London, Apr 8 : After the rejection of her application to adopt Mercy, a three-year-old Malawian orphan girl, pop queen Madonna is planning to "share her pain" over Passover this week with fellow Kabbalah devotees.

The `Material Girl' was forced to return to Britain without Mercy after a Malawian judge's ruling.

Washington, April 8 : Pop queen Madonna has made a "substantial donation" for supporting relief efforts in Pacentro, Italy, which was struck by a devastating earthquake of 6.3 magnitude on Monday.

The Mayor of Pacentro had made an appeal for help to Madonna, whose paternal grandparents lived in there until 1919.

The quake left more than 200 dead there.

London, Apr 8 : Madonna is determined to do "whatever it takes" to adopt African orphan Mercy.

The 50-year-old, who was denied adoption rights by a Malawi court, vowed that she will spend millions to make her dream come true.

Following judge's `unfortunate' ruling Madge was forced to fly home from the third world country.

However, the singer, who adopted David Banda, three, from the country in 2006, plans to use all her financial power to win an appeal at Malawi's Supreme Court, reports The Daily Star.

Washington, Apr 7 : Madonna, who returned to London after a judge rejected her bid to adopt 4-year-old Chifundo "Mercy" James from Malawi, was met by her ex-husband.

The 50-year-old met the British director Guy Ritchie, at a London airport, where he took their sons -- Rocco, 8, and David Banda, 3 -- so that she could have some space while the court takes action on her appeal, a source tells Usmagazine. com.

Mercy''s uncle, Peter Baneti, said that he hopes the courts will reconsider the adoption.

Johannesburg/Lilongwe - US popstar Madonna has left Malawi after having failed in her bid to adopt another child in the south- east African country, according to media reports in South Africa and Britain on Monday.

The 50-year-old and her children took off in her private jet in a quiet part of the airport in the capital Lilongwe on Sunday. She had been shielded from the media by security guards, South African radio reported.

Madonna later landed in London where she handed her son Rocco as well as her adoptive child David Banda over to her ex-husband Guy Richie, 40, according to British media.

London, Apr 6: The Malawian tot denied to Madonna spent a tearful day pleading for her mother before being taken back to the orphanage.

Mercy James was in flood of tears pleading, “Where’s my Mummy?”

‘Devastated’ Madonna left the African country along with her kids — Lourdes, 12, Rocco, eight, and adopted son David Banda, three — after being denied interim adoption of the four-year-old orphan.

The bid was apparently rejected because of a requirement that prospective parents must be resident in Malawi for