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epa01218850 A butter lamps lights in front of the portrait of Sir Edmund Hillary at Thamel in Kathmandu, Nepal 11 January 2007. Nepal's mountaineering community mourn the death of Sir Edmund Hillary, the New Zealander who was given honorary citizenship in Nepal 2003 and a memorial service is planned later today in Kathmandu. Hillary and Nepalese mountaineer Tenzing Sherpa conquered the worldís tallest peak Mt. Everest, 8,850-meter high (29,035-feet) on 29 May 1953. EPA/NARENDRA SHRESTHA