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<playlist> - <item src="http://image58.webshots.com/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2059173290064924833oyNipN" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>Missing for 536 days (3rd May 2007 ~ 20th October 2008)</title> <description>Madeleine was born on 12th May 2003 �?a long-awaited and very much longed for little girl. She lives in the village of Rothley in Leicester, with her mummy and daddy and little brother and sister, Sean and Amelie...Madeleine is a very happy little girl with an outgoing personality. She has always been a very popular little person, appealing to both children and adults alike with her funny and engaging chatter. She has many friends who obviously miss her dearly. Despite her young age, it often felt like Madeleine had been on this earth before!...Like most girls her age, she likes dolls and dresses (and anything pink and sparkly) but with a definite taste for action-adventure too! She has an incredible amount of energy and even as a little baby, didn’t seem to need much rest. She enjoys running and swimming and is an Everton fan like her mum and granddad...Madeleine has always been a wonderfully loving and caring big sister to Sean and Amelie. It was certainly not the quietest house on the planet with lots of giggling, singing and the inevitable odd bit of mischief! For Sean and Amelie, there is without doubt, a very important person missing in their life...Madeleine is a warm, life-enriching little person and will never fail we’re sure, to bring joy into the life of anyone she may encounter......http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OKorEEg-Os</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> <name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image52.webshots.com/652/2/15/20/2955215200064924833OQsHBZ_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2955215200064924833OQsHBZ" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>LEAVING NO STONE UNTURNED!</title> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/52/652/2/15/20/2955215200064924833OQsHBZ_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> <name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image55.webshots.com/755/5/48/5/2366548050064924833XUxvEr_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2366548050064924833XUxvEr" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>19th Oct 2008 UPDATE</title> <description>Kate and Gerry McCann are reviewing their strategy as no major breakthrough has emerged in the hunt for Madeleine... Millionaire businessman Brian Kennedy, their financial backer, is seeking a former high-ranking police detective to mastermind the private investigation... He has interviewed several candidates and will see more in the coming weeks. Whoever takes on the job faces the mammoth task of assessing information gathered by many private detectives since Madeleine vanished 18 months ago... The investigator will also have to read thousands of pages of Portuguese police files released in August and painstakingly translated... The family’s spokesman Clarence Mitchell said the investigation was continuing in many countries as the McCanns study the files line by line... Heart specialist Mr McCann said in his blog report last week: “Kate and I have been incredibly busy over the last couple of months since the files were made public."</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/55/755/5/48/5/2366548050064924833XUxvEr_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> |
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<name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image69.webshots.com/469/7/82/98/2099782980064924833AYucAQ_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2099782980064924833AYucAQ" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>13MAY08SUN ~ Spotted Madeleine McCann in Brazil?</title> <description>A passenger reported seeing the missing tot on a plane to Sao Paulo, South America’s biggest city...The sighting was referred to Interpol, the world’s international police agency, through a foreign embassy in Brazil... Cops have refused to reveal which one, saying it would interfere with their investigation...The ten million Brazilians living in Sao Paulo all speak Portuguese. Maddie, who was three when she vanished, is feared to have been snatched while on holiday in Praia da Luz, Portugal...It is not the first time Maddie has been reported to be in Brazil...Interpol delegate Mara Moreira Marques, who has a 40-page dossier on Maddie sightings, said: "Five leads were followed in Brazil. However, we found nothing."...A man identified as Mark called England stating he had seen Maddie at a book fair in Rio de Janeiro.? She said that sighting also came to nothing...Interpol’s chief in Brazil, Jorge Pontes, said of the latest sighting: "It is still under investigation so we cannot reveal details. But we have a witness insisting they saw the child."...Clarence Mitchell, spokesman for the McCanns, of Rothley, Leics, said: "Our investigators are looking into this."</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/69/469/7/82/98/2099782980064924833AYucAQ_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> <name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image63.webshots.com/663/4/82/3/2152482030064924833MLGLYE_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2152482030064924833MLGLYE" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>12MAY08SUN ~ So sad on Maddie's birthday</title> <description>THE parents of missing Maddie McCann held a "low-key" party yesterday on her fifth birthday...Kate and Gerry McCann decided it must go ahead for the sake of their three-year-old twins Amelie and Sean...And relatives joined them at the family home in Rothley, Leics, to mark the occasion...But family spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: "Obviously, without Madeleine home yet, this is sadly just another day without her in many respects..."Of course they marked her fifth birthday, as much for Sean and Amelie’s benefit as anything else, but they did it privately within the family."...A new campaign to find her - launched to mark the anniversary of her disappearance �?has thrown up several "promising leads".</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/63/663/4/82/3/2152482030064924833MLGLYE_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> <name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image66.webshots.com/666/7/37/70/2906737700064924833OlnMmH_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2906737700064924833OlnMmH" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>~:~12TH MAY, 2008~:~</title> <description>TODAY IS MADELEINE BETH McCANN'S 5TH BIRTHDAY AND I'M SURE MANY PEOPLE JOIN HER FAMILY, FRIENDS AND ALL OF US IN WISHING HER A SAFE BIRTHDAY AND HOPING FOR NO GIFT GREATER FOR HER FAMILY THAN HER SAFE RETURN. ('THIS LAST PHOTO' WAS TAKEN OF MADELEINE ON THE DAY SHE WENT MISSING!) GOD BLESS YOU, LITTLE ONE!</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/66/666/7/37/70/2906737700064924833OlnMmH_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> |
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<name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image66.webshots.com/666/2/8/61/2792208610064924833sSvAoF_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2792208610064924833sSvAoF" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>12MAY08SKY ~ 'Disturbing Similarities' With Madeleine</title> <description>The family of a girl who vanished just seven miles from the Portuguese resort where Madeleine McCann disappeared are convinced the cases are connected...On the day of Madeleine's fifth birthday, Joana Cipriano's relatives have urged detectives to investigate links between the two disappearances - saying there are too many disturbing similarities for the evidence to be ignored...Joana, eight, was sent to buy some groceries from a village store near her home in Figueira, at around 8pm on September 12, 2004...She bought a tin of tuna and some milk from the Ofelia store, and was last seen by a neighbour walking back near the village church, some 200 yards from her home...Joana never returned and, like the McCanns, her mother Leonor mounted a campaign to find her. Like them, she and her brother Joao became suspects...The case, which ended with the pair being sentenced to 21 years, made Portuguese legal history - it was the first murder trial where a body was never found...Police officers are due to go on trial later this year for allegedly beating and torturing Leonor to make her confess...Joana's relatives told Sky News Online the pair are innocent and believe whoever took the girl is also behind Madeleine's disappearance, seven miles away in Praia da Luz...The family, who do not want to be named, said: "This sort of thing doesn't happen in Portugal - child abductions are very rare..."Whoever took Joana took Madeleine too, the distance is too small. And the police ignored everything we told them, they just wanted to solve the case quickly..."They didn't look at any of the things we told them about."