China plans to close Everest for clean-up
China is planning to restrict access by climbers to Mount Everest to allow environmental teams to carry out a huge clean up of the worlds highest peak. ANI
Son dedicates seven-summit climb to Sir Edmund Hillary
Adventurer Peter Hillary has dedicated his successful ascent of the highest mountain in North America to his father, Sir Edmund Hillary. ANI
Nepal honours Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay by declaring May 29 as Everest Day
Nepal has decided that May 29 - the date Sir Edmund Hillarly and Tenzing Norgay conquered the worlds highest peak in 1953 - will be marked as International Mount Everest Day, tourism officials said. ANI
Nepal honours Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay by declaring May 29 as Everest Day
Nepal has decided that May 29 - the date Sir Edmund Hillarly and Tenzing Norgay conquered the worlds highest peak in 1953 - will be marked as International Mount Everest Day, tourism officials said. ANI
Mukherjee, Tendulkar, Bhosle awarded Padma Vibhushan
President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Monday conferred External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, cricket star Sachin Tendulkar and playback singer Asha Bhosle with the Padma Vibhushan award for their outstanding contribution in their respective fields. ANI
Prince William gets knighthood nod ahead of ex-Oz PM
Britains Prince William has been declared as the latest recipient of the highest and oldest royal honours - hes now been made a Royal Knight of the Garter. ANI
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The Queen paid her respects to Sir Edmund Hillary at a service of thanksgiving hosted at St Georges Chapel in the grounds of Windsor Castle. ANIAt 64, worlds greatest living explorer sets sights on Everest again
The worlds greatest living explorer according to the Guinness Book of World Records, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, has said that he would climb Mount Everest, the worlds highest mountain after his first attempt failed following a heart attack in 2005. ANIHogg to invoke spirit of Edmund Hillary to come out clean
Australian leg spinner Bradd Hogg, in the controversy for allegedly abusing Indian skipper Anil Kumble and keeper MS Dhoni, will tonight invoke the spirit of dead explorer Sir Edmund Hillary in a bid to clear himself of a racial vilification charge against India. ANI
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