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Summary Angelina Jolie met with Germany's FM days ahead of receiving an award at 'Cinema for Peace' Gala.
US superstar and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie met with Germanys Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Friday on the sidelines of the 62nd Berlinale.Jolie is in the German capital to present her debut directorial work In the Land of Blood and Honey, a film about a Muslim and a Serb during the war in Bosnia in the early 1990s.The American actress and director, who is also a UN refugee agency (UNHCR) Goodwill Ambassador, will also receive an honorary award for her work as part of the Cinema for Peace Gala.According to a foreign ministry news release the Federal ministry for economic development and cooperation will donate over 2 million US dollars towards the UNHCRs work in Kenya and Bosnia.Jolie has said she sees it as a special duty to find homes for 8,600 refugees from Bosnias Splaviste.
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