...They said the most crucial bit of evidence was a white and brown camper van, parked near Joana's home in the days before she was abducted...The vehicle, with German number plates, disappeared around the time she vanished...They added: "There was a man living in there, but he hardly left the van. A week later the van was found abandoned in farmland in Praia da Luz. We told the police to investigate it, but they didn't listen to us."...She said the man had short, curly brown hair and was about 40 years old...A suspect in the Madeleine case, spotted acting suspiciously near the apartment where she vanished on May 3 last year, was described as between 35 and 40, with long, straggly hair...Criminologist and child protection expert Mark Williams-Thomas believes there are far too many similarities between the two cases for it not to be a strong line of police inquiry...He says that because of the huge doubts over the Cipriano convictions, whoever abducted Joana is more than likely to be behind Madeleine's disappearance...Like Madeleine's case, the police investigation got off to a bad start, with officers failing to seal off the house where she was last seen... Leonor alleges police beat her to make her confess. A photograph of her heavily-bruised face was published in Portuguese newspapers...Goncalo Amaral, a senior detective who was sacked from the Madeleine case, is one of the five officers charged in connection with extracting the confession...The indictment reportedly alleges that they kicked her, hit her with a cardboard tube, put a plastic bag over her head, and made her kneel on glass ashtrays...Amaral faces charges of negligence and perjury, another officer is accused of fabricating a document, and the three others are charged with torture.</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/66/666/2/8/61/2792208610064924833sSvAoF_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> <name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image69.webshots.com/469/1/61/44/2037161440064924833TORgPy_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2037161440064924833TORgPy" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>Day 374: 11/05/2008 GERRY'S BLOG</title> <description>It has been another busy week. We have been inundated with mail that we are working through. Kate and I would like to thank everyone who has helped and supported us over the last twelve months. It is the support we have received from family, friends, and the overwhelming response of the general public that has sustained us. Special thanks to everyone who has contributed to Madeleine’s Fund, which has allowed us to continue the independent investigation to find Madeleine...Following our renewed appeal there has been a tremendous response to both the call line (+44 (0)845 838 4699) and the e-mail addresses ([email protected] and [email protected])... Hundreds of calls and e-mails have been received and each and every bit of information will be assessed and followed up. We would encourage anyone who might have information to contact us in confidence. We would like to hear from everyone who was staying at the Ocean Club at the time of Madeleine’s abduction or from anyone who may have experienced a similar incident in the Iberia peninsula... Tomorrow is Madeleine’s fifth birthday. It will be one of the hardest days of the last 375. We will be marking it privately and quietly. We will do everything to try and ensure Madeleine does not spend another birthday separated from her family.</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/69/469/1/61/44/2037161440064924833TORgPy_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> |
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name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image52.webshots.com/652/6/37/46/2362637460064924833eXjBHp_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2362637460064924833eXjBHp" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>09MAY08Correio da Manhã - Alípio Ribeiro gives explanations</title> <description>The ex national director of the PJ, Alípio Ribeiro, yesterday broke the silence and said that the investigations about Madeleine's case, the British girl that disappeared in Praia da Luz, can go on for years...In an interview to the Radio Renascença, Alípio Ribeiro did not exclude the hypothesis that the case could remain unsolved. "We need to be patient, there are cases like that that sometimes only get solved many years after. It is obvious that I would like that that case was solved entirely but there are always cases that remain unsolved", he said...The magistrate confessed also that his decision to leave the PJ was taken a month ago...Alípio Ribeiro understands that he had an excessive visibleness and believes that we was punished by his declarations. The ex national director assured that he was never conformed with the problems of the PJ and that he opted to say always the truth... "What I have done several times was thinking out loud and I believe that no one can take that as an offence, that necessity of speaking the truth and speak with some intelligence and subtlety but facing the problems" he claimed.</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/52/652/6/37/46/2362637460064924833eXjBHp_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> <name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image52.webshots.com/652/5/6/32/2176506320064924833NsOMEZ_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2176506320064924833NsOMEZ" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>09MAY08 BBC apologizes to the McCanns</title> <description>THE BBC have apologised to the McCann family for scheduling a film about a runaway girl called Madeleine on the anniversary of their daughter's disappearance. Madeleine McCann, then three, was snatched from her family's holiday flat on May 3 last year. But bungling Beeb chiefs scheduled the 1998 children's film Madeleine for the weekend of the first anniversary of the youngster's disappearance. The movie, starring Nigel Hawthorne, is about an orphan who runs away and manages to foil a kidnap plot. The blunder was only spotted at the last minute and the BBC hastily replaced the film with the 2005 Lindsay Lohan movie Herbie Fully Loaded. Yesterday, the BBC said they had apologised to the McCanns. A spokesman said: "It was very close to the one-year anniversary of Madeleine McCann disappearing and there are some parallels between the story in the film and the true story of Madeleine. "Nobody really spotted the connection.</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/52/652/5/6/32/2176506320064924833NsOMEZ_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> <name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image66.webshots.com/666/1/41/95/2556141950064924833RDLFaW_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2556141950064924833RDLFaW" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>08APR08ITN McCanns 'asked back to Portugal'</title> <description>The parents of Madeleine McCann have reportedly been asked to return to Portugal for a reconstruction of the night she vanished...The Portuguese police made the request to Gerry and Kate McCann as they continue to sit in on interviews with the couple's close friends...British detectives are quizzing members of the so-called Tapas Seven, the group who ate with the McCanns on the night the four-year-old went missing...Their Portuguese counterparts are sitting in on the interviews at Leicestershire Constabulary's force headquarters in Enderby...According to the McCanns' spokesman Clarence Mitchell, the questions will focus on clearing up inconsistencies Portuguese officers have in their own timeline of events immediately after Madeleine's disappearance...Jane Tanner, 37, who says she saw a man carrying a girl from the McCanns' apartment is believed to be the first friend to be questioned. It is understood her partner Russell O'Brien will also be interviewed...None of the friends will have lawyers present and all are being interviewed as witnesses. Mr Mitchell said no property will be searched or seized...Mr McCann, 39, continues to work as a doctor while his 40-year-old GP wife remains at home in Rothley, Leics...Both have said they are happy to face questions but the Portuguese police officers have not requested an interview with them...The couple are preparing to travel to Brussels where they plan to lobby MEPs for the introduction of a child alert system that is used in the US in cases where children are victims of a suspected abduction.</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/66/666/1/41/95/2556141950064924833RDLFaW_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> |
