The Afghan parliament has failed to pass an important women’s law which would ban violence against women, as many members of parliament deem this particular law to be “un-Islamic.” Two women made the news this week conquering Mount Everest: Samina...
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Welcome to Tweet Repeat, your daily dose of the best celeb anecdotes found on Twitter. We've scoured the site looking for the funniest, weirdest, goofiest, deepest, craziest, sweetest, most intriguing thoughts of the day, from the most intriguing people...
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Yuichiro Miura became the oldest man to summit Mt. Everest. It was his third time. He reached the summit when he was 70 and 75, too. An 81-year-old Nepalese man plans to climb the summit next week. ...
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But his record may be short-lived. An 81-year-old Nepalese man is planning his ascent next week ...
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Yes, that says EIGHTY YEARS OLD!!! And this is his third time reaching the top of Mount Everest!!
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AN 80-year-old Japanese climber reached the summit of Mount Everest today, becoming the oldest person to scale the world's highest mountain, his website and a Nepalese official said.
Yuichiro Miura and his party,...
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Glaciers worldwide aren't aging well. Watch some of the most famous ones fade before your eyes in this fascinating (and scary) interactive feature....
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An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer became the oldest person to reach the top of Mount Everest on Thursday — although his record may last only a few days.
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Like many a septuagenarian, Yuichiro Miura underwent heart surgeries during his 70s - four of them, in fact - not to mention convalescence from a broken pelvis and leg suffered when he was 76. But unlike many a septuagenarian upon entering octogenarian...
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An 80-year-old man scaled Everest, becoming the oldest person to ever reach the peak. Yuichiro Miura climbed the mountain with the assistance of his son. This is the third time Miura has climbed over 29,000 feet to the summit. Miura climbed Everest the...
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KATMANDU, Nepal—An 80-year-old Japanese man who began the year with his fourth heart operation became the oldest conqueror of Mount Everest on Thursday, a feat he called "the world's best feeling" even with an 81-year-old Nepalese climber not far behind...
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KATMANDU, Nepal — An 80-year-old Japanese man who began the year with his fourth heart operation became the oldest conqueror of Mount Everest on Thursday, a feat he called "the world's best feeling" even with an 81-year-old Nepalese climber not far...
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Celebrating 35 years of inspiration, the 2013 Mountainfilm festival in Telluride, Colorado, will run another exciting program of movies and speakers over Memorial Day weekend. The impressive lineup includes leading adventure athletes, environmental activists,...
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An 80-year-old man from Japan has become the oldest person ever to climb Mount...
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KATMANDU, Nepal—An 80-year-old Japanese man who began the year with his fourth heart operation became the oldest conqueror of Mount Everest on Thursday, a feat he called "the world's best feeling" even with an 81-year-old Nepalese climber not far behind...
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An 80-year-old Japanese man who began the year with his fourth heart operation became the oldest conqueror of Mount Everest on Thursday, a feat he called "the world's best feeling" even with an 81-year-old Nepalese climber not far behind him.
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An 80-year-old Japanese man who began the year with his fourth heart operation became the oldest conqueror of Mount Everest on Thursday, a feat he called "the world's best feeling" even with an 81-year-old Nepalese climber not far behind him.
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A Japanese mountaineer has become the oldest person to conquer Mount Everest, as Yuichiro Miura, 80, reached the peak Thursday morning. The feat marks Miura's third time atop Mount Everest. As in 2008, Miura's accomplishment is in danger of being surpassed...
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NPR | Thursday, May 23, 2013
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Everyone is mesmerized by the NIKKEI’s 7.3% drop last night, wishcasting a similar fate to western markets, particularly ours. According to the stock market handbook, the market is supposed to trade lower now, for an extended period of time–coinciding...
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An 80-year-old Japanese man became the oldest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest today - although his record may last only a few days. An 81-year-old Nepalese man, who held the previous record, plans his own ascent next week.
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An 80-year-old Japanese mountain climber has become the oldest person to reach the summit. But that record may not last. His 81-year-old Nepalese rival plans to make the ascent again next week.
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NPR | Thursday, May 23, 2013
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An 80-year-old Japanese man became the oldest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest on Thursday - although his record may last only a few days. An 81-year-old…Click to Continue »...
