Cricket star sets off for biggest challenge
Following in the steps of Sir Edmund Hillary on world's highest mountain will benefit charity for children
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Nepalese Govt under pressure to protect rhinos
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Campaign to knock Hillary off his summit
A campaign is underway to try and prove a British climber beat Sir Edmund Hillary to the summit of Mt Everest.
No room at the top in Everest rush hour
Climbing the world's tallest peak has gone from rugged challenge to booming tourist attraction. Sir Edmund Hillary would turn in his grave.
Korean 'first woman to conquer 14 highest peaks'
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Himalayan global warming claim 'based on dated, obscure source'
A leading British paper claims the UN has made a sizeable blunder over key evidence on global warming.
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Women outraged by 'humiliating' marriage scheme
Protests over scheme offering financial incentives for men to marry widows.