Madonna arrives in Moscow for show
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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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Madonna's first-ever concert in Russia is going to be a day late   and a blessing short.
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Madonna will wrap her Confessions  tour Thursday at the Tokyo Dome as the top-grossing tour ever  by a female artist.
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Fresh from her acclaimed "Re-Invention" tour, pop idol Madonna embarks on Wednesday on a spiritual pilgrimage to Israel to practice her newfound faith in the mystical Jewish Kabbalah.
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Pop diva Madonna arrived in Malawi on Wednesday to adopt an African child and fund an orphan center for 1,000 children, many of whom lost parents to AIDS.
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Madonna is bringing her "Confessions" tour to network television. A two-hour special will be taped this summer at Wembley Stadium in London and shown in November on NBC.
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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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The Vatican returned a Russian icon venerated by Pope John Paul II to Moscow on Friday in a gesture aimed at improving strained relations with the Russian Orthodox Church and possibly clearing the way for a visit by the ailing pontiff.
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ROME  - The Vatican returned a Russian icon venerated by Pope John Paul to Moscow on Friday in a gesture aimed at improving strained relations with the Russian Orthodox Church and possibly clearing the way for a visit by the ailing pontiff.
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Madonna plans to adopt a child in Malawi, government officials said Wednesday, as the pop star arrived in the southern African nation on a mission to help AIDS orphans.
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Pop star Madonna called for world peace Sunday at a conference on Jewish mysticism, a highlight of her five-day pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
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The venue and date of Madonna's Moscow tour date are changed to allay fears about safety.
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Fresh from her acclaimed  "Re-Invention" tour, pop idol Madonna embarks on Wednesday on a  spiritual pilgrimage to Israel to practice her newfound faith  in the mystical Jewish Kabbalah.
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Pop diva Madonna last performed in Israel in 1993, but has come to the country this time to take part in a Kabbalah conference sponsored by the Los Angeles-based Kabbalah Center.
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Pop star Madonna, on a spiritual pilgrimage to the Holy Land, glimpsed Judaism's sacred Western Wall from afar in the dead of night to avoid being mobbed by waiting photographers.
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Pop star Madonna, on a spiritual  pilgrimage to the Holy Land, glimpsed Judaism's sacred Western  Wall from afar in the dead of night to avoid being mobbed by  waiting photographers.
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Madonna's debut film as a director will have its world premiere at the Berlin film festival in February, its organisers said on Friday.