`Ain't no mountain high enough . . .'

Kathmandu - A Swedish husband-and-wife team climbed the highest point on earth, becoming the second couple to reach the 8,848-metre summit of Mount Everest, Nepal's Tourism Ministry has said. Mr Thomas Sjogren (39) and his wife, Tina, who was celebrating her 39th birthday yesterday, spent 30 minutes at the top of the world, the ministry said.