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Nepalese Sherpas condemn the Nepalese government's plan to use the army to clear rubbish from the top of Mount Everest and five other Himalayan peaks, saying only experienced Sherpas can reach those places. An army spokesman says the army will be able to reach all those summits.
2020-02-14

Nepal bans solo climbers, double amputees and blind climbers from scaling its mountains, including Mount Everest, in a bid to reduce accidents. This has been criticized by successful double-amputee Everest climbers.
2017-12-30

Four climbers are found dead on Mount Everest, bringing this season's death toll to 10.
2017-05-24

Five people are killed, including the driver, and five are injured when a tourist bus carrying Russian and Ukrainian teenagers plummets off a bridge and rolls down an embankment near Ranst outside of Antwerp, Belgium.
2013-04-14

U.S. space agency NASA admits it posted online a photograph taken from the International Space Station of an Indian mountain Saser Muztagh, claiming it as Mount Everest. With Nepalese netizens left puzzled by this, it took a Nepalese expert to point out the agency's inaccuracy.
2012-12-13

A Buddha Air flight taking tourists to see Mount Everest crashes in Nepal, killing 19 people.
2011-09-25

Experts declare that drugs used during "in vitro fertilisation" for older women may increase the risk of Down syndrome for their baby.
2011-07-4

Leading Nepalese Sherpa Chhewang Nima, known for climbing Mount Everest 19 times, disappears during an avalanche.
2010-10-24

Photos taken on Mount Everest from the same spot where similar pictures were taken by George Mallory in 1921 reveal what is described as an "alarming" loss of ice.
2010-07-16