Madonna to defy Russia church plea to tone down act
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Pop star Madonna will sing suspended  from a cross in the finale of her Moscow concert on Tuesday  despite a plea from the Russian Orthodox Church to drop that  part of her act.
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Pop star Madonna's Russian concert was  pushed back a day to avoid performing on the fifth anniversary  of the September 11 attacks on the United States, a Russian  organizer said on Monday.
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Pop star Madonna has visited Judaism&#39;s sacred Western Wall in the dead of night, to avoid being mobbed by waiting photographers.
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After midnight prayers at the grave of a rabbinical sage, songstress Madonna yesterday called for world peace at a conference on Jewish mysticism, a highlight of her five-day pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
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Madonna's publicist denies the singer is planning to adopt a baby during her visit to Malawi.
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Pop singer Madonna on Thursday   defended staging a mock crucifixion during her record-breaking   "Confessions" world tour, saying it was not "anti-Christian,   sacrilegious or blasphemous" -- but a plea for people to help   one another.
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NEW YORK, Oct 28  - Elton John has said he will apologise to Madonna, after launching an expletive-laced attack on the Material Girl for lip-synching on stage.
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Pop star Madonna starts the German leg of her tour despite threats of possible prosecution for blasphemy.
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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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Magliette con lo slogan 'Repent and sin no more'
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Pop marm Madonna made her way to the Western Wall in Jerusalem under the cover of darkness yesterday only to be put off by angry protesters.
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Madonna&#39;s tour of Israel has gotten decidedly mixed reviews - with the harshest words from some religious Jews unhappy with her embrace of kabbalah.
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The leader of the world's Anglicans said on Friday that the Church of England will not resist the British government's attempt to repeal the country's blasphemy laws.
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JERUSALEM - Madonna is coming to the Holy Land. The pop diva, a student of Jewish mysticism, was headed to Israel on a spiritual quest for the Jewish New Year, which begins at sundown Wednesday...
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Madonna made a rare foray into politics Tuesday, calling for her home country to withdraw its troops from Iraq during an interview with British radio, reports Agence France-Presse.
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A long-desired trip by Pope John Paul II to Russia could only occur if the Vatican renounces efforts to expand Rome-affiliated churches in traditional Christian Orthodox areas, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church said.
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The Vatican said Tuesday it would lead the fight against pedophilia, but said the problem was not limited to the Catholic Church and that other institutions should take responsibility.