New Zealand: Edmund Hillary Obituary (pub. Feb. 1, 2008)
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Queen Elizabeth II, New Zealand's head of state, on Jan. 24 invited members of the family of the late New Zealander mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary to attend a special memorial service for him at Windsor Castle, UK.
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