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This photo made available by the Everest-K2 CNR Press Office, on Wednesday, July 16, 2008, shows Italian mountaineer Karl Unterkircher in 2007 during an expedition on the Himalayan GII Mountain. Unterkircher, 38, is reported missing, Wednesday, July 16,...