Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, with an altitude of 8,848 meters (29,028 feet), is seen in this aerial view taken from a passenger aircraft flying over Nepal at a height of 9,144 meters (30,000 feet), in this file picture taken November 9, 2008. Nepal's cabinet plans to meet at the base camp of Mount Everest in November 2009 to highlight the impact of global warming on the Himalayas ahead of next month's U.N. negotiations on climate change, a minister said on November 2, 2009. Picture taken November 9, 2008. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan/Files (NEPAL ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY POLITICS)
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