From my archive of press clippings:
Canada.Com
Chantal criticizes Madonna, Jolie for adoptions
By Adrian Chamberlain, Canwest News ServiceJune 22, 2009
Celebrities such as Madonna and Angelina Jolie are making a mistake by adopting African children, says Canadian pop singer Chantal Kreviazuk.
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Friday, September 11, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
NYT - Celebrity Adoptions and the Real World
New York Times
Celebrity Adoptions and the Real World
May 10, 2009, 8:00 pm
By The Editors
Madonna’s quest to adopt a second child — a 3-year-old girl — from Malawi has once again put the celebrity in the spotlight and stirred debate about international adoptions. Save the Children (U.K.) has said that the girl Madonna wants to adopt and children like her would be better off in their home countries, and that most children in orphanages have extended family. (A man claiming to be the father of the girl, Chifundo James known as Mercy, has come forward demanding custody.) This view of international adoption is also held by Unicef.
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Celebrity Adoptions and the Real World
May 10, 2009, 8:00 pm
By The Editors
Madonna’s quest to adopt a second child — a 3-year-old girl — from Malawi has once again put the celebrity in the spotlight and stirred debate about international adoptions. Save the Children (U.K.) has said that the girl Madonna wants to adopt and children like her would be better off in their home countries, and that most children in orphanages have extended family. (A man claiming to be the father of the girl, Chifundo James known as Mercy, has come forward demanding custody.) This view of international adoption is also held by Unicef.
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Sunday, May 10, 2009
TS - Madonna's Malawi adoption bid on knife edge over 'no foreigners' rule
The Scotsman
Madonna's Malawi adoption bid on knife edge over 'no foreigners' rule
Published Date: 05 May 2009
By Stephen McGinty
MADONNA's lawyers argued yesterday that not being a resident of Malawi should not prevent her adopting a girl from the country.
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Madonna's Malawi adoption bid on knife edge over 'no foreigners' rule
Published Date: 05 May 2009
By Stephen McGinty
MADONNA's lawyers argued yesterday that not being a resident of Malawi should not prevent her adopting a girl from the country.
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Saturday, April 25, 2009
TE - Madonna and no child. International adoptions are not always for the best.
The Economist
Madonna and no child. International adoptions are not always for the best.
Apr 4th 2009
From Economist.com
MADONNA seems like a person used to getting her own way. So the pop star must have been dismayed when a court in Malawi refused to her request to adopt a three-year-old girl, Chifundo James. A judge ruled on Friday April 3rd that the adoption of Chifundo could not go ahead because Madonna had not fulfilled residency requirements. The last time Madonna tried to adopt a Malawian child she met with more success and a heap of criticism.
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Madonna and no child. International adoptions are not always for the best.
Apr 4th 2009
From Economist.com
MADONNA seems like a person used to getting her own way. So the pop star must have been dismayed when a court in Malawi refused to her request to adopt a three-year-old girl, Chifundo James. A judge ruled on Friday April 3rd that the adoption of Chifundo could not go ahead because Madonna had not fulfilled residency requirements. The last time Madonna tried to adopt a Malawian child she met with more success and a heap of criticism.
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Saturday, April 11, 2009
DN - Malawi adoption case: when the law and what's best for the child clash
Daily Nation
Malawi adoption case: when the law and what's best for the child clash
Posted Thursday, April 9 2009 at 18:23
In Summary
US pop star Madonna wants to adopt Mercy James but the Malawi court says she can’t. Those supporting her say she will give the girl a good life while her detractors say she is behaving ‘like a bully’, using her fame and money to sidestep the law. GEORGE GORIJO MHANGO reports from Malawi
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"The ruling by a Malawian court rejecting American pop star Madonna’s attempt to adopt a second orphan from the southern African country has brought into sharp focus the issue of inter-country adoption."
"Judge Esmie Chombo, who presided over the case, said that the 50-year-old pop star could not be granted custody because she is a single parent and has not been resident in Malawi for at least a year, as required by the inter-country adoption laws."
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"Judge Chombo also noted the potential ramifications a ruling in Madonna’s favour might have on adopted children’s human rights saying, “By removing the very safeguard that is supposed to protect our children, the courts, by their pronouncements, could actually facilitate trafficking of children by some unscrupulous individuals.” "
Malawi adoption case: when the law and what's best for the child clash
Posted Thursday, April 9 2009 at 18:23
In Summary
US pop star Madonna wants to adopt Mercy James but the Malawi court says she can’t. Those supporting her say she will give the girl a good life while her detractors say she is behaving ‘like a bully’, using her fame and money to sidestep the law. GEORGE GORIJO MHANGO reports from Malawi
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"The ruling by a Malawian court rejecting American pop star Madonna’s attempt to adopt a second orphan from the southern African country has brought into sharp focus the issue of inter-country adoption."
"Judge Esmie Chombo, who presided over the case, said that the 50-year-old pop star could not be granted custody because she is a single parent and has not been resident in Malawi for at least a year, as required by the inter-country adoption laws."
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"Judge Chombo also noted the potential ramifications a ruling in Madonna’s favour might have on adopted children’s human rights saying, “By removing the very safeguard that is supposed to protect our children, the courts, by their pronouncements, could actually facilitate trafficking of children by some unscrupulous individuals.” "
Friday, February 20, 2009
REUTERS - Malawi court approves Madonna adoption
From my archive of press clippings:
Reuters
Malawi court approves Madonna adoption
Thu May 29, 2008 12:16am EDT
By Mabvuto Banda
LILONGWE, Malawi (Reuters) - A Malawian court on Wednesday formally approved pop star Madonna's adoption of a baby boy she took home from an orphanage in the impoverished southern African nation, a lawyer for the singer said.
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Reuters
Malawi court approves Madonna adoption
Thu May 29, 2008 12:16am EDT
By Mabvuto Banda
LILONGWE, Malawi (Reuters) - A Malawian court on Wednesday formally approved pop star Madonna's adoption of a baby boy she took home from an orphanage in the impoverished southern African nation, a lawyer for the singer said.
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