Madonna's Malawi trip in confusion over adoption
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BLANTYRE, Malawi  - Officials in Malawi insisted on Thursday that pop star Madonna was going to adopt a local child but acknowledged tension with the visiting singer, who denies having chosen an orphan boy.
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Madonna slipped into Moscow under a shroud of secrecy and tight security for a concert that has sparked protests and rekindled debate about RussiaÂs embrace of Western values in the post-Soviet era.
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Pop star Madonna, wearing a Diane Von Furstenberg dress, speaks during a &quot;Spirituality for Kids&quot; event, at the Kabbalah International Conference, held at the Intercontinental Hotel, in Tel Aviv, Israel in this Sunday, Sept 19, 2004 file photo.
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Israel was abuzz with excitement yesterday over the arrival of Madonna, its biggest celebrity visitor in years. The singer and her friends went to Israel yesterday
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Malawi's chief social welfare official has paid a visit to Madonna's London home, part of a long-delayed assessment into whether the pop idol can adopt a little boy from the Southern African country.
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Madonna has accepted a court ruling allowing human rights groups to monitor her adoption of an African child.
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Even for a performer who courts controversy, Madonna's Tuesday gig in Moscow has been notably contentious. The city didn't like the planned venue, other critics said her original plan to perform on Sept. 11 was disrespectful to the victims of the U.S. terror attacks five years ago, and officials of Russia's two largest religions didn't care for her performing anytime and anywhere.
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Pop idol Madonna has embarked on a spiritual pilgrimage to Israel to practice her newfound faith in the mystical Jewish Kabbalah. But the Catholic-bred singer&#39;s journey is likely to raise controversy among some ultra-Orthodox Jews.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden  - Adoption hotlines around the  world have been jammed with callers since the Asian tsunami on  Dec. 26 orphaned thousands of children, but experts and aid  agencies are telling would-be parents they may be disappointed.
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The United Nations is facing criticism over claims that a star-studded fundraising event hosted by Madonna at its headquarters last night was used to promote the controversial Kabbalah Centre and a new Gucci store
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Madonna may want to keep her baby --  but now she's got a fight on her hands.
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Madonna embarks on a visit to Israel with her family as part of her interest in the Kabbalah faith.
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A ZIMBABWEAN gospel diva with links to the First Family has been denied entry into the United Kingdom where she was due to perform at three concerts.
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Critics express reservations about Madonna's latest concerts as she ends the UK leg of her world tour.
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A Malawian social worker is set to visit the London home of pop star Madonna to assess the treatment of two-year-old David Banda whom she hopes to adopt, a government official said Monday.
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Pop diva Madonna has made a pilgrimage to Israel to practice her faith in the mystical Jewish religion of Kabbalah. The star is in Tel Aviv, where security is tight, on a three-day celebration of the Jewish New Year.
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Even Madonna doesn't always get what she wants. A deal for the pop diva to show a tape of one of her concerts on CBS has fallen through.