Malawi child killed during series of earthquakes

A police official says a 1-year-old child has died in Malawi following a series of earthquakes in the southern African country.

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Malawi opposition leaders convicted of sedition

Lawyers say two Malawian opposition leaders have been convicted of sedition and inciting violence while campaigning.

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Madonna leaves Malawi after week's charity tour

Madonna has left Malawi after a nearly weeklong visit with her family, airport and charity officials said Saturday.

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Madonna promises light for Malawian village

Madonna has promised electricity to a village in Malawi, the impoverished southern African country where she runs a charity organization and from which she has adopted two children.

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Scoop: Boyle’s wardrobe goof is no dream

This isn’t a dream for Susan Boyle — she really did have a wardrobe malfunction at an Oct. 22 soccer match.

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Madonna returns to Malawi to launch girls school

Madonna arrived in Malawi Sunday to visit the girls school she is building in the impoverished country where she adopted two children, an official for the star's charity said.

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Madonna returns to Malawi to launch girls school

An official for Madonna's African charity says the star has arrived in Malawi to visit the girls school she is building in the impoverished country where she adopted two children.

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Malawi expels tobacco buyers for price undercuts

Foreign tobacco buyers who are paying less than agreed-upon prices for the country's main cash crop are the "enemy of the people" and will be expelled, said the president of this African nation, whose government this week deported three of them.

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Malawi child tobacco workers exposed to nicotine

Children picking tobacco in the fields of Malawi for consumers far beyond the African country's borders are being poisoned as they absorb up to two cigarette packs' worth of nicotine each day, a children's rights organization said Monday,

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Mice, anyone? Making a meal out of mice in Malawi

Cooked, salted or dried, field mice strung on sticks are sold as a popular delicacy in Malawi markets and roadside stalls.

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Madonna's adopted daughter leaves Malawi

Madonna's new daughter has flown out of her native Malawi on a private jet headed for London, an airport employee and a person familiar with Madonna's adoption proceedings in this southern African country said Saturday.

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Madonna can adopt 3-year-old Mercy from Malawi

There's mercy for Madonna — Malawi's highest court ruled Friday that the pop star can adopt a second child from the African nation, citing her love, determination, and "income tax returns."

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Court order stops elephant relocation in Malawi

A court in Malawi has stopped the evacuation of more than 60 elephants from a rural area where they were getting into deadly battles with farmers.

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Malawi inaugurates president for second term

President Bingu wa Mutharika of Malawi was sworn in to a second five-year term Friday after a landslide election victory, and he immediately reached out to his vanquished opponents.

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Court rules out ex-Malawi president for election

Malawi's constitutional court ruled Saturday that the African nation's first democratically elected president cannot compete in next week's election.

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Madonna adoption case heard amid paternity dispute

Malawi's highest court heard arguments Monday on Madonna's bid to adopt a 3-year-old girl from the southern African country, as a dispute erupted over whether a man trying to stop the proceedings is the girl's father.

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Malawi court to hear Madonna adoption appeal May 4

Madonna's appeal of a court ruling denying her request to adopt a 3-year-old girl from Malawi will be heard next month, a court official said Monday.

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Madonna still hopes to adopt Malawian child

Madonna has told a newspaper in Malawi that she still wants to adopt a girl from the poor African nation despite legal obstacles, to educate her and empower her to help people in her country.

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Madonna leaves Malawi after adoption setback

Madonna left Malawi on her private jet Sunday after being rebuffed in an attempt to adopt a second child from the poor African nation, air traffic control officials said.

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Malawi minister backs Madonna's adoption bid

Malawi's child welfare minister is backing Madonna's bid to adopt a second child from the impoverished southern African country.

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Scoop: Debate continues over Madonna’s adoption

While Madonna toured a day-care center built by her charity in Malawi on Monday, adoption experts worldwide continued their debate over whether the pop star should be adopting a second child from the African country.

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Madonna confirms her adoption push in Malawi

Madonna said Tuesday that she was following standard procedures in her adoption of a Malawian girl, her first response to accusations that she is using her fame to speed the process.

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Madonna to appeal court ruling on Malawi adoption

Madonna lost a bid Friday to adopt a second child from Malawi, rejected by a judge who said she would not bend the country's strict residency rules even for a wealthy celebrity.

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Officials: Madonna trying to adopt Malawian child

Madonna is planning to adopt a second child from Malawi, officials said Thursday, but questions have already been raised over whether the newly divorced pop star will face obstacles because of her single mom status.

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Malawi's ex-president arrested

Malawi's former leader appeared in court to face corruption and abuse of office charges Thursday, weeks before an election in which he hopes to regain the presidency.

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Although maternity mortality rates remain high in Malawi, in Pitala village they may "have fallen to zero," apparently partially due to a bicycle ambulance, as reported in this BBC article.

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This is the story of William Kamkwama, a young boy who built a windmill to provide his house with electricity when he was only 14 years old. William lives in the impoverished African nation of Malawi.

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William Kamkwamba, a teenage boy in Malawi, saw a photo of a windmill in a textbook at the library and decided that if he could build one it would be useful to his village.

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Children in Malawi who are forced to work as tobacco pickers are exposed to nicotine poisoning equivalent to smoking 50 cigarettes a day, an investigation has found.

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Madonna can get ''Mercy,'' Malawi's highest court ruled Friday. The court overruled a lower court, saying the pop star can adopt 3-year-old Chifundo ''Mercy'' James.

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The Supreme Court of Malawi will hear Madonna's adoption case of Mercy James, but the girl's alleged father says he wants to raise her.

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Originally posted Thursday April 09, 2009 10:15 AM EDT Madonna is ready to do battle.

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Madonna's petition to adopt a second Malawian child was rejected by a local judge Friday, an official said."The decision came down to residency requirement and the fact that the judge believes she was being well taken care of in the orphanage," said Zione Ntaba, a spokeswoman for …

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This is a very interesting opinion piece about Madonna and her adoption of a second child from Malawi, Africa. At first glance, it sounds as the author is throwing stones at Madonna, however, if you read the whole article, it sheds light on the question of charity vs.

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Madonna is back in Malawi, seeking to adopt another child from the country – despite controversy over her adoption of a child there three years ago.

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The main reason Madonna is right to adopt another child from Malawi

The Save the Children charity has added its weighty voice to the debate as to whether Madonna should adopt another child and has spoken out against her, citing the fact that children should be cared for by 'extended families in their own home community'.

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At least 19 supporters have died after a wall collapsed before Ivory Coast's World Cup qualifier against Malawi.

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Madonna's plans to adopt Mercy -'Let he who has not sinned cast the first stone.'

There is a lot of hue and cry on Madonna's plans of adoption of Mercy.

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The RapidSMS system, as it is called, is on a four-month trial run that began in January 2009 in three districts of Malawi's Central Province.

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Government subsidies for seed and fertiliser have increased the maize harvest, but many Malawians are still hungry. ActionAid study quoted.

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The link between fuel prices and food hits Malawi and many other countries hard. The Green Revolution exported a fossil-fuel based agriculture around the world, and multilateral institutions pushed an export-ag model which is causing untold hardships in Malawi and elsewhere.

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