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Jolie Appeals for Pakistan Quake Zone Aid

Friday, November 25, 2005 2:04:30 PM
By STEVE GUTTERMAN

Hollywood Actress and Ambassador of U.N. refugee agency, Angelina Jolie, speaks during a press conference after visited the Pakistani earthquake areas, Friday, Nov. 25, 2005 in Islamabad, Pakistan.  The head of the U.N. refugee agency and its goodwill ambassador visited earthquake-ravaged northern Pakistan amid concerns about the fate of homeless survivors as winter approaches. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Fresh from a tour of Pakistan's devastated earthquake zone, actress and U.N. goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie was most moved by the people she saw: A man digging in rubble. A boy scared by aftershocks but joyous over his sister's survival. A thinly dressed pregnant woman worried about the coming winter.

A day after visiting the ravaged Kashmir region, Jolie pleaded Friday for swift aid to avoid a new humanitarian disaster in Pakistan with the onset of the brutal Himalayan cold.

Accompanied by actor Brad Pitt, Jolie visited a mostly destroyed town and a camp for survivors of the Oct. 8 quake, which killed an estimated 86,000 Pakistanis and destroyed the homes of more than 3 million.


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