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Pitt and Jolie buy private 'Ethiopia' isle off Dubai
By Stone Martindale Nov 14, 2007, 17:14 GMT
11/11/2007 - Angelina Jolie - "Beowolf" London Premiere - Arrivals - Vue Cinema Leicester Square - London, England © Solarpix / PR Photos
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have bought a man-made island in the shape of Ethiopia that is part of an ambitious luxury development off the coast of Dubai, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.
They intend to use the reclaimed piece of land to showcase environmental issues and encourage people to live a greener life, the Emirates Today newspaper said.
The couple's purchase is part of cluster of 300 islands, shaped like a world map, that is being constructed in the surrounding waters of the booming Gulf emirate.
Representatives of the pair in the US and other reliable sources had confirmed the purchase had gone ahead. But state-owned Nakheel, the firm behind the development called "The World", declined to comment, the paper said.
The couple's two-year-old daughter Zahara was born in Ethiopia. Billionaire businessman Richard Branson and musician Rod Stewart are also reported to have bought plots on the development.
Prices for the islands range from six million to 36 million dollars.
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and the whole thing is over, or just a major storm. all of the man-made islands in that area will be gone. why would somebody waste their money on something so temporary and frivolous?
they don't get tsunamis and tidal waves.
Where is Bangledesh?
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Great....Nov 14th, 2007 - 17:30:56
they'll be dead in two years...murdered in the night while they sleep.
They are Americans and are not wanted there.
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