Mash up article

This comes as little surprise, yet it will present a challenge of sorts for the president. The bid to adopt a four-year-old girl from Malawi has been put on hold by the court. The pop star launched an appeal after her attempt to get legal custody of Mercy James was rejected, because the singer is not a resident of the African country. As the nation's first African-American president, Obama's relative youth his calls for reaching out to adversaries and friends overseas, his breaks from past policy, all seem to make the 47-year-old leader the best single antidote to anti-Americanism in years, maybe decades. Obama's appeal extends beyond just the leaders of the world. They claim to make it a dominant factor as she once said. “I also love it, of course,” she added, and the reason was typical of her approach. Madonna's lawyers argued residence is only a factor which is taken into account when the child's welfare and best interests are being considered. “Everyone, no matter how poor, has to get dressed, and the way we think of ourselves, the way we compose ourselves every day, for me this is very powerful.” "What has happened is that anti-Americanism isn't cool anymore,” as Malawi's government was accused of giving Madonna special treatment when it allowed her to adopt David Banda in 2006.

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