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DiCaprio to visit India for tiger conservation
New York: Leonardo DiCaprio will be visiting India soon to see tigers in the wild and raise global awareness about their dwindling numbers. The Titanic star is the ambassador for the World Wildlife Fund WWF and met Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh here on Thursday to discuss potential ways for him to get involved in the cause of the Indian tiger. He is very keen to work on tiger conservation8230; Somebody like him could play an important role in sensitising the global community to the cause of the Indian tiger, Ramesh said. Earlier this year,DiCaprio had visited Nepal to assess the preservation programmes in place to save the species which is on the brink of extinction.
Eddie Fisher dies at 82
In this 1959 photo,Elizabeth Taylor is seen with singer Eddie Fisher. Fisher,whose huge fame as a pop singer was overshadowed by scandals ending his marriages to Debbie Reynolds and Elizabeth Taylor,died on Wednesday night of complications from hip surgery in Berkeley. He was 82.
