She now looks set to mount a serious challenge for gold at next year's world championships and the 2004 Olympics in Athens.

BBC: Kluft shines in heptathlon

Although tamer and less technical than other mountains in the region, like Mount Kinabalu in Malaysia or Mount Kerinci in Indonesia, Mount Apo has its own set of challenges and should not be underestimated.

BBC: Climbing to the top of the Philippines

Alongside a single-player campaign set in an open-world Mount Olympus, multi-player features are also in development including both team play and PvP.

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Rome was set to host the 1908 Olympics when Mount Vesuvius erupted two years prior, forcing the city to forgo the Games due to the cost of rebuilding (although some historians speculate that Italy was struggling to fund the event even before the volcano erupted).

BBC: The ghosts of London's Olympic past

Together with an amateur astronomer friend from California, Mandel has traveled to Australia and set up a high-powered telescope, mount and CCD camera in Lee's own backyard observatory, which they've dubbed the Australian-American Imaging Station.

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Noguchi leads regular cleaning trips with volunteers up Mount Fuji and has removed everything from a 27-inch television set and a computer monitor to car batteries.

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The units, dubbed "Churchill's Secret Army", were set up to relay vital information about enemy movements and help mount counter-attacks as Britain braced itself for occupation.

BBC: Secret wartime bunker near Cardiff opened to public

The governor directed the legislature to set aside funds to cover the cost of the expected legal battle, which opponents vowed to mount if the governor signed the measure into law.

CNN: North Dakota governor signs law banning most abortions