RAPHAEL TENTHANI

Associated Press
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Malawi media mogul Gospel Kazako has had masked thugs torch two of his radio station's vehicles. The president has accused the station of fanning anti-government demonstrations that turned violent.

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US aid deal for Malawi delayed

A planned deal to give Malawi $350 million in U.S. aid will not be signed this week because more talks are needed amid international concerns new laws curb individual freedoms, officials said Monday.

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Malawi: Christian sect in measles vaccine standoff

More than 100 members of a Christian religious sect have barricaded themselves in an abandoned building in southern Malawi over their refusal to give their children the measles vaccine, a regional health official said Wednesday.

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Dramatic fish decline in Lake Malawi causes alarm

The supply of fish in the world's eighth-largest lake has plunged by more than 90 percent over two decades, according to researchers who say more fish farms must be built to reduce fishing pressure on Lake Malawi.

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Malawi president weds in colorful ceremony

Malawi's president has married a former Cabinet minister.

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Madonna lays brick for new African girls' academy

Madonna laid the first brick of her new girls' academy near Malawi's capital Tuesday, in which she encouraged Malawian girls to "dare to dream," according to the inscription on the brick.

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Malawi government defends gay couple's prosecution

Malawi's government said Monday that it is unmoved by international criticism of the trial of a gay couple charged with unnatural acts and gross indecency, felonies for which they could be imprisoned for up to 14 years.

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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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Some poor nations succeeding in fighting hunger

Government fertilizer has made the difference between hunger and plenty for Rodrick Jesitala, a farmer and father of three in southern Malawi.

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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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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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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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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 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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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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Lawyer says former Malawi president arrested

Malawi's former president, Bakili Muluzi, was detained at the capital's airport Sunday and later placed under house arrest amid a government investigation into an alleged coup plot.

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Ruling on Madonna adoption bid is postponed

Madonna won't know until next week whether a Malawian boy she found in an orphanage in 2006 will become a permanent member of her family, her lawyer said.

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Word of Madonna film reaches village of David Banda's father

Some 100 miles from Malawi's capital, the dusty village of Lipunga has no movie theaters or video players, let alone electricity. But villager Yohane Banda has at least heard that Madonna's new documentary is meant to draw attention to this southern African country's poverty.

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Floods Leave at Least 3 Dead in Malawi

Rains battered portions of flood-ravaged southern Africa Thursday, killing at least three people in Malawi and forcing Zambia to declare a national disaster.

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Judge Postpones Madonna Adoption Hearing

A High Court judge postponed Monday his ruling on a challenge to Madonna's plans to adopt a Malawian baby.

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Madonna to Talk About Adoption on Oprah

Oprah Winfrey was scheduled to tape an interview with Madonna on Tuesday about the pop singer's planned adoption of a 13-month-old boy from the African country of Malawi.

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