(Jan 11 08 at 4:20) Nepal's Sherpas community was plunged into mourning Friday over the death of Sir Edmund Hillary, a "second father" to a people whose sacred peak Everest he became the first man to conquer in 1953. The gritty mountain community said the larger-than-life New Zealander will be best remembered for his promotion of Nepal as well as his efforts to give something back to the impoverished villages nestled in the mountains...( AFP )
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(July 17 07 at 5:35) A search team has found the remains of four French climbers who disappeared while climbing illegally on the border of Nepal and Tibet nine months ago, mountaineering officials said.The search team, sent by families of the dead men, found the remains at the bottom of Ganesh Himal VII...( AFP )
