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No room at the top in Everest rush hour

Climbing the world's tallest peak has gone from rugged challenge to booming tourist attraction. Sir Edmund Hillary would turn in his grave.

Race to top descends into bitter dispute

Korean 'first woman to conquer 14 highest peaks'

A South Korean climber has become the first woman to scale 14 of the world's highest mountains.

China and Nepal agree on height of Mt Everest

Himalayan global warming claim 'based on dated, obscure source'

A leading British paper claims the UN has made a sizeable blunder over key evidence on global warming.

Rugby coach says he was tortured in Nepal

Nepal: Trek to the top of the world

Three days' hard labour may not sound like much of a holiday. But for Jenifer Dagg it was the highlight of a trip to Nepal.

Women outraged by 'humiliating' marriage scheme

Protests over scheme offering financial incentives for men to marry widows.

Nepal offers $970 to marry widows