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Swakopmund, Namibia :: Angelina and Brad Pitt confirmed Wednesday that their newly-born daughter Shiloh Nouvel will have a Namibian passport.
"Shiloh will receive a Nambian passport, so we shall return," Pitt said at the couple’s first public appearance since the May 27 birth.
The Hollywood glamour pair spoke to local journalists at a press briefing at the four-star Hansa Hotel in Swakopmund at the edge of the Namib desert where Jolie gave birth by Caesarian Section.
"We couldn’t have picked a better place to have our child," said Jolie, looking healthy and relaxed in a black dress. Pitt agreed: "We are very proud that our daughter was born here".
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Pitt said the couple had "done their homework" before deciding on Namibia as the birthplace of their first biological and third child.
"The health of our daughter and Angie’s was imperative. We’ve had absolute top-notch medical assistance," Pitt said.
The couple reiterated their gratitude to the people of the sparsely populated country, which has come under intense media interest since their arrival two-and-a-half months ago.
"We are eternally grateful to the Namibian people," Pitt said. "Namibia is one of Africa’s best kept secrets - until we came of course."
The couple had been "afforded a lifestyle here we could not have anywhere else" and that Namibia has been "a wonderful place to be with our kids."
The couple said they planned to remain in the country for just a few more days before returning to the United States. "Just a few more days. My mother is dying to see the baby," Jolie said.
On the tight security around the couple, Jolie said they had wished this had not been necessary but felt "the birth should be done in a way that was peaceful."
Pitt explained that having "a child with a bounty on its head" before its birth, had brought about the need for bodyguards to shield the family.
On future career plans, Pitt said he would begin work on the latest in the Ocean movie series in August while Jolie planned to concentrate on the needs of her three children - the newborn and four-year-old Maddox and one-year-old Zahara.
The couple were accompanied by Namibian first lady Penehupifo Pohamba (pictured above) regional governor Samuel Nuujoma and Child Welfare Minister Marlene Mungunda as they spoke to journalists for about 30 minutes, posed for photographs and signed autographs.
A day after their daughter was born, the couple announced they would provide 300,000 dollars for the refurbishment of hospitals in Namibia. Jolie, a United Nations goodwill ambassador, discovered Namibia some years ago while filming a movie there. [AP]
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# 310 | ell - Thank you Thank you, omg that video is beyond freaky HOT. I swear I was getting turned on just watching it lol
Any woman who can break up a marriage, lie about it and then rub it in the wife’s face needs the s**t kicked out of her.# 471 | JKell And Any woman who can help break up a marriage, lie about it and then whine, manipulate and blame her x husband for the whole thing,needs the s**t kicked out of her
# 404 | Passing Through | ITA
BAMZ FANS SHOULD TAKE THIS BIT OF ADVICE:"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." -Albert Einstein # 466 | JolieSUX! Litrlly ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Guess Ole Al didn’t have much SEX!!! or YOU for that matter! Go get laid honey. Will do you a world of good. LiterallySUX for awhile!!
The sometimes bashing of Republicans etc. is one of the reason why I don’t comment here often. I’d rather stick to discussing Brad and Angelina . # 191 | Tabitha ++++++++++++++++Oops…I plead guilty. I admit to taking pot-shots at Dubya. Frequently. I’ll try to restrain myself from now on. It’s gonna hurt like hell…but I’ll try….# 192 | jizzy I’m confused by you. You spend an awful lot of time here and an awful lot of effort replying for someone who seems to hate anything and everything about B/A. Why do you bother coming here and getting riled up about them? Haters are always accusing us of having no life, but at least I’m not spending all my free time on a blog being hateful and spiteful just because I can. Get a new freaking hobby, already!# 196 | kempeke ITA. Anyone with an open mind can see it on their faces, so why should they prostrate themselves at our feet and declare it out loud every 5 minutes?# 200 | ForkInTheRoad Hmmm…ForkInTheRoad = Jizzy? They seem to be around at the same time a lot. Just saying….one minute you’re pro-BAMZS, the next you’re ragging on them so bad I’m about ready to buy you some tampons to stop the bleeding…By Deborah Netburn, Times Staff Writer(Both Pitt and Jolie have denied having intimate relations before Pitt’s divorce with Anniston was finalized).# 208 | typekey+++++++++++++++What rock was I sleeping under when they said this? And where’s the proof? The author of the story needs to cite a source. They said they didn’t sleep together before he FILED for divorce.# 234 | Angelina ismental Don’t get out of the asylum much, do you?
