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The almanac

UPI Almanac for Thursday, May 29, 2008.

Edmund Hillary's cremains scattered at sea

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Feb. 29 (UPI) -- The ashes of Sir Edmund Hillary were scattered at sea in the Hauraki Gulf in Auckland, New Zealand, according to the adventurer's wishes, his family said.

Airport to be named after Everest climbers

KATHMANDU, Nepal, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Lukla, the airstrip near the foot of Mount Everest, is to be named after the first conquerors of the world's tallest peak in Nepal's Himalayan range.

Royal family no-shows at Hillary funeral

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- No member of the British royal family plans to attend the state funeral in New Zealand for Sir Edmund Hillary, the first climber to scale Mount Everest.

Hillary's death marked in online auctions

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- The death of Sir Edmund Hillary, the most famous New Zealander ever, has been marked by the appearance of memorabilia in online auction sites.

Sir Edmund Hillary to have state funeral

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- A state funeral will be held for Sir Edmund Hillary, the New Zealander who gained international fame by being the first to climb Mount Everest.

'Colossus' Edmund Hillary dies

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Edmund Hillary, who climbed to international fame as a member of the first climbing party to scale Mount Everest, died Thursday in New Zealand at age 88.

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Climbers re-create 1924 Mount Everest trek

KATHMANDU, Nepal, June 4 (UPI) --

The Almanac

UPI almanac for Tuesday, May 29, 2007.
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