Angelina Jolie Praises Libyan Revolutionaries

MISRATA, Libya — Actress and UN Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie on Wednesday praised Libyans' "extraordinary" participation in their homegrown revolution, and said she stood in solidarity with the country as it sought to become a nation of laws.

Jolie arrived in Libya on Tuesday and toured destruction in Misrata, the city captured by rebels over several weeks of heavy fighting as they pushed to depose Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi earlier this year.
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Speaking in the lobby of a hotel in the city, she praised the "extraordinary" participation of ordinary Libyans both in the rebel army and transitional authorities, as they sought to forge a new nation. More Entertainment stories One 'Dancing' contestant just couldn't hold on 'Loser's' Battle of the Ages dooms seniors Take two! Movie remakes we love — and hate Readers on remakes: Hands off the classics! Report: '16 and Pregnant' girls expecting — again

"What's extraordinary ... is that a lot of the people who are part of the solution and are working in positions of even (the) military, and you find that just before the revolution they had retired, or were running restaurants or were selling baby clothes and they've all quit their jobs and they are all working here now on behalf of their country," Jolie told Reuters.

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