Seventy-six-year-old Nepali, Min Bahadur Sherchan, arrives back in
Kathmandu after setting a new record for the oldest climber to reach the
summit of Mt. Everest. 

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Amazon Indians from one of the world's last uncontacted tribes are
photographed from the air, with striking images showing them painted bright
red and brandishing bows and arrows. 

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The Director for trade and agriculture at the Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development (OECD) expects food prices to remain high over
the next ten years.

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Hundreds of Belgian milk producers ditched barrels of milk to protest
against a fall in revenue due to lower milk prices and rising production
costs, following similar demonstrations in Europe.

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French farmers and fisherman protest again over record fuel prices, while
Dutch truckers push for fuel taxes to be cut and in Spain fishermen
strike.

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The five nations bordering the Arctic Ocean -Canada, Denmark, Norway,
Russia and the United States- kick off talks in Greenland in an effort to end
squabbling over ownership of huge tracts of the Arctic seabed ...   more »

Demonstration takes place in Dublin, Ireland, against the use of cluster
bombs as representatives from over a hundred governments release a draft
treaty banning their use, manufacture and stockpiling.

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An Australian man is posthumously pardoned 86 years after he was hanged for
murder after forensic evidence was found to be flawed. 

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (MAY 27, 2008) NETWORK NINE -
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