Jolie visits Haitian quake refugees
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Screen star Angelina Jolie has visited Haitian children being treated in the neighbouring Dominican Republic after the devastating earthquake in their homeland killed more than 200,000 people.
Oscar-winner Jolie toured the paediatric wing of Dario Contreras Hospital in Santo Domingo, a leading local trauma hospital, with its director Hector Quezada, the hospital said.
Jolie, who serves as a goodwill ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and UNICEF, was also joined by Gonzalo Vargas Llosa, a son of Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa.
The actress and her partner, actor Brad Pitt, donated $1 million to Doctors without Borders in Haiti following the January 12 quake, the worst natural disaster on record in the Americas.
- AFP
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- Population: 10 million (UN, 2009)
- Capital: Port-au-Prince
- Area: 27,750 sq km (10,714 sq miles)
- Major languages: Creole, French
- Major religion: Christianity
- Life expectancy: 59 (men), 63 (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: 1 gourde = 100 centimes
- Main exports: Light manufactures, coffee, oils, mangoes
- GNI per capita: US $660 (World Bank, 2008)
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