A life in pictures - George Michael Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Singer and songwriter, who has died at the age of 53, experienced huge fame with Wham! and forged a successful solo career amid run-ins with the British police and tabloid newspapers Tributes flood in for late pop star – live reaction Main image: George Michael of Wham at his family home, London, Britain - 1980s

World newsConservationists hail Hilton drunk elephants appealConservationists today hailed the socialite Paris Hilton, who was convicted of drink driving earlier this year, for apparently trying to highlight the problem of binge-drinking elephants in north-eastern India. Activists said the celebrity endorsement would raise awareness of the plight of pachyderms that got drunk on farmers' homemade rice beer and went on the rampage. Last month, six wild elephants that broke into a farm in the state of Meghalaya were electrocuted after discovering and drinking the potent brew before uprooting an electricity pylon.

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