Paris
(Reuters):
Hollywood
actress
Angelina
Jolie
has
said
she
was
shocked
by
attacks
on
Madonna
over
her
adoption
of
a
Malawian
boy,
but
said
she
would
only
take
a
child
from
a
country
where
the
rules
on
adoption
are
clearly
defined.
Madonna's
adoption
of
the
boy
last
year
led
some
right
groups
in
Malawi
to
question
whether
the
American
pop
star
had
used
her
celebrity
to
bypass
laws
governing
the
adoption
of
Malawians
by
foreigners
--
an
argument
denied
by
her
lawyers.
'I
was
horrified
by
the
attacks
against
her,'
Jolie,
who
has
two
adopted
children
herself,
told
French
magazine
Gala.
But
Jolie
added
that
she
would
have
steered
clear
of
adoption
from
a
country
like
Malawi.
'Madonna
knew
the
situation
in
Malawi
...
In
this
country,
there
is
not
really
a
legal
framework
for
adopting.
Personally,
I
prefer
staying
on
the
right
side
of
the
law.
I
would
never
bring
back
a
child
from
a
country
where
adoption
is
illegal.'
Jolie
and
actor
Brad
Pitt
have
formed
one
of
Hollywood's
most
glamorous
families
with
baby
daughter
Shiloh,
adopted
Ethiopian
daughter
Zahara
and
adopted
Cambodian
son
Maddox.
Madonna
signed
interim
adoption
papers
for
one-year
old
David
Banda
when
she
and
her
husband,
British
film
director
Guy
Ritchie,
visited
Malawi
in
October
on
what
they
said
was
a
humanitarian
mission
to
help
orphans
in
the
southern
African
nation.
David
Banda,
whose
mother
had
died,
was
living
in
an
orphanage
and
his
father
--
who
initially
voiced
some
questions
about
the
process
--
later
said
he
supported
it.
Under
the
interim
order,
David
Banda
was
to
stay
with
Madonna
for
18
months
during
which
time
his
progress
would
be
monitored
by
Malawian
officials
before
deciding
whether
final
approval
may
be
given
for
him
to
remain
with
her
family.