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Madonna due in Malawi court
11/04/2008 14:01 - (SA)
Lilongwe - US pop star Madonna is
expected to appear in a Malawian court in about two weeks for a
final ruling on whether she can adopt a child from the southern
African country, court clerks said on Friday.
"Tentatively the case is expected in court on these dates -
the 22nd, 23rd and 25th (of April)," said one of the clerks, who
asked to remain anonymous.
He said Madonna's lawyers had requested those dates and the
judge in the case would make a decision when he returns from
vacation this week.
Malawi's government recommended earlier this month that its
High Court approve Madonna's adoption of David Banda, the child
she met in a Malawian orphanage a year and a half ago.
Madonna began adoption proceedings in 2006 and the
two-year-old has been living with the pop star and her film
director husband Guy Ritchie in their London home since then.
The adoption has been controversial, with critics accusing
the government of skirting laws that ban non-residents from
adopting children in Malawi, which has been badly hit by an Aids
epidemic leaving more than one million orphans.
- Reuters
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