Angelina Jolie Spends Time With the Greek Prime Minister
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- Published on Thursday, 17 March 2016 06:11
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Angelina Jolie wears a simple black dress while sitting down with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the Presidential Palace on Wednesday (March 16) in Athens, Greece.The 40-year-old actress and U.N. Goodwill Ambassador is visiting Greece “to reinforce efforts by UNHCR and the Greek government to step up the emergency response to the deteriorating humanitarian situation,” according to a press release.Earlier in the day, Angie spent time with children at a refugee camp.
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Angelina Jolie Meets with Young Children at Greece Refugee Camp
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- Published on Thursday, 17 March 2016 06:05
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Angelina Jolie speaks with some young children at the temporary refugee facilities at the port of Piraeus on Wednesday (March 16) in Athens, Greece.The 40-year-old actor, director, and humanitarian was mobbed by the amount of people who wanted to speak with her while she was making her visit.The day before, Angelina visited a Syrian refugee camp and had an emotional visit. She released a powerful statement about her time at the camp, as well.
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Angelina Jolie to mark Syrian war anniversary in east Lebanon
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- Published on Tuesday, 15 March 2016 18:33
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Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie will be in Lebanon Tuesday to mark the fifth anniversary of the Syrian war, UNHCR said Monday.Jolie, who is a special envoy for the U.N. refugee agency, is set to visit Syrian families living in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley, according to the statement.Jolie has made multiple visits to Syrian refugee sites in Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey since the outbreak of the civil war to bring attention to their plight.More than 4 million Syrians have fled their country since the outbreak of the war, with roughly 1.5 million residing in Lebanon.She last visited Lebanon in June 2015 to introduce her daughter to a Syrian child she met during a 2014 trip.
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Angelina Jolie Urges Burma’s Citizens to Vote in Landmark Polls
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- Published on Wednesday, 23 September 2015 04:04
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"Make sure your name is on the list so you can vote on election day"Angelina Jolie Pitt has appeared in a voter awareness campaign video urging Burma’s citizens to vote in upcoming historic elections.In the video, released by the Burmese government’s electoral body, the Hollywood actress tells the people of Burma, officially now known as Myanmar, to check voter lists and ensure they and their families are registered to vote, reports local independent news outlet Democratic Voice of Burma.“I know from my visit how important these elections are. I want to urge you to exercise your right to vote and be counted on Nov. 8,” the 40-year-old said in the video posted to the Union Electoral Commission’s Facebook page. “Don’t get left behind. Be a part of this historic moment. Go out and check the voter lists in your communities, make sure your name is on the list so you can vote on election day.” Jolie serves as the U.N. refugee agency’s special envoy and visited Burma in July, where she spoke with displaced families in the country’s troubled northern Kachin state and met President Thein Sein and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.Some 32 million people (out of a population of just over 50 million) are considered eligible to vote in the country’s first general elections since 2010, when a nominally civilian government ended a half-century of oppressive military rule. However, concerns remain that a quarter of parliamentary seats are still reserved for the armed forces as well as the systematic disenfranchisement of certain minority groups.
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Angelina Jolie Speaks Out Against Sexual Violence In Conflict
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- Published on Tuesday, 08 September 2015 19:31
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Angelina Jolie makes a speech about sexual violence during times of conflict to the House of Lords committee on Tuesday (September 8) in London, England.“The most aggressive terrorist group in the world today knows what we know, knows that it is a very effective weapon and they are using it as a centrepoint of their terror and their way of destroying communities and families, and attacking and dehumanising,” the 40-year-old actress and director told the committee.“This terrorist group we are dealing with in Syria and Iraq is absolutely using rape. They are dictating it as policy. This is beyond something we have seen before… they are saying, ‘You should do this, this is the way to build a society, we ask you to rape,’” Angelina continued.
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