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Japan's Yuichiro Miura becomes oldest person to climb Mt. Everest
NEW DELHI – Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura broke the record for the oldest person to climb Mt. Everest when the 80-year-old reached the summit Thursday at 9 a.m., according to his website. But the octogenarian may not be able to bask in the...
Tags: Japan, Russia
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Climate change may be baring Mount Everest
A warming climate is melting the glaciers of Mount Everest, shrinking the frozen cloak of Earth’s highest peak by 13% in the last 50 years, researchers have found. Rocks and natural debris previously covered by snow are appearing now as the snow...
Tags: Ecosystems, Water Supply, Environmental Issues, National Parks, Landforms
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George Lowe dies at 89; climber was on Everest expedition with Hillary
After Sir Edmund Hillary's historic ascent of Mt. Everest, everyone knew Hillary's name. Far fewer knew about his indispensable partner, George Lowe. Hillary and his friend Lowe were the only two New Zealanders on the 1953 expedition to the top of the...
Tags: New Zealand, Movies, England, Elizabeth II, United Kingdom
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For Baltasar Kormakur, an extreme route to the Oscar shortlist
Baltasar Kormakur has had one strange career. After starting out as an actor in his native Iceland in the mid-1990s, he soon added directing to his dossier. He began with small Icelandic-language slacker films like “101 Reykjavik,” segued to...
Tags: Indigenous People, Festive Events, Movies, Arts and Culture, Inglourious Basterds (movie)
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It’s a family affair!
FrameworkStaff photographer Ricardo DeAratanha shares his passion for visual communication with his family.... -
Nepal forms caretaker government pending new elections
KATMANDU, Nepal — Nepal announced the formation of a caretaker government Tuesday and settled into a tense calm after a weekend constitutional crisis led the prime minister to call elections, some four years and several shaky governments after the...
Tags: Elections, Crisis, National Government, Politics, Government
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Must Reads: Fierce warriors, sneakers and a double agent
World NowFrom fierce Nepalese warriors to a South African sneaker start-up, here are the five stories you shouldn't miss from the past week in global news.... -
Blast in busy Afghan marketplace kills at least seven
World NowA remote-controlled bomb killed a provincial council member and six other people in a northern province, Afghan officials said.... -
Nepal plane crash kills 15; six survive
World NowA small plane with 21 people aboard crashed in Nepal, killing 15, including the pilot and co-pilot.... -
Politics swirl over the Tibetan New Year
World NowTibet, New Year, Dalai Lama: Wedding-goers in the United States often throw rice; in Nepal people are throwing wheat powder for the Tibetan New Year. Every day WorldNow chooses a remarkable photo from around the world. Today this shot from Nepal caught... -
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