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Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt Visit Haiti
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=1094215:3919ACA Actors flew by
helicopter to Port-au-Prince, Haiti from Dominican Republic to lend
support to foundation of friend and hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean





Angelina Jolie, left, Wyclef and Brad Pitt visit Port-au-Prince
schoolHollywood couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt flew by helicopter
to Port-au-Prince, Haiti from the Dominican Republic to lend support
to the foundation of friend and hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean - a native
of Haiti.

Jean's foundation, Yele Haiti, is dedicated to helping lives of
Haiti's youths and is supported by Jolie and other Hollywood
luminaries.

The couple traveled in a convoy through the capital, protected by
police and U.N. peacekeepers as crowds cheered. Jolie is a goodwill
ambassador for the United Nations.

Jolie and Pitt visited a school where some students have received
scholarships from Yele Haiti. The celebrities also dropped by a
juvenile jail where the charity plans to begin a tutoring program for
inmates.

The couple is scheduled to return Saturday to the Dominican Republic,
where Jolie is filming a movie. Some information for this report was
provided by AFP, and AP.


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