Hollywood's Jolie Back in
Cambodia on U.N. Mission
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Hollywood's Angelina
Jolie, star of last summer's blockbuster
``Tomb Raider,'' was back in Cambodia on
Wednesday, visiting as goodwill ambassador
for the United Nations (news - web sites)
refugees agency.
Jolie and actor-director husband
Billy Bob Thornton arrived on a week-long
visit to Cambodia which will take them to
U.N. projects with returned refugees on
the Thai-Cambodia border.
``I just love this country
so much,'' Jolie told Reuters before boarding
a plane for northern Siem Reap province,
where scenes for ``Tomb Raider'' were shot
last year at the jungle clad 9-13th century
Angkor Wat temples.
Jolie, daughter of Oscar-winning
actor Jon Voight, said she fell in love
with the war-ravaged southeast Asian country
while filming at the temple complex.
Jolie and Thornton were scheduled
to travel with the U.N. refugee agency to
the northern town of Battambang on Thursday
then to Samlot on the Thai border.
Thousands of refugees were
resettled by the UNHCR in Samlot -- formerly
a rebel zone ruled by the brutal communist
Khmer Rouge (news - web sites) -- after
peace finally settled on Cambodia in 1998.
``We want to just help preserve
the traditions and culture and be a part
of helping Cambodia rebuild itself,'' Jolie
said.
REUTERS/Chor
Sokunhea
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