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"Madonna is &amp;quot;ecstatic&amp;quot; a judge approved her appeal to adopt three-year-old Chifundo &amp;quot;Mercy&amp;quot; James from Malawi.\r\n&amp;quot;I am extremely grateful for the Supreme Court&amp;apos;s ruling on my application to adopt Mercy James,&amp;quot; Madonna told Usmagazine.com through her spokeswoman, Liz Rosenberg.   \r\nSee photos of stars who have adopted.\r\n&amp;quot;I am ecstatic. My family and I look forward to sharing our lives with her,&amp;quot; continued the singer, who adopted David Banda, 3, from Malawi in 2006.  Madonna&amp;apos;s earlier bid was rejected after a judge ruled prospective parents must live in the country 18 to 24 months. But during Friday&amp;apos;s hearing, Chief Justice Lovemore Munlo called the residency requirements an &amp;quot;old law.&amp;quot;  \r\nLook back at Madonna&amp;apos;s biggest scandals.\r\nSources at the High Court tell Us that Mercy could be with Madonna by mid-week.  \r\nSee the day&amp;apos;s top news photos.\r\n&amp;quot;Her passport is already being prepared -- we&amp;apos;re not going to pause this over the weekend,&amp;quot; says a senior-level insider. &amp;quot;Madonna and Mercy should be together by Wednesday.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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