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Actress Jolie says Pakistan quake victims could freeze
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| News Date | Saturday, November 26, 2005 05:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Hollywood star and
United Nations refugee agency goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie urged the world to honour its pledges of aid for Pakistani quake victims before winter causes a second wave of death.
Jolie, who toured the disaster zone with actor Brad Pitt on Thursday, also warned against allowing children orphaned by the disaster to be adopted too soon. The American actress herself has adopted a son and daughter from abroad.
"There are so many wonderful pledges that could come in in the next few years, but this winter is in the next few weeks and so many people are in danger of possibly freezing to death," Jolie told reporters in Islamabad.
"There's not just one disaster that happened, there's another disaster that could happen very soon."
Donors last week promised more than 5.8 billion dollars for Pakistan but much is for long-term reconstruction and not immediate aid. The UN says cold, disease and hunger could swell the current death toll of more than 73,000. |
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