Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie (pictured) 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 rights 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," said Jolie, who has two adopted children herself. But Jolie added that she would have steered clear of adoption from a country like Malawi.

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.

Source: China Daily