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Angelina Jolie buys Brad Pitt olive tree for Valentine's Day - AZCentral.com
Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie Officially Split! - Allie Is Wired
Angelina Jolie meets Haiti quake survivors - New Kerala
Angelina Jolie Visits Haiti With UN Refugee Body - Access Hollywood

Angelina Jolie buys Brad Pitt olive tree for Valentine's Day - AZCentral.com

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 08:26 AM PST

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie has bought Brad Pitt an olive tree for Valentine's Day.

The actress - who raises six children with Brad - will surprise him on the romantic day with the 200-year-old plant, which cost $18,800 for their French home, the Chateau Miraval.

A source said: "Angelina bought it from a nursery called The English Garden Centre in Valbonne, near their house. It's a very special tree and cost her a fortune."

Olive trees symbolize peace, longevity and stability and it is believed Angelina has bought the plant for Brad to further quash recent split rumors.

The couple put on a very solid show of unity at the Super Bowl in Florida on Sunday taking their eight-year-old son Maddox to watch the annual American football championship game.

The Valentine's Day gift from Angelina, 34, may be an expensive purchase, but the pair - who are both known for their lavish spending - recently donated $1 million to help earthquake victims on the Caribbean island of Haiti.

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Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie Officially Split! - Allie Is Wired

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 03:59 PM PST

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have officially split up! And this time, it's real…

Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie Officially Split!

The duo have six children together, Pax, Maddox, Zahara, Shiloh, Vivienne and Knox Jolie-Pitt. They have a $330 million deal involving their split, according to sources.

Even though they never married, Brangelina have taken the necessary legal steps to dissolve their relationship, taking steps to ensure that both parties share custody of their children.

A source said, "The contract was like a tailor-made version of a pre-nuptial agreement except for an unmarried couple's split. It seemed clear they want the world to know they'll both play a part in the upbringing of the children."

An official confirmation is forthcoming.

Maybe he still loves Jennifer?

Update: Reps for Angelina and Brad have denied the rumors of a split and have insisted the couple are still together. Brangelina and the rainbow nation are still intact!

source: BREAKING NEWS: BRAD & ANGELINA SPLIT - [star]

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Angelina Jolie meets Haiti quake survivors - New Kerala

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 12:12 AM PST

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New York/Port-au-Prince, Feb 11 : Hollywood actress and United Nations Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie visited Haiti where she met with survivors of last month's devastating earthquake as well as some of the local and international aid workers assisting in the relief effort.

Jolie arrived on Tuesday in the capital, Port-au-Prince, which bore the brunt of the 7.0 magnitude quake that struck the small Caribbean nation on 12 January, UN wire said on Thursday.

The quake killed up to 200,000 people and left 2 million in need of assistance, in addition to causing widespread damage and destruction to vital infrastructure in Haiti, already the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.

"It will take years to rebuild Haiti," Jolie, a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), said after seeing the devastation for herself.

"Every day, the UN, governments, NGOs and local organizations are providing more people with protection, food, water, shelter and health care, yet the needs are still enormous and the displacement could last a decade," she stated.

On arriving in the capital, Jolie was briefed by the top UN official on the ground, Edmond Mulet, on the scale of the humanitarian operation and the remaining challenges.

She noted that providing adequate shelter to the displaced is crucial in light of the upcoming rainy season, which could add to the devastation. "Everyone is bracing themselves for a second wave of tragedy," she said.

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti, Kim Bolduc, said earlier this week that some 250,000 of the 1 million people in need of shelter have received tents or plastic sheets. However, the main concern now is to bring in sufficient hazard-resistant, hurricane-proof shelter, a task made all the more difficult because the port was severely damaged by the quake and air transportation wo
uld be enormously costly.

Jolie also visited a cash-for-work programme run by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in the Carrefour district of Port-au-Prince, which is enabling Haitians to earn an income as they help their country to recover. The programme is assisting some 40,000 people with an aim of reaching more than 400,000.

"To give people the ability to work towards their own future is so important at this time. It helps to restore their hope and respects their dignity," she noted.

While at the SOS Children's Villages in the Santo area of Port-au-Prince, Ms. Jolie applauded the work of the organization which began providing additional care for children who have been newly orphaned or who have lost contact with their parents as a result of the quake.

She stressed that new adoptions should definitely not be encouraged as an immediate response to the emergency. "Haiti had many trafficking problems before the earthquake and now must keep a very close watch on the children. I would encourage as much support as possible to groups like SOS and UNICEF providing care for children in country."

During her visit, Jolie also visited a tented hospital set up and run by UNHCR partner Medecins Sans Frontières in the commune of Delmas in Port-au-Prince.

"I was struck by the strength and spirit of the Haitian people. Children as young as nine months old were coping with amputations with extraordinary resilience."

She also praised the "extraordinary" doctors at the hospital, noting that for all the patients that had to have amputations, there are also a high number of limbs and lives that the doctors have managed to save.

Jolie arrived in Haiti following a stop in the Dominican Republic, where she visited Haitian earthquake victims in the local public hospital and in nearby shelters.

--IBNS

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Angelina Jolie Visits Haiti With UN Refugee Body - Access Hollywood

Posted: 10 Feb 2010 08:30 PM PST

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JACMEL, Haiti --

Angelina Jolie met with Haitian earthquake survivors living in camps and visited a flattened school Wednesday, the second day of a visit as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations' refugee agency.

The actress, representing the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, flew by helicopter to the southern city of Jacmel where she visited a camp for Haitians made homeless. Some 500,000 people are living in camps around the country since the Jan. 12 earthquake. She also visited a school destroyed by the quake.

Jolie later met with President Rene Preval about challenges confronting the country since the disaster.

Her visit began Tuesday when she met with U.N. officials in Port-au-Prince and visited an SOS Villages camp for orphans outside the capital.

Jolie also toured a Doctors Without Borders hospital in a Port-au-Prince suburb, waving to onlookers. She and husband Brad Pitt have contributed $1 million to Doctors Without Borders for its emergency medical operations in Haiti.

Jolie has previously visited Iraq, Thailand, Pakistan and other countries with UNHCR.

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