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An Ex-President, An Actor And Hundreds Of Students Help Rebuild New Orleans

by Pat Coate | March 21, 2008

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA - More than 600-students from 40 states in the U.S. and six continents joined Sunday with former President Bill Clinton and actor Brad Pitt to help rebuild the Katrina-damaged Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans.

Ground was formally broken for Pitt's "Make it Right" project which involves the construction of 150 eco-friendly, affordable homes.

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