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Malawi government backs Madonna over school (AP)

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on February 12, 2010 2:49 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
's government has told a group of villagers they will have to move to make way for a $15 million girls' school being built by pop star Madonna.

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Lilongwe District Commissioner Charles Kalemba told 200 villagers Thursday that the government land has been handed over to Madonna . The villagers have been offered other government land. Anjimile Mtila-Oponyo, who will be principal of Madonna's school, says the singer paid the villagers more than 16 million kwacha (about $115,000) to compensate them for their houses.

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