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Malawi stories: 35 news summaries

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22 Fans Crushed at Ivory Coast World Cup Qualifier 

50,000 came to see European stars play

Mar 30, 09 1:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least 22 people were killed and 132 wounded in a stampede yesterday at a packed Ivory Coast soccer match, the Telegraph reports. The panic was sparked as fans without tickets broke down a stadium wall and poured inside. Victims were treated just yards away as Ivory Coast beat Malawi... More »

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soccer • Malawi • death • stadium • stampede • Ivory Coast • 2010 World Cup

Madonna Arrives in Malawi to Begin Adoption

Pop star tours village amid criticism of plans for Mercy James

Mar 29, 09 3:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Madonna is now in Malawi to get her adoption of a young girl named Mercy James rolling, the BBC reports. Spotted in the village of Chinkhota, Madge said it was “amazing” to be back in Malawi, where she adopted her son David Banda three years ago. Mercy James is... More »

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Malawi • gossip • Madonna • foreign adoptions • David Banda • Mercy James

(Newser) - A UK-based charity is asking Madonna to reconsider her plans to adopt another Malawian orphan, the BBC reports. Save the Children says orphans should be cared for by their extended families, and that being whisked away by a fabulously wealthy foreign pop star was “not a solution.” Mercy... More »

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adoption • Malawi • Madonna • foreign adoptions

 Madge Chooses Adoption 
 Over Jesus 

Singer confirms split on Twitter

Mar 27, 09 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Apparently the Material Girl would rather have another child than a young lover. Madonna confirmed her split with Jesus Luz on Twitter, the Daily Mail reports, saying she is “glad” to be single. Some are speculating Madonna dumped the 22-year-old after Malawian officials raised their eyebrows. The singer’s... More »

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adoption • Malawi • celebrity • breakup • Madonna • Twitter • Jesus Luz • Howard Stern Grid

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Madonna Adopting 
 Again: Officials 

Plus, love triumphs and troubles for celebs

Mar 26, 09 11:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - As officials confirm Madonna is en route to Malawi to adopt a new baby, the singer received a glowing recommendation from young lover Jesus Luz’s father, the Mirror reports. “When Cupid strikes, age doesn't matter,” he said. More on Cupid in Hollywood:
  • Britney Spears is still
... More »

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Britney Spears • adoption • Prince Harry • Malawi • celebrity • Madonna • Adnan Ghalib • Pete Wentz • Ashlee Simpson • Mariah Carey • Nick Cannon • celebrity marriage • celebrity baby • Jesus Luz

 Madge's Crazy Sex Life 
 May Derail Adoption 

'Relationships' may hurt planned adoption of Malawi toddler, says official

Mar 24, 09 5:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Madonna's hijinks with A-Rod and Brazilian boytoy Jesus Luz threaten to block her planned adoption of 3-year-old Mercy James from Malawi, reports the New York Daily News. "The news she is linked to another woman's husband and a man less than half her age makes us question her morals,... More »

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Africa • adoption • Alex Rodriguez • Malawi • Madonna • David Banda • Jesus Luz

 Madonna Seeking 
 New African Baby 

Singer wants adopted Malawian son to have sibling from his homeland

Mar 17, 09 3:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Madonna wants to give the son she adopted from Malawi a sibling from his own country, despite the firestorm of controversy she faced the first time around, reports the New York Daily News. The singer—whom critics accused of using her fame to dodge laws in her adoption of David... More »

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adoption • Malawi • Madonna • David Banda

 Work Eases Madge's 
 Tough Times 

Music steadies Material Girl through divorce from Guy Ritchie

Nov 24, 08 3:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Madonna is saddened by her impending divorce, but work motivates her to soldier on, she tells the AP. Though her split with husband Guy Ritchie weighs heavily on her, touring and promoting a new movie “provides a distraction that keeps me going,” the star said. She recently made... More »

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music • work • Malawi • Madonna • celebrity divorces • Guy Ritchie • David Banda

(Newser) - Madonna has invited Alex Rodriguez to join her on her next trip to Malawi, where she's building a "kabbalah-enlightened" school, reports the Daily News. The Yankee slugger attended the aging superstar's concert in LA last week and is also considering tagging along when her tour heads to Brazil, Chile,... More »

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New York Yankees • Brazil • Alex Rodriguez • Chile • Argentina • Malawi • celebrity • Madonna

 Malawi Judge OKs
 Madonna Adoption 

Addition of David, 2, marred by charges
pop queen bent laws

May 28, 08 12:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Madonna has official custody of a Malawian boy after nearly 2 years of wrangling, a judge in the African nation ruled today. Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie have been taking care of 2-year-old David in London since meeting him in an orphanage in 2006, the AP reports. Critics railed at... More »

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adoption • Malawi • Madonna • orphanage • Guy Ritchie

 Madonna: Adopting 
 as Hard as Childbirth 

Singer describes 'birthing pains' in struggle over Malawi-born child

May 23, 08 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Madonna says her struggle to adopt a 3-year-old boy from Malawi is much like childbirth, AFP reports. “I sort of went through my own kind of birthing pains with dealing with the press on my front doorstep accusing me of kidnapping,” the singer said. “It was painful,... More »

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adoption • Malawi • celebrity • Madonna • David Banda

Madonna's Gardener Directs Her AIDS Film

He caught her eye making 'amazing'
home movies

Apr 26, 08 7:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Madonna tapped a director whose work she knew well for her new documentary about AIDS orphans in Malawi, People reports. Nathan Rissman "was my gardener. He was my carpenter," she said. And his home videos of her kids "were amazing." More »

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film • Malawi • documentary • orphan • Madonna • HIV/AIDS • David Banda • Nathan Rissman

 Material Girl Gets
 Back in the Groove 

Almost 50, Madonna has 2 films and a pop record on the way

Apr 6, 08 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pushing 50, Madonna is still rolling out movies and tunes like a true blue star, Vanity Fair reports. And she is unfazed by nasty reviews for Filth and Wisdom, a feature that she directed starring a Ukrainian gypsy punk singer. “You have to get to a point where you... More »

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AIDS • iTunes • Malawi • Justin Timberlake • documentary • Madonna • Timbaland • Filth and Wisdom • Material Girl • Pharrell Williams • Hard Candy • I Am Because We Are

Wealth Doesn't Always
Aid Health

UN finds child mortality rates uneven in
developing nations

Feb 18, 08 3:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Citing new child mortality statistics, analysts say a nation's wealth doesn’t always translate into better health for its youngest citizens, the BBC reports. Every year, 10 million children die before their fifth birthday, with 99% of the fatalities occurring in the developing world. But even when conditions improve, survival... More »

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health • India • wealth • Gordon Brown • Tanzania • Malawi • doctor • Nepal • Bangladesh • Save the Children • malnutrition • child mortality • Angola • ancient customs • Millennium Development Goals

They Pay the Price of Warming

when it comes to global warming, we're not in it together

Apr 3, 07 5:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - The obligation of people who live in countries that contribute the most to climate change--the developed nations— to those who will suffer most from it —the poor ones—is the subject of a provocative piece in the New York Times. More »

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climate change • environment • technology • Australia • carbon dioxide • India • drought • global warming • science • Netherlands • aid • Peter Gleick • Malawi • flood

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