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A Plan to Pave Mount Everest

by Linda Wertheimer

Weekend Edition Saturday, June 23, 2007 · China is planning to build a black-top highway up Mount Everest. It's partly to ease the path of runners carrying the Olympic torch; some suspect it's partly to emphasize China's claims to Tibet.

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