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		<title>ActionAid: Poor nations conquer hunger by simply investing more in small farmers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Maliti</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BLANTYRE, Malawi — Government fertilizer has made the difference between hunger and plenty for Rodrick Jesitala, a farmer and father of three in southern Malawi.

Thanks to fertilizer he couldn&#8217;t afford without government help, Jesitala harvested enough corn to feed his family this year. A report released Friday praised Malawi&#8217;s program, saying governments simply making agriculture [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warning: Buying tobacco at less than minimum prices is hazardous, president says</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raphael Tenthani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BLANTYRE, Malawi — Foreign tobacco buyers who are paying less than agreed-upon prices for the country&#8217;s main cash crop are the &#8220;enemy of the people&#8221; and will be expelled, said the president of this African nation, whose government this week deported three of them.

President Bingu wa Mutharika&#8217;s administration ordered the expulsion of a South African [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malawi child tobacco workers exposed to high levels of nicotine, rights organization reports</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raphael Tenthani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BLANTYRE, Malawi — Children picking tobacco in the fields of Malawi for consumers far beyond the African country&#8217;s borders are being poisoned as they absorb up to two cigarette packs&#8217; worth of nicotine each day, a children&#8217;s rights organization said Monday,

The &#8220;extremely high levels of nicotine poisoning&#8221; produces not only nausea, headaches, dizziness, difficulty in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malawi appeal court grants Madonna&#8217;s bid to adopt 3-year-old Mercy; lawyer says adoption final</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raphael Tenthani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BLANTYRE, Malawi — There&#8217;s mercy for Madonna — Malawi&#8217;s highest court ruled Friday that the pop star can adopt a second child from the African nation, citing her love, determination, and &#8220;income tax returns.&#8221;

In granting Madonna custody of 3-year-old Chifundo &#8220;Mercy&#8221; James, the court extended the definition of residency and brushed aside concerns by human [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malawi&#8217;s highest court grants Madonna&#8217;s bid to adopt 3-year-old Mercy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raphael Tenthani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BLANTYRE, Malawi — Madonna can get &#8220;Mercy,&#8221; Malawi&#8217;s highest court ruled Friday. The court overruled a lower court, saying the pop star can adopt 3-year-old Chifundo &#8220;Mercy&#8221; James.

&#8220;I am ecstatic,&#8221; Madonna said in a statement in which she also thanked the court. &#8220;My family and I look forward to sharing our lives with her.&#8221;
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		<title>Malawi appeal court grants Madonna&#8217;s bid to adopt 3-year-old Mercy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raphael Tenthani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BLANTYRE, Malawi — Madonna can get &#8220;Mercy,&#8221; Malawi&#8217;s highest court ruled Friday. The court overruled a lower court, saying the pop star can adopt 3-year-old Chifundo &#8220;Mercy&#8221; James.

&#8220;I am ecstatic,&#8221; Madonna said in a statement in which she also thanked the court. &#8220;My family and I look forward to sharing our lives with her.&#8221;
Madonna&#8217;s lawyer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malawi&#8217;s highest court allows Madonna&#8217;s bid for 2nd adoption from southern African country</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raphael Tenthani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BLANTYRE, Malawi — Madonna can adopt a second child from Malawi, the southern African country&#8217;s highest court ruled Friday, overturning a lower court decision it said was out of touch with the times.

Chief Justice Lovemore Munlo, reading the three-judge panel&#8217;s ruling, also said the singer&#8217;s commitment to helping disadvantaged children should have been taken into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malawi&#8217;s highest court allows Madonna&#8217;s 2nd adoption from the southern African country</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BLANTYRE, Malawi — Madonna can adopt a second child from Malawi, the southern African country&#8217;s highest court ruled Friday, overturning a lower court decision it said was out of touch with the times.

Chief Justice Lovemore Munlo, reading the three-judge panel&#8217;s ruling, also said the singer&#8217;s commitment to helping disadvantaged children should have been taken into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyer: Court will rule Friday on Madonna&#8217;s effort to adopt girl from Malawi</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BLANTYRE, Malawi — Malawi&#8217;s highest court plans to announce Friday whether Madonna can adopt a second child from the impoverished southern African country, the pop star&#8217;s lawyer said Thursday.

The lawyer, Alan Chinula, said the ruling would be issued at 9 a.m.
Madonna had appealed after a lower court ruled she could not adopt 3-year-old Chifundo &#8220;Mercy&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malawi hearings begin in Madonna&#8217;s adoption appeal, amid paternity dispute</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 17:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raphael Tenthani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BLANTYRE, Malawi — Malawi&#8217;s highest court began deliberating on Madonna&#8217;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&#8217;s father.

Madonna was not at Monday&#8217;s closed-door hearing at the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal, and a ruling may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Madonna adoption case faces dispute over whether man trying to stop proceedings is father</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 14:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BLANTYRE, Malawi — Malawi&#8217;s highest court began deliberating on Madonna&#8217;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&#8217;s father.

Madonna was not at Monday&#8217;s closed-door hearing at the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal, and a ruling may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Madonna adoption: Dispute over whether man trying to stop proceedings is father</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BLANTYRE, Malawi — Malawi&#8217;s highest court began deliberating on Madonna&#8217;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&#8217;s father.

Madonna was not at Monday&#8217;s closed-door hearing at the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal, and a ruling may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malawi court to hear Madonna adoption appeal May 4 on bid for 3-year-old Malawi girl</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/malawi-court-to-hear-madonna-adoption-appeal-may-4-on-bid-for-3-year-old-malawi-girl-31262/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raphael Tenthani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BLANTYRE, Malawi — Madonna&#8217;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.

The pop star is not required to be present for the appeal, which may last two weeks.
Joseph Chigona, Registrar of the High Court and the Supreme Court [...]]]></description>
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