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>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image69.webshots.com/469/1/33/40/2397133400064924833HwqTyP_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2397133400064924833HwqTyP" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>07MAY08SOL ~ Almeida Rodrigues is the successor to Alípio Ribeiro in the Polícia Judiciária</title> <description>Almeida Rodrigues is the first non-magistrate chosen to lead the Judicial Police. The successor of Alípio Ribeiro is currently the national deputy sub-director of PJ’s Coimbra Directorate...It is not the first time he assumes a leadership role, as he was one of the three national deputy directors to Santos Cabral, the head of the PJ immediately before Alípio Ribeiro...José Maria de Almeida Rodrigues, 49 years old, has a university degree in law and has made his career as an investigator. Through his hands passed some very public murder cases...When, in 2001, he was heading Aveiro's PJ, he was the one in charge of the investigation of Tó Jó, the young man who murdered his parents inspired by satanic rituals...With the resignation of Santos Cabral, Almeida Rodrigues worked as number 2 of Coimbra's PJ. In those functions, he dealt with another multiple murder case �?the GNR corporal Antonio Costa...This case �?which was known as "the serial killer of Santa Comba Dão" ended in the conviction of the corporal for the murder of two young women. More recently, he was involved in the arrest of "El Solitario", the Spaniard accused of violent robberies to more than 30 banks which caused the death of 3 people...The nomination of Almeida Rodrigues to head the PJ was announced through a communiqué of the Ministry of Justice where it is referred that the minister "accepted the resignation request handed today by the national director of the PJ, Alípio Ribeiro"...Almeida Rodrigues, with Luis Neves current head of the Direcção Central de Combate ao Banditismo (DCCB) (Central Directorate of Combat to Banditism) was one of the names that, in the last hours, were considered by the government to replace Alípio Ribeiro, as had been stated to Lusa by a police source...His name is highly regarded within the PJ, being the first time that an 'operational' is nominated to the top Job, up to now it has always been headed by magistrates...There is great expectation in the PJ as to who will be his deputies. The nomination of magistrates is dependent on the approval of the Judiciary and Public Ministry Superior Councils...There is some speculation that these Councils may not accept that a judge or magistrate work under the orders of a career police officer. If that would be the case, it could be the end of the magistrates in the top echelons of the PJ...Only in 2001 a change in the law allowed for the possibility of a non-magistrate heading the PJ. With Almeida Rodrigues, it is the first time such a possibility is actually taken.</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/69/469/1/33/40/2397133400064924833HwqTyP_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> <name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image63.webshots.com/663/1/33/21/2759133210064924833eoiOyF_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2759133210064924833eoiOyF" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>07 May 2008SUN ~ Top cop, Alipio Ribeiro, ‘resigns�?</title> <description>MADDIE McCann’s parents suffered a new blow last night after the one Portuguese cop who seemed to be on their side reportedly quit...Alipio Ribeiro, the country’s top policeman, is set to leave three months after saying detectives had been hasty in branding the couple official suspects in their daughter’s disappearance...His comments caused a storm in Portugal, where last night it was widely reported the 48-year-old was on his way out after a new controversy...Ribeiro faced new calls to quit on Monday after saying the country’s multi-level police force should be restructured so it is overseen by a single Government ministry...The country’s Judicial Police Inspectors �?Union said his position was “untenable�?after the new row. But newspaper Diario de Noticias said yesterday his infamous comment on the Maddie probe was his “most serious�?mistake...Ribeiro said in February “there was a certain hastiness�?in naming medics Kate McCann, 40, and husband Gerry, 39, from Rothley, Leics, as arguidos...Maddie, four, went missing from an Algarve resort a year ago.</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/63/663/1/33/21/2759133210064924833eoiOyF_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> |
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name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image63.webshots.com/663/9/24/45/2985924450064924833aKIVpb_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2985924450064924833aKIVpb" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>06MAY08SUN ~ 'Quiz kid killer on Maddie'</title> <description>THE family of a tragic Spanish girl want cops to investigate whether her alleged killer is involved in Madeleine McCann’s disappearance...Relatives of five-year-old Mari Luz Cortes claim convicted paedophile Santiago del Valle has committed other crimes..Her grandfather Juan Cortes said: "The authorities should investigate him fully because that way they may be able to discover what happened to Madeleine. We are sure he is hiding other secrets from the police."...Mari Luz was found dead near her home in Huelva 54 days after she went missing last January. The city is 90 minutes from Praia da Luz, Portugal, where Maddie vanished a year ago...Her parents Kate, 40, and Gerry, 39, of Rothley, Leics, have already called on Portuguese police to find out where del Valle was last May. He admits dumping Mari Luz’s body and is in jail awaiting trial �?but insists she died by accident...Mr Cortes added: "At least we have found our little girl and can grieve for her..."The pain and anguish the McCanns are suffering must be unbearable."</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/63/663/9/24/45/2985924450064924833aKIVpb_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> <name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image58.webshots.com/758/8/59/94/2799859940064924833oZQVRs_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2799859940064924833oZQVRs" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>Diário de Notícias ~ Maddie's case: No one looks good in the photo</title> <description>In the completion of one year on the disappearance of Maddie it is impossible to ignore that all participants of this case did not look good in the photo...The Portuguese police and justice, the McCanns, the media and even the authorities of both countries did not behave well in a case that in terms of international notoriety, beat by points the kidnapping of the son of Charles Lindbergh, that in the thirties captured the hearts of America...The national and international media transformed the disappearance of a child into a real life soap opera. The Portuguese police and justice arrive at the end of this year tarnished and with an image that will take years to erase...José Sócrates and Gordon Brown did not manage to resist the mediacy and involved themselves personally - a decision without rational foundation. The prime ministers of Portugal and England would have much difficulty in explaining the substantive difference between Maddie and the dozens of anonymous children that every day go missing in their countries...The decision to involve the media in the disappearance of their daughter was the original sin of Kate and Gerry McCann who sadly became world celebrities in exposing their pain in public - a fact underlined in the first anniversary of Maddie's disappearance with 25 interviews given in two days.</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/758/8/59/94/2799859940064924833oZQVRs_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> |
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<name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image58.webshots.com/658/7/20/82/2280720820064924833ZVrWeV_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2280720820064924833ZVrWeV" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>Jornal de Notícias ~ The PJ waits for 9 months for the complete tests</title> <description>A year after the disappearance of Madeleine McCann and nine months after the collection of biological vestiges, the sophisticated and prestigious forensic lab of Birmingham, in England, did not send yet to the PJ the final reports of all the analysis. The JN found that still missing is the complete examination to the hairs found in several places and that could help the complex investigation. The PJ was already been informed informally that it will not be technically possible to determine, through DNA analysis, if the hair samples belong to Maddie. This is due to fact that the hairs have no capillary tubes...For this reason, it won't be possible to determine in scientific terms if the hairs found in the boot of the car hired by the McCanns and in the flat of the Ocean Club belong to Madeleine or to one of her siblings. The only data that is possible to obtain without capillary tube is the identification of the mother...So, the toxicological tests of the same samples are also compromised, they could help to discover if the child took any products that accidentally could cause her death...This is one of the work hypothesis followed by the PJ although they continue to receive almost everyday clues about possible locations of Madeleine, the JN discovered... Some of the denounces are being transmitted by embassies spread all over the world...Without the complete tests the PJ only has inconclusive data. The September's report of last