QUICK TAKES - April 3, 2009
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Malawi’s government supports pop singer Madonna’s bid to adopt a second child from the southern African country, the information minister said Thursday.
The government came under fire after Madonna adopted a 13-month-old Malawian child, David Banda, in 2006, with critics accusing it of giving her special treatment by skirting laws that ban nonresidents from adopting children.
“Madonna has been good to us, she is supporting over 25,000 orphans in this country, and she has proved that she can take care of David,” Malawian Information Minister Patricia Kaliati said in an interview.
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