Guess Ole Al didn’t have much SEX!!!| LOL good one, MOI JADE
Oh my god, you guys. Can you believe this BS that the Enquirer is printing??Angelina Jolie has been struggling with the most explosive Hollywood secret ever! Brad Pitt may not be the father of her newborn daughter, a source tells The Enquirer! Sources tell the mag that Angelina told pals she slept w/another man before getting pregnant, and now is worried that Brad may not be the baby daddy! Throughout her entire pregnancy sources say she suffered quietly after doing the math that lead her to fear Brad might not be the father. Now Angie fears about losing her man and desperately wants to keep him away from his ex Jennifer. If Angie has it her way, they’ll be packing it up and living in France for years to come! http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/2130/ne25001a0rgb6qg.jpg
# 498 | Emerald |There FIRST needs to be a HOME to Wreck you DUMB TWAT, not a HOUSE!!!
# 502 | uh_oh | and this just proves my hunch that Jkell et all uses this rag as their holy grail.Enquirer makes me puke.
# 504 | Olga I know it makes you feel better somehow to think this. But that is just not reality. Time will tell..
j@red was on access hollywood!
# 421 | mCcAULEYDid you get that from the Scarlett Letter? ANNOUNCEMENT EVERYONE! WE HAVE A READER!!!I’m so proud of you. Now all you have to do is learn how to distinquish fiction from real life.
#505 Ivy,No the tabloids are their bible.These people quote tabloid stories word for word.They actually believe the s##t.Star ,The Enguirer it doesn’t matter ang rag will do.
# 502 | uh_oh | - LMAO, the national enquirer is a JOKE and not worth mentioning
# 498 | Emerald The term HOMEWRECKER is antiquated and chauvinistic, and unless Angie was on some kind of earth moving machine, it is completely ridiculous and false. A home with a firm foundation cant be wrecked.
# 511 | G | - And you look like something the cat dragged in which is not pretty at all
# 509 | mCcAULEY | More likely a Demi Moore fan
#504Olga you said you were going to post facts . All you did was post your opinion of what happen.
502 keep dreaming. Shiloh looks like both of THEM. you aniston fans need to get a grip. AJ is the most beautiful woman in Hollywood. Aniston has always been the ugliest ***** in the world. Brad has always been hollywoods hunk.
Hey does anyone know where you can buy Hello magazine in the US?
I think they are a further embarrassment to America, have made a mockery of Africa and I hope they never come back. # 267 | Roberta ++++++++++++++++It takes a hell of a lot of nerve to make this declaration after the bile you spewed. I suggest you stay the hell out of any and all spanish-speaking countries where the name "Jesus" is very common. The name "Shiloh" has many meanings, including "peaceful one" and "his gift", but of course you’ve (and the media) glommed onto the one that makes B/A seem like they have a messianic complex. I guess it’s never occured to you that B/A were thinking of one of the other meanings when they named their child? Oh, no, of course it wouldn’t. If you had an open mind, then you wouldn’t be able to hunker down in your false indignation and cast accusations upon Brad & Angelina. All that moral superiority must be a heavy burden to bear. Hopefully you’ll buckle under the weight of it and it’ll crush you to death. Then again, we couldn’t get that lucky.
There must be something in The Enquirer’s accusation since they’ve been sued before, Watch this space.
# 521 | The real lou | - I believe B&N, Borders, if you go on their website, they tell you where you can get it. I think you have to put in the country and the State you live in
got a dog thats pretty, i got a tree thats pretty, and both have morals | oook you say you have a dog and a tree that have morals. I guess that means no one will be giving YOU a baby anytime soon.
# 519 | Eva Fine I’ll take that ugly comment, but do consider this I/ we may be ugly, but we are intellegent. BAMZS fans are well articulate that’s why we laugh our asses off when you guys come across over here proclaiming narrow and irrelevant thoughts.
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