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World pays last respects to Everest conqueror Hillary

"Sherpas, mountaineers and a grateful nation mourned Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary at a state funeral Tuesday, more than half a century after he first stood on the roof of the world. Thousands of mourners...

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Everest conqueror Hillary dies: New Zealand PM

"Edmund Hillary, the unassuming New Zealander who won world fame as the first man to climb Mount Everest, died Friday at the age of 88, Prime Minister Helen Clark said. Hillary, who with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of the world's highest mountain on May 29 1953,...

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Everest Conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary Dies

The first man to climb Mount Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary, has died at his home in New Zealand. He was 88. "On the mountain, the first assault team that tried to reach the 8848m summit was driven back by...

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Carrying the Cross of the Conqueror

"IT IS TRULY GROSS to me that a popular Latina stereotype for a certain lusty, lazy-minded American man (and I would go as far as to say "hateful" in the extreme of this specific type of racist thinking) is that of the Dirty Hot Latina Maid who longs to fawn over her White...

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Everest conqueror Hillary returns to Antarctica

"Everest conqueror Hillary returns to Antarctica Tue Jan 16, 1:07 AM ET WELLINGTON (AFP) - Mt Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary will return to Antarctica this week, nearly half a century after he led the first expedition to drive to the South Pole. Hillary, famous for...