year about the biological vestiges detected in the boot of the car was important to make the decision of constituting the parents arguidos. In the document, the experts explain that from the 20 "strands" (DNA parcels) detected in the fluids, 15 coincide with the genetic profile of Maddie. But in reality this result does not exclude the possibility that the vestige - that the English lab could not guarantee if it was blood since it was very dry - might belong to a relative of Maddie...According to information collected by the JN this report was discussed between the Portuguese and British experts and the last ones raised some doubts about what they have written previously (this was the one that Kate and Gerry McCann refuse to reply when questioned)...Apart from the results of the analysis made to the vestiges, the PJ has several depositions. An Irish that spent holidays with the family at Praia da Luz, in May last year, guaranteed to the PJ that he saw a man with a child in his lap in the night of 3rd of May. Later he said informally that that man seemed to be Gerry McCann...This comment of the Smith's family appeared when they observed the images of the McCanns arriving in England at 9th of September. The way Gerry held Sean in his lap when he got out of the plane in the East Midlands airport and the clothes he was wearing, described in the first deposition, were useful to the witness "to clarify the ideas"...But when the PJ wanted to formalise that deposition the witness backtracked and revealed that he was not sure that the person he saw was Gerry...This deposition ended to give credibility to Jane Tanner's words, a friend of the couple, that guarantees having seen a man with a child in the night Madeleine disappeared...The investigators opted to listen again to the witnesses but decided that the depositions would be made through rogatory letters sent to the Leicester police...Before this step was fulfilled, in April, this family was contacted by detectives of Método 3. The JN discovered that since that contact the certainties of the Smiths ended...Nonetheless the clue ended not to be solid since the British dogs did not detect any cadaver odor on Gerry's clothes contrary to what happened with Kate's clothes...The PJ continues to have many doubts about what really happened between 18,00 and 22,00 hours, when Kate alerted to the disappearance... Everything points to the fact that the reenactment will never happen due to the lack of will of the McCanns.</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/7/20/82/2280720820064924833ZVrWeV_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image52.webshots.com/652/3/2/76/2332302760064924833imUjcQ_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2332302760064924833imUjcQ" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>04MAY08SKY McCanns hope attention will wane.</title> <description>Kate and Gerry McCann want to step out of the media spotlight after the first anniversary of their daughter Madeleine's disappearance...In one of their final interviews for the one-year landmark, the couple said they had only survived the past 12 months by not blaming each other for what happened...The couple said they hoped the attention on them would fade after Madeleine's fifth birthday on May 12...Mr McCann said the media coverage of her disappearance was "unsustainable"...He even suggested that it might have led to Portuguese police naming him and his wife as arguidos, or formal suspects, in the case in early September..."You look at where it's led for us, the problems it's created," he said..."I'm sure a lot of that media coverage kicked in to what happened in Portugal, that generates a pressure, and when people get put under pressure, bad decisions are made..."We started a campaign and then a juggernaut was set off and we had no control over it."...Mrs McCann said personal details about her and her husband were "totally irrelevant" and distracted people from the search for Madeleine..."The media attention will wane after Madeleine's birthday, and that's a relief," she said..."I'd like to think that's how it will stay. That's why now, we're doing this. Media-wise it could be our last chance, or last opportunity to get all that information in."...The couple also revealed that their appeal for new information from the public produced an "absolutely fantastic" response, with their new telephone phone line "overwhelmed" with calls.</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/52/652/3/2/76/2332302760064924833imUjcQ_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> |
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name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image69.webshots.com/469/5/12/41/2921512410064924833EGeZBU_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2921512410064924833EGeZBU" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>050508SKY Madeleine Reporting Coming To An End</title> <description>Kate and Gerry McCann will soon get their wish of stepping out of the public eye, according to reporters in Praia da Luz covering the one-year anniversary of their daughter's disappearance...The couple believe the coverage is "unsustainable" and hope the attention will fade after Madeleine's fifth birthday on May 12...And so do many members of the press pack that descended on the sleepy Algarve resort at the weekend...The place was swamped by media, with agitated scenes and plenty of jostling outside the church as McCann representatives released balloons...But there was a feeling that, just like the familiar yellow and green balloons, the media frenzy would soon burst too...Britain's national newspapers and TV stations already seem to have lost interest...The Sunday Mirror - which has been as keen on 'Maddie' as any other paper - demoted the anniversary to page 11 in its European edition...And even Portuguese broadcasters and British local media - for whom, of course, it is a far bigger story - think it is on the slide...Portuguese channel SIC built a TV studio on scaffolding outside the McCann flat, and devoted most of their evening news programme to it...But the crew were convinced this would be the last big Madeleine event...One told Sky News Online: "If there's a second anniversary, it won't be anything like this."...Robert Murat's lawyer Francisco Pagarete, who was interviewed on the show, thinks the media helped inflate the Madeleine fascination...He added: "I think it has all the ingredients of a good story. It's a quiet place, a normal family on holiday with their friends and children, and suddenly something like this happens..."But it also happened in the summer months - when you don't have much news."...Broadcast journalist Eleanor Garnier, who was covering the event for Leicester Sound radio station, said: "Locally it's massive for us because she's from Rothley, which is on our patch..."But it will definitely die down soon. People here really want to move on, and I think the journalists do too..."I think this is it now. Events will bring it back into the news, but they'll have to be big events."...Asked why she thought the story had made worldwide headlines for so long, she added: "A beautiful little girl, a middle class family - they really grabbed the media's attention..."And it was like a vicious circle - as the McCanns kept the story going with events to publicise the search, so the media moved it on too."...Pete Fletcher, 58, from Fareham, Hants, who regularly visits Praia da Luz, said the story had been the talk of the bars over the past year and the papers were just giving what the public wanted...He said: "It's because it's very unusual for things like this to happen in this country. Crime is pretty non-existent, and it just seems very out of character from a local point of view."...But for some, the Madeleine story is far from over...Reporter Pepa Rovira, from Espana Directo news programme, said: "It's still very big in Spain because exactly the same thing happened with a Spanish girl..."And next year it will be the same, I know. It will still be a big story."</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/69/469/5/12/41/2921512410064924833EGeZBU_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> <name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image58.webshots.com/658/8/69/39/2835869390064924833CDBAoi_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2835869390064924833CDBAoi" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>03/05/08SUN ~ MADDIE, ONE YEAR ON.</title> <description>KATE and Gerry McCann today attended a church service to mark the one year anniversary of their daughter Madeleine's disappearance...The couple held hands as they walked alongside members of their community to the Anglican Parish Church of St Mary and St John, near their home in Rothley, Leicestershire... Led by the Reverend Rob Gladstone, prayers were said for the four-year-old and other missing children...During the 30 minute service a tearful Kate stood up, thanked the community for their support and told the congregation to "keep praying, pray like mad" for Maddie...The couple left the church holding hands and carrying bunches of flowers...Mr McCann's brother John McCann flew out to Praia da Luz with his sister Trish Cameron, her husband Sandy and Mrs McCann's cousin Michael Wright to represent the couple on the sad anniversary...The missing girl's uncle told reporters that the McCanns felt they could not return to the village where their daughter went missing on May 3 last year...John McCann said: "Gerry and Kate under ideal circumstances would have been here, but they have had a very busy schedule this week and they felt that given the day that it is, they would take a quiet time and spend time with (their twins) Sean and Amelie and with a very close group of friends around their home."