Jolie adoption not "fast-tracked"

A US adoption agency has denied claims that Angelina Jolie's adoption of a Vietnamese boy was "fast-tracked".

Adoptions From The Heart, the agency which handled the adoption for Jolie, explained that the Tomb Raider actress started the process last summer.

"Throughout Ms Jolie's adoption process, she received no preferential treatment from the Vietnamese government or Adoptions From The Heart," the agency's Vietnam co-ordinator Heidi Gonzalez explained.

"Contrary to earlier reports, her application was not fast-tracked."