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Miami Herald - October 5, 2006
The ex-Material Girl and an entourage arrived in the Malawian capital Lilongwe by private plane early Wednesday and were quickly whisked away to an undisclosed location in a fleet of cars and trucks.
Government officials said the 48-year-old singer, already a mother of two, chose the 1-year-old orphan from among 12 children specially chosen prior to her arrival in the country, which has legions of children orphaned by the AIDS epidemic.
''She asked us to identify boys only, which we have done after visiting four orphanages in Lilongwe,'' government spokeswoman Adrina Michiela said. Michiela said Madonna had wanted to adopt a girl but changed her mind two weeks ago.
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