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10/21/2004 at 09:14 PM ET

From MOSNEWS.comHollywood actress Angelina Jolie has adopted a Russian baby. After visiting several children’s homes in Moscow, she chose 7-month-old Gleb. Jolie reportedly wanted a blond, blue-eyed boy. A source from the orphanage, Baby House No 13, revealed: “He is just what Angelina saw in her dreams. “She took him in her arms and kissed him.”Jolie will not be able to take Gleb right away, sometimes the procedure takes up to several months. Gleb is Jolie’s second adopted son; the first boy Maddox is from Cambodia and is now 3-years-old.The other purpose of Jolie’s trip to Russia is helping Beslan children. She brought gifts and money contributions to Children’s Hospital #9, where many victims of Beslan’s atrocities are treated.”Jolie came to Russia to support the child of Beslan,” said Lubov Seljavina, associate manager of Moscow’s Department of Education. “But she was not arranging to adopt one of them.”Jolie was previously in Russia in August of last year as the Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations. She visited the Morozov Children’s Hospital in Moscow, as well as some refugee camps in Ossetia and Ingushetia. During a dinner with Yuri Fedotov, Deputy Foreign Minister, she questioned him about the conditions of adopting Russian children.EDITOR’S NOTE: Gleb?

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