The climbers, hailing from four nations, died while coming down the southern slope of Mount Everest after reaching the 29,028-foot summit, officials said.
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Four people die after reaching Mount Everest summit
North Korea said the assembly of the satellite and rocket it plans to launch within the next week should be completed Tuesday, setting the stage for a move that has been widely criticized by other nations.
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N. Korea says rocket nearly ready
American intelligence agencies are also able to adequately identify other nations’ nuclear blasts, according to the National Academy of Sciences.
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U.S. Tests of Atomic Weapons Not Needed, Report Says
Watch highlights of England in this year’s Six Nations and see the development of the team under Stuart Lancaster who has been appointed permanent head coach.
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VIDEO: Lancaster’s route to England job
Full-back Leigh Halfpenny says Wales’ World Cup disappointment is driving them towards Six Nations glory and a possible Grand Slam.
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Halfpenny seeking soothing Slam
Charlie Hodgson scores the only try in England’s scrappy 13-6 victory over Scotland in their opening Six Nations match. (UK users only)
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VIDEO: Highlights – Scotland 6-13 England
Winger Lee Jones and flanker David Denton are selected for Scotland’s Six Nations opener against England.
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England fly-half Toby Flood is expected to miss the start of the Six Nations with a knee injury.
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Flood to miss Six Nations opener
The European Central Bank on Thursday cut interest rates for the second straight month and unveiled a new strategy to pump money into cash-strapped banks, in new efforts to bolster the ailing economy and financial system on the continent. As European heads of state gathered in Brussels for a potentially fateful series of meetings meant to develop a new path forward for integrating the nations’ fiscal policies, the central bank for the 17 nation euro zone was meeting in Frankfurt, Germany, offering its own response to the deepening crisis. Read full article > >
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ECB cuts interest rates, trying to stave off recession
Lee Briers bows out of Test rugby with a starring performance for Wales, but Australia recover from an early scare to ease to a 10-try Four Nations victory.
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Wales 14-56 Australia
England reach the final of the Four Nations after a tremendous victory over world champions New Zealand.
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England 28-6 New Zealand
Ireland captain Brian O’Driscoll will miss next year’s Six Nations championship after being ruled out of action for up to six months.
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O’Driscoll will miss Six Nations
England lose 36-20 despite a gutsy display in their Four Nations game against Australia at Wembley.
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England 20-36 Australia
On this crowded, hot, trampled planet, one of the most vexing trends is something countless of us see when we look in the mirror: We’re going gray. The United Nations has declared that the human population will hit 7 billion Monday, and an expanding percentage of those people are in the market for reading glasses. Read full article > >
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World population not only grows, but grows old
The Four Nations Ensemble programmed an unusual assortment of baroque and rococo chamber music by composers largely unfamiliar to most audiences on Thursday at the Freer Gallery. Two were Italian missionaries: Teodorico Pedrini (in China) and Domenico Zipoli (in South America). Jean-Marie Leclair, Jean Philippe Rameau and Francois Couperin dazzled the musical scene at French courts. Raynor Taylor and Benjamin Carr were part of Philadelphia’s rich cultural life in the late 18th century. All of Thursday’s music was intended not for today’s public concert hall but for the intimate spheres of the royal apartment, the aristocratic salon, or a cardinal’s parlor. Much was sheer entertainment music geared to delight the senses. Read full article > >
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Going for baroque at the Freer
