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Don't Forget Iraqi Refugees: Brangelina

Stars visit with displaced people in Syria

By M. Morris, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 2, 2009 5:04 PM CDT

(Newser) – Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are in Syria, using their powers for good. The celebrity übercouple visited Iraqi refugees in Damascus today in an attempt to keep the lowest-profile victims of the war from falling off the radar, People reports. Jolie, a goodwill ambassador... Read full story »

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