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RIP, Sir Edmund Hillary

January 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Sir Edmund Hillary, the lanky New Zealand mountaineer and explorer who with Tenzing Norgay, his Sherpa guide, won worldwide acclaim in 1953 by becoming the first to scale the 29,035-foot summit of Mount Everest, the world’s tallest peak, has died, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark announced Friday in Wellington. He was 88. [link] I [...]

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Ta-ta Big Cars, Hello Nano

January 10th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Picture Source Tata Motors unveiled the 100,000-rupee car earlier today at the Auto Expo in Delhi today. Tata Chairman Ratan Tata talks about his inspiration for the car: Speaking at the unveiling of the car at a motor show in Delhi, Tata chairman Ratan Tata said: “”I observed families riding on two-wheelers – the father [...]

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