...Portugal's top detective insisted today that police were still gathering evidence in the case following reports in a Portuguese magazine that officers were on the verge of exonerating the McCanns... Alipio Ribeiro, national director of the Policia Judiciaria (PJ), told Portugal's Lusa news agency that officials had not decided whether to bring charges or drop the investigation...He said: "At this stage nothing has been determined regarding possible charges or closing the case..."The PJ continues to gather and analyse all available evidence."...The Portuguese weekly magazine Expresso reported on its website that the PJ were preparing to drop the accusations against the McCanns...Madeleine's family and their supporters around the world are marking the first anniversary of her disappearance by lighting candles and saying prayers...In Praia da Luz banners featuring newspaper cuttings and a mannequin of Madeleine McCann were set up next to the church today...The adult-sized mannequin had a blonde wig and its right eye was painted with the same distinctive mark as Madeleine...It was dressed in a white and blue tracksuit and wore a sun hat similar to the one worn by the child in some of the most famous pictures of her on holiday in Portugal before her disappearance...An explanation in Portuguese stated that the mannequin was a representation of Madeleine - although it looked more like her mother Kate...The poster read: "It is very important to remember that you cannot exist as an adult without having been a child..."Return Madeleine please."...Despite countless searches, police appeals, media blitzes and hundreds of false leads, police are no closer to finding her than they were the evening she disappeared... A light went out in the lives of Kate and Gerry McCann that day...And as the nation remembers Maddie on the first anniversary of her disappearance, her heartbroken mother Kate has urged thousands worldwide to shine a light in her memory...The McCanns�?relatives will lead the tearful tribute by lighting "flames of remembrance" at 9.15pm tonight in their home village of Rothley,.. Leicestershire, marking the exact time they believe Maddie was snatched from her holiday apartment in the resort... Kate, 40, said: "We think lighting a candle or lantern is a lovely idea. We are very grateful to everyone who chooses to remember Madeleine this way at this time."...A spokesman from the Helping To Find Madeleine charity, which has blitzed Spain, Morocco and Portugal with posters, said: "We plan to light the way home for Madeleine..."Please go outside tonight and light a candle, shine a torch or turn on lanterns for Madeleine."...In Rothley, they will be releasing Chinese lanterns to float into the sky...The idea comes from the Chinese Lantern Festival in Taiwan, where people write a wish on the lanterns then release them in the hope their wish will come true...Before darkness falls, Kate and Gerry, 39, are expected to join locals in prayer at the parish church in Rothley. Moving ... Archbishop's prayerEnlargeSince the re-launch of their Find Madeleine campaign, the McCanns have been inundated with letters from all over the world assuring the devastated parents that they and Madeleine will be in people’s prayers on this difficult day. The National Centre For Missing Children In America have also said Maddie, along with all missing children, will be in their thoughts today. Kate said: "It’s a difficult day, but it’s funny in some ways because you kind of think it’s just another day, really. "I think we’ve maybe underestimated it a little bit. It’s probably more significant than we’ve felt... "I don’t think we’ll know until the morning what feels right to do." Gerry added: "This week, and the build- up, has been particularly stressful. So I think we’ll do what’s right for ourselves and Sean and Amelie as well." The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, has written a prayer to mark the anniversary. Yesterday he urged the nation to join in its recital. Dr Sentamu said: "A year ago, Madeleine McCann was abducted from her bed in Portugal. "I ask that all of us redouble our efforts to pray for her safe return." Services in Glasgow and Liverpool �?Kate and Gerry’s home towns �?are also planned while Maddie’s uncle, John McCann, will attend a mass for missing children in Praia da Luz. The resort’s name means "beach of light" and at the white and yellow church of Our Lady Of Light near the seafront, a message of hope from Kate will be read out and the song Amazing Grace will be sung. There is a poster of the missing youngster in the church, surrounded by candles which will be lit by expats and locals. Anglican priest Father Haynes Hubbard, who prayed with Maddie’s anguished parents after she disappeared, said: "We continue to hold out hope because there is nothing to the contrary. "Until Madeleine comes home the only words we have are words of solidarity and the only thing we can do is hold hands, weep and pray." In Liverpool, a special mass will take place where Kate used to pray before Maddie was born. It will be assisted by Father Paul Seddon, the priest who married Kate and Gerry and later baptised Madeleine...At the time of Maddie’s disappearance he flew out to Portugal to be with the devastated parents. Kate’s mum Susan Healy, 62, said of the anniversary: "Kate wants things to be low-key. Everyone is welcome at the Liverpool service. It will be a mass for Madeleine, with special prayers and songs. "We don’t care if the church is packed out. We will squash everyone in somehow. "There will be tealights there, and we want to light up the sky for Madeleine." In Portugal, nearly half of those quizzed in a recent survey believe Kate and Gerry could have been involved in Madeleine’s disappearance. More than two thirds also believe the Portuguese police have handled the investigation well. AdvertisementIn Rothley, meanwhile, all people want to believe is that Maddie is alive and will one day come home. Tributes were yesterday attached to the railings around the war memorial in the village square, laced with yellow ribbons. One spoke for many with the message: "Spring has sprung again but there’s still one sweet little flower we’re waiting for."...</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/8/69/39/2835869390064924833CDBAoi_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> |
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name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image58.webshots.com/758/6/62/33/2657662330064924833WIycEt_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2657662330064924833WIycEt" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>03MAY08YAHOO Portuguese police say no end to McCanns suspect status</title> <description>Kate and Gerry McCann leave St Mary and St John Parish Church in Rothley. Kate and Gerry, the parents of Madeleine McCann will remain formal suspects over her disappearance, Portugal's police chief said as ceremonies were held to mark the first anniversary since she went missing.</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/758/6/62/33/2657662330064924833WIycEt_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> <name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image52.webshots.com/652/5/49/88/2687549880064924833GvsDUP_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2687549880064924833GvsDUP" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>Kate's message of thanks to village</title> <description>Kate McCann sent an emotional message of thanks to the people of Praia da Luz for their support in the year since her daughter Madeleine disappeared...She said the "continued faith" of the community in the Algarve village was so heart-warming it sometimes brought tears to her eyes...Mrs McCann said people in Praia da Luz were the rock for her and her husband Gerry after their daughter went missing on May 3 last year...Her message was read out by Mr Cann's sister Trish Cameron at a special service in the village's church of Our Lady of Light to mark the sad anniversary...There was standing room only in the small church, which was decorated with yellow and green balloons, whose colours symbolised hope for Madeleine's safe return...The McCanns did not travel to Portugal for the anniversary, but four of their relatives attended on their behalf...As well as Mrs Cameron, there was her husband Sandy, Mr McCann's brother John and Mrs McCann's cousin Michael Wright...The service, entitled "365 days of Hope", was in Portuguese and English and included a slide show of pictures of Madeleine and her family...Earlier, Portugal's most senior detective said police were still gathering evidence in their investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine...Alipio Ribeiro told the Portuguese news agency Lusa that officials have not yet decided whether to bring charges or drop the investigation.