The Sun have broken the news that Madonna's court hearing hasn't gone to plan:
"Madonna was told she could not take the tot back with her to the US because the singer was not a permanent resident of Malawi. Sources close to the star said she was 'spitting blood' after the judge defied the Malawian government to deny the adoption. But the judge launched a stinging attack on high profile celebrities flying in to poverty-stricken countries and adopting children. The ruling said: 'Put simply, courts do make law by the process of precedence and Miss Madonna may not be the only international person interested in adopting the so-called poor children of Malawi. By removing the very safeguard that is supposed to protect our children the courts by their pronouncements could actively facilitate trafficking of children by some unscrupulous individuals who would take advantage of the weakness of the law of the land. Anyone could come to Malawi and quickly arrange an adoption that might have grave consequences on the very children that the law seeks to protect. Having considered this then, at the end of the day, I must decline to grant the application for the adoption of the infant CJ... According to information from global media the petitioner jetted into the country just days after making the application. I take judicial notice of the reports in the media that the last time that the Petitioner was in the country was in 2008 at the time of the final adoption order for David Banda. In my considered opinion this would completely remove the Petitioner from the definition of a resident as defined by the Oxford English Dictionary."
This could be considered good news - a 50-year-old, recently divorced workaholic, who already has three young kids to contend with, isn't exactly a prime candidate for adopting. It's just a shame she got as close as she did to Mercy. How confused is that little girl right about now. And has for David - how did she get her mitts on him in the first place?! *sighs* Stupid question.
In some other unfortunate happenings for Madonna; she snotted herself on the treadmill yesterday. Talk about adding insult to injury. According to (who else but) The Sun, the singer had her gym equipment flown to Malawi "so she could keep fit. A worker at Kumbali lodge in Lilongwe (where Madonna has been "bonding" with Mercy), said: 'There was a bang and she came suddenly flying off the back of the running machine. She looked hurt... In Malawi most people do not even know what a gym is. Our staff are fascinated by the fact you can run but not go anywhere on a treadmill. They say, 'What is the point?'"