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May 23, 2013 5:32 PMKATHMANDU (AFP) - Five climbers, including the first Hungarian to scale Mount Everest, are missing and feared dead on Nepal's treacherous Kangchenjunga mountain, tourism officials said on Thursday. ...
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A unprecedented battle for mountaineering supremacy has begun on the slopes of the world's highest peak after an 80-year-old Japanese man became the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest days before his Nepalese rival attempts the feat at...
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Five climbers, including the first Hungarian to scale Mount Everest, are missing and feared dead on Nepal's treacherous Kangchenjunga mountain, touris...
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Following new reports of overcrowding on Everest, mountaineer Stephen Venables explains why the peak has lost its allure. ...
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In a season of summit firsts, Ingólfur Geir Gissurarson became the fifth, and so far oldest, Icelander to summit Everest, while the first ascent via the North Face by and Icelander was underway by Leifur Örn Gissurarson. Geir Gissurarson reached the...
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An 80-year-old Japanese mountain climber who has had four heart surgeries reached the top of Mount Everest on Thursday, becoming the oldest person to conquer the world's highest mountain. ...
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Yuichiro Miura, who skied down Everest's South Col in 1970, becomes oldest person to reach the world's highest peak.
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An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer became the oldest person to reach the top of Mount Everest on Thursday - although his record may last only a few days.
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Yuichiro Miura, who is 80, says he feels "totally exhausted" as he speaks to his team after reaching the highest place on earth.
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An 80-year-old Japanese man who has had four heart operations in recent years became the oldest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest on Thursday — although his record may last only a few days. An 81-year-old Nepalese man, who held the previous...
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Japan's Yuichiro Miura may only hold record for short time though: 81-year old Nepalese man whose record he broke plans ascent try next week...
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An 80-year-old Japanese climber reached the summit of Mount Everest on Thursday, becoming the oldest person to scale the world's highest mountain, his website and a Nepalese official said.
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An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer on Thursday became the oldest person to reach the top of Mount Everest -- although his record may last only a few days. An 81-year-old Nepalese man, who held the previous record, plans his own ascent next week.
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May 23, 2013 12:23 PMKATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer on Thursday became the oldest man to reach the top of Mount Everest, a Nepali official and Miura's Tokyo-based support team said. ...
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An 80-year-old mountaineer Yuichiro Miura has become the oldest man to reach the top of Mount Everest.
Miura, who also ascended the 8,850 meter pea...
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Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest atop Everest
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NPR | Thursday, May 23, 2013
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An 80-year old Japanese man has reached the summit of Mount Everest, becoming the oldest person to scale the world's highest peak.
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BBC | Thursday, May 23, 2013
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KATMANDU, Nepal — An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer became the oldest person to reach the top of Mount Everest on Thursday — although his record may last only a few days. An 81-year-old Nepalese man, who held the previous record, plans his own...
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Eighty-year-old Yuichiro Miura has become the oldest person to scale Mount Everest, his management office said Thursday. In his third successful attempt to climb the 8,848-meter ......
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KATMANDU, Nepal—An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer on Thursday became the oldest man to reach the top of Mount Everest, a Nepali official and Miura's Tokyo-based support team said....
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The previous age record holder was Nepal's Min Bahadur Sherchan, who accomplished the feat at age 76 in 2008.
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KATMANDU, Nepal—An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer on Thursday became the oldest person to reach the top of Mount Everest—although his record may last only a few days.
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An 80-year-old Japanese man has become the world's oldest person to climb the world's highest mountain - Mount Everest. Yuichiro Miura, whose website says he climbed Mount Everest twice in his 70s, reached the top of the 8,850-meter-high mountain on...
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A Nepalese official says 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer Yuichiro Miura has become the oldest man to reach the top of Mount Everest.
Miura, who also conquered the
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Eighty-year-old Japanese mountaineer Yuichiro Miura has become the oldest man to reach the top of Mount Everest.
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An 80-year-old Japanese extreme skier who climbed Mount Everest five years ago, but just missed becoming the oldest man to reach the summit, has finally claimed the title. ...
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