</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/52/652/5/49/88/2687549880064924833GvsDUP_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> <name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image69.webshots.com/469/5/69/41/2108569410064924833AuQJkd_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2108569410064924833AuQJkd" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>Day 366: 03/05/2008 GERRY'S BLOG</title> <description>Gerry's Blog ~ Day 366: 3/05/2008 .............................. It is a year to the day since Madeleine was abducted. A heinous crime that had the potential to destroy the strongest of families. Without doubt it has been the longest year of our lives, yet it does not seem like a year since we last saw Madeleine. She is still a large part of Sean and Amelie’s life and this gives some comfort to Kate and me...The research we have done this year has encouraged us to believe that there is a very good chance Madeleine is alive. Ernie Allen, president of NCMEC for the last 25 years, has reiterated that and the fact there are a number of scenarios in which Madeleine could be alive and well. We just need to find her...The documentary we made on an EU wide Amber alert and the last year was screened in the UK on Wednesday night, in Spain on Thursday and last night in Portugal. We have spent most of the last 3 days promoting our new hotline number +4 845 838 4699 (calls are charged at local rate) and our e-mail addresses for information: [email protected] and [email protected] ...We have always said we will leave no stone unturned in the search for Madeleine. To do that we need to know what has and has not been done- unfortunately we know very little about the investigation to date. This is why we are appealing to everyone who may have come forward previously to do so again. Every piece of information is important to us. We are also appealing to people who may not have come forward for whatever reason to do so. We are only interested in finding Madeleine and will guarantee confidentiality and anonymity if requested. We are also families asking with children to think if something similar may have happened to them. It is unlikely this is the first time that the abductor has struck...Today we will be attending one of the many services to pray for Madeleine and other missing children. We would like to thank everyone, of all faiths, who has prayed for Madeleine over the last year. The Helping to find Madeleine group have also organised a ‘lighting the way home for Madeleine�?event where, they will release lanterns in Rothley around the time she went missing. Others will light a candle and we greatly appreciate the support and symbolic gestures.</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/69/469/5/69/41/2108569410064924833AuQJkd_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> |
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<name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image63.webshots.com/663/9/61/7/2492961070064924833atEOod_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2492961070064924833atEOod" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>03MAY08BBC ~ "Pray like mad for our Madeleine"</title> <description>Kate and Gerry McCann have asked for prayers and expressed their profound gratitude to all who have helped in the search for missing Madeleine...The couple said in an interview on the first anniversary of her disappearance they hoped it might mark the end of intense media scrutiny of them...They attended church services near their home in Rothley, Leicestershire and later at evening mass in Liverpool. ..A special service was also held in the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz. ..Three-year-old Madeleine vanished from the family's holiday apartment in Portugal on 3 May 2007...During the 30-minute service at Rothley's Anglican Parish Church of St Mary and St John, Mrs McCann asked fellow worshippers to "pray like mad" for her daughter's safe return...The McCanns, who remain official suspects in Madeleine's disappearance, carried out a series of media interviews ahead of the anniversary...In marking the poignant one-year landmark, the couple said they had only survived the past 12 months by not blaming each other for what happened... Madeleine and her two younger siblings were left alone in the family's apartment while their parents dined at a nearby tapas bar with a group of friends...The McCanns called on Portuguese detectives to open their files in the case so they could find out what leads were being pursued...The couple also said they hoped the attention on them would wane after Madeleine's fifth birthday on 12 May...Mr McCann said the massive media coverage of the little girl's disappearance was "unsustainable"... Speaking briefly at the Rothley service, Mrs McCann thanked the community for their prayers and show of support for the family... Madeleine's great aunt, Janet Kennedy, said afterwards: "I am not sure how she mustered the strength to do so..."It (the service) was a great comfort to them both."... A number of other relatives - including Mr McCann's brother John, his sister Trish Cameron, her husband Sandy, who all live in his home city of Glasgow, and Mrs McCann's cousin Michael Wright - travelled to Praia da Luz on behalf of Madeleine's parents to attend an evening service in the Algarve village's church of Our Lady of Light... The Archbishop of York has written a prayer for Madeleine to mark the anniversary...Dr John Sentamu wrote: "Keep her safe and take away her fear and anxiety. May your holy angels guard and protect her. ..We pray that she may be reunited with those who love her. Give hope to all her loved ones and hear our cry for her safe return."</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/63/663/9/61/7/2492961070064924833atEOod_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> <name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image66.webshots.com/666/4/4/56/2162404560064924833IzFeLw_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2162404560064924833IzFeLw" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>03May2008-BBC ~ McCanns go to anniversary service</title> <description>Kate and Gerry McCann have attended a church service to mark a year since their daughter Madeleine disappeared...The couple held hands as they left the Anglican parish church near their home in Rothley, Leicestershire... The three-year-old girl was last seen by her family on 3 May, 2007 in their holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, southern Portugal... A church service is also being held in Portugal to mark the one year anniversary of her disappearance...Parents Kate and Gerry McCann, who are official suspects in Madeleine's disappearance, have carried out media interviews ahead of the anniversary. Their spokesman, Clarence Mitchell, said they would not be speaking to the media on Saturday..."This is an entirely private church visit for them," he said. The service at the Anglican Parish Church of St Mary and St John was led by the Rev Rob Gladstone, who said prayers for four-year-old Madeleine and other missing children...During the 30-minute service, Kate McCann rose to thank the community for their prayers and show of support for the family...Madeleine's great aunt, Janet Kennedy, said afterwards: "I am not sure how she mustered the strength to do so..."I think it (the service) was a great comfort to them both." ...People have been asked to turn on lights at the time Madeleine went missing...In a campaign entitled Light The Way Home, McCann supporters want candles to be lit and porch lights turned on between 2130 BST and 2200 BST to symbolise the time Madeleine went missing from her bed... Everton, Madeleine's favourite football club, will switch on floodlights at its ground...A number of other relatives - including Mr McCann's brother John, his sister Trish Cameron, her husband Sandy, who all live in his home city of Glasgow, and Mrs McCann's cousin Michael Wright - are travelling to Praia da Luz on behalf of Madeleine's parents. There they will attend an evening service in the Algarve village's church of Our Lady of Light... The Archbishop of York has written a prayer for Madeleine to mark the anniversary...Dr John Sentamu wrote: "Keep her safe and take away her fear and anxiety. May your holy angels guard and protect her. We pray that she may be reunited with those who love her. Give hope to all her loved ones and hear our cry for her safe return."...A supporter of the McCanns, Dr Sentamu has kept a candle burning for Madeleine at his palace in York during the last year...Meanwhile, the case, which attracted massive worldwide publicity, has not affected the number of Britons holidaying in the Algarve...Despite retailers reporting anecdotally that trade has declined, tourism statistics show that the number of visitors actually rose sharply - from 1.9 million in 2006 to 2.2 million last year... Antonio Pina, president of the Algarve Tourism Board, told the Jornal de Noticias: "Madeleine's disappearance is regrettable and sad but it has not had a negative influence on Algarve tourism... "There were half a dozen cancellations in the first days following the occurrence and that is about all."</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/66/666/4/4/56/2162404560064924833IzFeLw_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> |
