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Haiti Is Muse for many Musicians

In a sit-down with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour set to air this weekend, Jolie addressed the speculation that seems to follow her travels, denying that she and Brad Pitt were currently thinking of adopting a child from Haiti.

“I’m always open to children around the world,” she said in the interview, airing in full Sunday night. “We’re that kind of a family; Brad and I talk about that. But that’s not what we’re focusing on at this time, by any means. We’re not here for that.

“We’re here to see how we can help protect the children in country and scale up the needs here.”

Now don’t you feel bad about yourself? Good. then Angie’s work is done.

(Originally published Feb. 12, 2010, at 8:18 a.m. PT)

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Check out which other stars are spreading goodwill in our Celebrity Do-Gooder gallery.

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Haiti, Haiti, Haiti… It was terrible before the earthquake, and it’s terrible now. Seeing these images on CNN and other news outlets, I have concluded that Haiti has to be rebuilt from the ground up.

How does one go about rebuilding this country with the millions of dollars of aid received? Would you trust the Haitian nation to accomplish this great feat? or would engineers, agricultural experts, architects, farmers, etc., from other nations would eventually have to assist? What would happen to the Haitian people? 65% illiteracy rate is alarming!

Anyways, what are you thoughts?

How would you go about rebuilding Haiti?

A) Haiti is very mountainous.
B) Haiti is very flat.
C) Haiti has a considerable number of lakes and rivers.
D) Haiti is one of the world’s largest islands.
E) Haiti is densely populated.

What does the physical map tell you about Haiti?

For long Haiti has been known for its ecological degradation due to the oversuse of the trees to produce charcoal a commodity commonly used for cooking. Scientists have recently discovered a plant commonly used by vodou practitioners for treating ailment and conjure evil spirits. What is the name of this plant?

What is the name of the plant fully abondant in Haiti capable of being used for biofuel?