Now Madonna reveals she wants to adopt a baby girl from Malawi

Asked in an interview if she wanted another child the 48-year-old answered: "Yes, absolutely. I'm going to adopt another Malawian child very quickly. A baby girl this time, in order to redress the balance".

You have to love Madonna... I mean, why stop at one?? Honestly, though.. all the money that is being spent by human rights organizations could certainly be spent in a more fruitful way.. like, amybe feeding the orphans more than 300 calories a day??  What is the BIG deal?  Is it embarressing to the country that their financial situation is so dire that outside help is needed?  Anyhow.. enough of MY opinion.. you can read for yourself in the rest of the article

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Oooh!! Fun travel section in the Aussie papers!!!

This is an article on the new train in the Himalayas..through Tibet.. the altitude is so high that you need to maintain your oxygen levels while you travel.  Neat-o.  One day, I'll be posting pics from my travels there.  Promise!

Anyhow here you go:

If you can find a ticket for this now heavily booked engineering marvel, you can travel for the first time all the way by rail from Beijing to Lhasa, about 4060km, in 47 hours and 28 minutes...

more here at the Aussie News