Madge ’snubbed 12 Malawi orphans to adopt Mercy’

September 15th, 2009 NEW YORK - Queen of pop Madonna has lost the head of her Raising Malawi charity after he fell for her trainer. Executive director Philippe van den Bossche, who helped Madonna adopt her daughter Mercy, is leaving the charity's Los Angeles headquarters to live with petite but perfect Tracy Anderson in New York.

July 10th, 2009 LONDON - Queen of Pop Madonna's newly adopted daughter Mercy got a taste of the high life, as she and her new family headed for lunch at the Ritz. Mercy James, 4, who had been living in a mud hut in Malawi before Madge adopted her, was dressed in jeans, pink hoody, and trainers as she held her new mum's hand to step out of a car, reports the Daily Star.

June 21st, 2009 LONDON - Madonna's new adopted daughter Mercy was reportedly flown 6,000 miles from Malawi to meet her new family in London and taken straight to a Kabbalah meeting. The three-year-old was allegedly whisked to the Kabbalah centre for her first lesson in the controversial Jewish mysticism within hours of arriving.

June 20th, 2009 LONDON - Madonna has finally jetted off to Malawi to pick up her new adopted daughter Mercy James. Tagging along with the Queen of Pop on her journey to Malawi were her kids- Lourdes, 12, Rocco, eight, and David, three.

June 15th, 2009 LONDON - The decision to allow Madonna the right to adopt a second Malawian tot has found favour amongst many in the southern African country. The Queen of Pop was granted full custody of four-year-old Chifundo "Mercy" James after her initial applications were rejected, since the singer was not a resident of the state.

June 13th, 2009 LONDON - While Madonna is ecstatic over winning her bid to adopt a second child from Malawi, critics have claimed that the superstar won only because she pumped a whopping 12 million pounds to the poverty-stricken country. Malawi's Supreme Court of Appeal overturned a previous ruling that stopped Madonna taking Mercy James, four, to America, and granted her the permission to adopt the African girl.

June 12th, 2009 LONDON - Madonna can adopt a second child from Malawi, the country's highest court has ruled. Earlier the star was stopped from adopting four-year-old orphan Chifundo "Mercy" James.

June 9th, 2009 LONDON - Madonna has reportedly convinced judges to overturn their decision, and let her adopt second Malawian child. Two of the three appeal judges were said to have given a thumbs up to the application, while the third was allegedly "in complete unison with them".

June 8th, 2009 LONDON - After a failed attempt to adopt a baby girl from Malawi, Queen of Pop Madonna has reportedly turned to another African country for adoption. According to sources, the 'Material Girl' is willing to adopt a child from AIDS-stricken Lesotho, a country that has close links with Prince Harry.

June 7th, 2009 LONDON - After failing to adopt Mercy from Malawi, Madonna has reportedly turned to an orphanage in Nigeria - and this time toyboy lover Jesus is by her side. Apparently, the star has been making inquiries at an orphanage in the city of Kaduna about a female tot.

June 7th, 2009 LONDON - After a failed attempt to adopt a baby girl from Malawi recently, pop diva Madonna is now eying to adopt a child from Lesotho, landlocked country surrounded by South Africa. The 50-year-old singer, who is in the process of appealing a court ruling that she cannot adopt four-year-old Mercy James from Malawi, is said to be considering giving a child from the impoverished African kingdom a home as she is desperate to become a mother again, reports dailymail.co.uk.

May 11th, 2009 LONDON - Pop diva Madonna is setting up a trust to help Malawi girl Mercy James even if she can't adopt her. The singer wants to make sure the three-year-old gets good education and sees life outside Malawi, reported newsoftheworld.co.uk.

May 6th, 2009 LONDON - Pop diva Madonna is set to launch a campaign to help single mothers adopt children from foreign countries if legal officials in Malawi block her bid to take home three-year-old Mercy James. The pop superstar launched a legal battle to adopt Mercy last month but her request was turned down on the grounds that prospective parents have to be resident of the country for 18 to 24 months prior to an adoption, reported contactmusic.com.

May 4th, 2009 LONDON - Madonna is reportedly shattered with claims that her bid to adopt a second Malawian child is headed downhill. The Queen of Pop had been preparing to adopt three-year-old Mercy James but her application had been rejected by a court.

May 3rd, 2009 After coming into criticism in 2006 when she adopted 13-month-old David Banda in Malawi, Madonna still wants to adopt a child. The pop-star was very keen on adopting a second child from Malawi, despite a court in the country refusing to grant her permission.