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Last updated February 7, 2008 2:25 p.m. PT

People in the News: Jolie shines light on Iraqis' plight

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Angelina Jolie is back in Baghdad to bring the lens that's usually focused on her to the plight of Iraqi refugees, The Associated Press reports.

The U.N. goodwill ambassador's jam-packed itinerary, which began Thursday, included an interview with CNN and meetings with the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, as well as Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Iraqi migration officials, according to the U.S. embassy there.

Jolie visited Iraq in August and saw firsthand how the war had displaced 1,200 refugees, who were camped out at the border.

On this visit, she also visited with U.S. troops during lunch at a dining facility in the heavily guarded Green Zone, which houses the embassy and Iraqi government offices in central Baghdad.

Jolie said there needs to be a more coherent plan in place as more than 2 million internally displaced Iraqis begin to trickle back to their homes.

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