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Angelina Jolie And Brad Pitt Donate $300 K


Jason
05/31/06

angelina jolie and brad pitt£170,000 GBP ($300,000) has been donated to a Namibian Charity by Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.


Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt donated the money in thanks for the treatment officials have given them.


The donation will pay for equipment for the maternity wards at Namibia's state hospitals in Walvis Bay and Swakopmund.

"We want to contribute to Namibia and the people who have been so gracious to us at this time,"

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie said in a statement


Foreign journalists were also refused visas unless they had written permission from Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.


Police have arrested photographers and confiscated film.


Deputy environment and tourism deputy minister Leon Jooste said

the couple's donation of $300,000 dollars would "contribute significantly" to the health of Namibian babies.





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Angelina Jolie 'Baby Holiday For Namibia'


Jason
05/23/06
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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have now got something else to celebrate, Namibia have made the day little "Brangelina" is born a national holiday.


Half of the Namibians voted in an informal radio survey believe that the day little Angelina Jolie is born it should be declared a national holiday. It is normally an honour for Kings, Queens and national heroes.

"We have a tie, it's 50-50,"

a local DJ announced on Tuesday. The voting is still going on.


Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt set of a media frenzy when they went to Namibia so that Angelina could have her baby there.


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