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name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image63.webshots.com/663/6/93/93/2507693930064924833QerKsY_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2507693930064924833QerKsY" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>MADDY'S PRAYER ~ Written by the Archbishop of York</title> <description>Father God, we pray for Madeleine McCann... Keep her safe and take away her fear and anxiety.. May your holy angels guard and protect her... We pray that she may be reunited with those who love her... Give hope to all her loved ones... And hear our cry for her safe return... We offer our prayer in the name of the Good Shepherd Jesus Christ, your Son and our Lord........ Amen.______________________RAY OF HOPE IN TOWN.. 1 YEAR ON******************A candle still burns for Madeleine McCann in Our Lady of the Light church here in Praia da Luz....Lit by an anonymous well-wisher a year ago, it acts as a reminder that the four-year-old is still missing...Outside the church, yellow and green ribbons still hang from an old cypress tree...And pinned to a nearby notice board, a poster of Madeleine has yellowed in the hot Portuguese sun...Within hours of Madeleine's disappearance Luz - as it is known to locals - found itself at the centre of one of the biggest news stories of the past 20 years...Twelve months on life is slowly returning to normal but it has taken its toll...Luz and its 6,000 residents - nearly half of them ex-pats - struggled to cope with the Madeleine case. And as I discovered this week, they are still struggling...Joao Arribanca, from the mayor's office, admitted the town had been changed by Madeleine's disappearance...He said: "I still hope, for the good of many people, that the truth comes out. It shocked the town, greatly."...Resort chiefs continue to put on a brave face, insisting bookings are not down. But shopkeepers talk of the "Madeleine effect" hitting trade with fewer tourists...The Rev Haynes Hubbard, who prayed with Kate and Gerry in Portugal, said: "Evil can happen anywhere, and it can be beaten with goodness. Luz will recover, I am sure."...Tonight a service will be held at Our Lady of the Light. The people of Luz will then return home - praying Maddy will be found safe.</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/63/663/6/93/93/2507693930064924833QerKsY_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> <name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image69.webshots.com/469/5/38/44/2052538440064924833irHmJv_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2052538440064924833irHmJv" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>ONE YEAR ON....Help to light the way home.....</title> <description>Shine a Torch, Turn on Lanterns,Light a Candle....May 3rd is the first anniversary of Madeleine's abduction. Let's hope the next year brings about a resolution in this case....for Madeleine's sake!</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/69/469/5/38/44/2052538440064924833irHmJv_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> <name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image58.webshots.com/758/8/60/80/2491860800064924833acZRos_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2491860800064924833acZRos" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>030508MIRROR ~ One year on: Light a candle for missing Madeleine McCann</title> <description>Exclusive by Martin Fricker 3/05/2008 Madeleine McCann Related ArticlesOne year on, the McCanns' vow: We'll find Madeleine ourselvesTourists posing for pictures at McCann tragedy spotsKate and Gerry McCann reveal extent of hate mail over missing MadeleineTeenager Leighanna shares with McCann twins how to cope with a missing siblingMore Top StoriesHave your say on What are you talking about? in our ForumsNews picturesRelated Tagsmadeleine mccann (What's this?)It is exactly one year from that terrible moment when Kate McCann discovered her daughter Madeleine missing from bed.The anguished mum and husband Gerry are asking everyone to mark the anniversary at 9.15pm by lighting a candle and praying for their four-year-old's safe return.The McCanns, both 40, believe Madeleine was abducted from their holiday flat at that time.And well-wishers who light their flame, shine a torch or turn on a porch light between that time and 10pm tonight will touch their hearts.Advertisement Kate said yesterday: "Lighting a candle or lantern is a lovely idea."We are grateful to everyone who chooses to remember Madeleine at this time." The GP has been dreading the anniversary and added: "It's a difficult day. I think we had underestimated it a little bit. It is probably more significant than we had felt."I don't think we'll know until the morning really what feels right."Tonight Everton, Madeleine's favourite football club, will switch on its floodlights at 9.30pm. A picture of the missing four-year-old shows her in the team's kit.In the McCanns' home village of Rothley, Leics, candles will be lit in a hotel's grounds. The Helping to Find Madeleine group will release paper lanterns into the sky over the county.Madeleine's grandmother, Susan Healy, will light a candle at home in Allerton, Liverpool. She said: "We know a lot of people will want to light up the sky for Madeleine. We'll do that in our garden and hope others will do the same ."The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, has kept a candle burning for Madeleine for the last year and has written a special prayer, below, for the anniversary. Kate and Gerry, who remain official suspects in the case, will mark the day privately at home after church.In Praia da Luz, Portugal - the resort from which Madeleine disappeared - a special service will be held at the church where the parents used to pray daily.It is titled A Service of Hope, 365 Days Too Long, Madeleine McCann, We Want You Home. Gerry's brother, John, and other relatives will attend the vigil.Kate has written a message of hope.Priest Haynes Hubbard, who will lead the service, said: "There are no answers."Until Madeleine comes home, all we can do is hold hands, weep and pray."</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/758/8/60/80/2491860800064924833acZRos_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> |
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name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image58.webshots.com/658/8/98/82/2268898820064924833ZVUBIS_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2268898820064924833ZVUBIS" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>MADELEINE'S FAVOURITE FOOTBALL TEAM, EVERTON.</title> <description>Supporters have been asked to light candles, shine torches or turn on a porch lamp between 9.30pm and 10pm to mark the period she went missing.Everton, Madeleine's favourite football team, will join the Light The Way Home campaign by switching on the floodlights at its ground.</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/8/98/82/2268898820064924833ZVUBIS_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> <name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image66.webshots.com/666/8/83/69/2180883690064924833ikWNiy_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2180883690064924833ikWNiy" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>Madeleine McCann's Story</title> <description>from "FOREVER SEARCHING" website ......Madeleine McCann's Story ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On the evening of Thursday, 3 May 2007 in the resort of Praia da Luz in the Algarve, Portugal, just days short of her fourth birthday. Madeleine Mcann was on holiday with her parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, and siblings when she disappeared from an apartment in the central area of the resort.....Since the initial weeks of speculation, little in the way of hard and fast fact has emerged. On the 3rd of May 2008, it will be exactly one year since that awful night.....Madeleine has a distiguishing mark in her right eye known as a 'colomba.....There is scant evidence of an organised, exhaustive search, when Madeleine went missing. Neither border nor marine police were given descriptions of Madeleine for many hours after she vanished, and officers have not been seen making extensive door-to-door inquiries.</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/66/666/8/83/69/2180883690064924833ikWNiy_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> |
