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MADONNA has been given permission to adopt Mercy James from Malawi.
The country's highest court today allowed the pop star to adopt the three-year-old girl after a lower court refused her initial request back in April.
The Supreme Court of Appeal said it had failed to take into account modern realities when it rejected her application.
Madonna appealed after the lower court ruled she could not adopt the girl because the singer had not spent enough time in Malawi.
The lower court also said residency rules had been bent when Madonna adopted her son David, three, from Malawi last year.
Chief Justice Lovemore Munlo said today that was a narrow interpretation based on old laws, and that it is possible in today's globalized world to be resident in more than one place at a time.
He added that Madonna's commitment to the welfare of disadvantaged children should have been also been considered.
The 50-year-old star founded a charity called Raising Malawi that helps feed, educate and provide medical care for the country's one million orphans, the majority of whom have lost parents to AIDS.
Her decision to adopt from the African country promoted concerns from children's welfare groups who said rules had been bent because of Madonna's celebrity status and possibly out of gratitude to what she had done for Malawi
No one knows how to throw a party like MTV. So there must be quite a bash planned for Aug. 1, celebrating 25 years on the air. Right?
Sorry. MTV is staying in that night. There are no plans to even mention the birthday.
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Madonna’s 'Sticky and Sweet’ touring crew are threatening to quit.
Some of the 250 staff on the tour claim they are being treated like 'second class citizens' after being given cheap hotel accommodation - while Madonna stayed in an £11,000-a-night castle after her recent show in Nice, France.
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A spokesperson for Madonna has denied she "laughed hysterically" after hearing news of poor ticket sales for Mariah Carey's upcoming U.S. tour.
Reports in the American press suggest the music icon took great pleasure in the apparent news of her pop rival struggling to fill the venues for her upcoming live dates. The New York Daily News claims Madonna holds a grudge against Carey, following a disagreement between the pair earlier on in their careers.
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#2 Author: (29 Dec 2009 01:33) Madonna given adoption go-ahead