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name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image63.webshots.com/663/6/49/23/2626649230064924833jUoWtI_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2626649230064924833jUoWtI" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>02/05/2008Telegraph ~ Kate McCann says she still feels Madeleine is out there</title> <description>The Telegraph talks to Gerry and Kate McCann as they launch a new campaign on the anniversary of their daughter Madeleine's disappearance...Gerry, talking about the launch of a new campaign, said: This is something we've been working behind the scenes. We knew there would be massive media attention and we wanted to capitalise on that...The documentary is a platform and told a bit of a story about where we're at. We want to bring the focus back completely to what this is about �?finding Madeleine...Kate: There has been that much speculation. I find it upsetting for our family but it's upsetting for Madeline... Gerry: There so much noise you can't tell the noise from the real messages. Any angle leads to column inches when it doesn't deserve it...When you think about the last five months how much new information - there's very, very little and we need to focus is back on what people do know and what are the real issues here...Q: Is this the best hope now of finding Madeleine?...Kate: I'm not sure about that but the media interest will wane without any developments and I guess you've got to use this opportunity. We need that information and we strongly believe that information is out there, somebody knows something...Dubbing today "May Day for Madeleine", Gerry said: It's the last chance to capture a lot of the information that's gone into the investigation that we're not privy to and clearly we need to know everything that's been done. What we're asking people to do is if you've given information to police, Crimestoppers, Portuguese police, we're asking you to give it to us as well...We're a year down the line and seemingly no closer to finding Madeleine. We've got little bits of jigsaw but huge gaps...We have set aside considerable resources on this task and we have processes set up and ready to go but of course we don't know what information has been generated...I personally don't think running stories on Madeleine makes that much difference. Her image is everywhere...It's about that key bit of information - someone has it but they might not necessarily put it together...At this time, a year on, it's to try to jog people's memories. Portugal is a small country, she could have been moved, we've clearly got an international case and we're desperate for information...There are people who haven't come forward who might have been involved on the periphery...Q: When the arguido status is lifted will this story go away?...Kate: Being made arguido has not helped the search for Madeleine. I'm sure when the arguido status is lifted it will be a major development and huge headlines...Q: There is lots and lots of media coverage but has it helped the searched?...Gerry: A lot of people think Madeleine is dead. Today is about us stating our absolute categoric belief that there is no evidence that Madeleine has been seriously harmed...Q: How do you feel Madeleine?...Kate: It's a sense really, Madeliene is very close, it's kind of a sensation that she's there. You try and be objective and think that it's just because I'm her mum and because I want to believe...Gerry: The more research we've done and the more we've looked into these types of cases the stronger my belief is now that there's a better chance Madeleine is alive...The bulk of data is actually based from the US. From the 115-a-year stereotypical kidnappings by strangers 40-50 per cent are killed, which means that the majority are not killed. The younger the child the less likely is that child will be seriously harmed or killed...Madeleine really is the right low limit. We've not said it's impossible. How many of the children who are never found and assumed to be dead are actually being brought up somewhere else? It's frightening to think of Natasha Kampusch (held for eight years) and Shawn Hornbeck (four years) and other kids...Kate: The story in Austria shows how people can go off the radar. But they are still there and you owe it to that erson to keep looking...It still give you hope, it's horrible to think of the length of time and stuff and you think of a year ago. Imagine what it would have been like to get to a year, it would have killed me. A few days at that point were forever but it [Elisabeth being found] gives you hope and it could be today, tomorrow or next week and you've got to keep hold of that hope...Gerry: It all gives you hope. People want to help. She's a completely innocent child and surely we can find her if everyone pulls together. Whatever anyone thinks of the situation Madeleine is innocent and she's a child...When we went to Washington and spoke to the people who had the most expertise we came out thinking she is out there...Gerry: There's a really good chance she is still out there, based on years of experience of missing and abducted children...What Earnie Allen's (national center for missing and exploited children in Washington) exact words were are there are a host of scenarios by which Madeleine could still be out there...The experts are saying there is a strong chance Madeleine is out there but its back to what we need to do which is address the situation: Who took her? Is that person alone? If they are alone they don't live in isolation, they live in a town, in a holiday resort, they interact with people and they might have accomplices we don't know what motivates them... They have to shop, they have to buy things. People have got a description of a man. It's trying to find a link somewhere, we feel incredibly passionate about it...Kate: Even people who are classed as loners are known as the loner down the road...About Sean and Amelie:::::::::::::::: Sean and Amelie talk about her constantly,. They include her in everything. They ask about her. They essentially still play with her and that's really heartening for us. A year down the line, our three-year-old twins still see it as that and if Madeleine walked in the door tomorrow they'd say which one do you want and play with her...They would shout 'Madeleine's home, lets go and play'. She is still a huge part of their life and ours...Explaining to them what has happened::::::::::Kate: I've got my journal but we took advice and have done everything that we thought was best for Sean and Amelie. A psychologist we spoke to said basically be honest. The problem is you haven't got a story to tell and can't fill in the facts...Gerry: I hope she's back with us before they're of an age when they're on the internet and searching. We will face difficult decisions down the line and we are not forcing information on them. ..As they ask the questions, they are being told straight and the situation now is still they know Madeleine is missing. They have some understanding of the concept of being lost and that people are looking for them and they say heartbreaking things to us like they're going to find Madeleine and bring her home... Kate: They will say things like that because we talk about when Madeleine comes home...About the new campaign:::::::::::Gerry: This is a local call number, no premium. It functions from abroad. My strong understanding is that will be a local call from abroad as well. People can leave information anonymously and we guarantee confidentiality...Kate: We don't know what has been done and what hasn't been done (in the investigation). As parents not knowing what's being done, it gets to a time when we have to find out ourselves...Gerry: We need to know and we want to know. The bulk of the information in the inquiry came from the UK. We knew there were thousands of leads that came through Crimestoppers and Leicestershire police...The bulk of the people in Praia da Luz were British, Irish, Dutch and German. We need to co-operate with the authorities. We're not taking the law into our own hands. There will be jurisdictional issues...We believe it's an international investigation and our investigation in independent. It's cross border and focused on finding Madeline...Kate: We don't know what the Portuguese (police) know...Gerry: Who can object to us, a year down the line, diverting resources. It's a year. We're not being given information that people are under supervision - if so we'd be keeping very quiet... People had a fair crack. We just want as parents to make sure everything possible is being done...There's been a huge response. We don't know what came into Crimestoppers or Leicestershire. We have not had access and clearly we want access, what's been done and not been done...Kate: We're not taking over the investigation but we're obviously trying to do something ourselves...Gerry: We are running an independent investigation and we believe it is an international enquiry and we will direct as much resources as we've got available into following up every lead...Any information coming in will be scrutinised, graded, followed up and acted on...Kate and I have been working behind the scenes on this with a few core people to launch today. There has been a considerable degree of planning over several weeks...We need every call. Every bit of information is important to us. Considerable resources are being directed into this...We might be overwhelmed...There might be multiple reasons why people have not come forward. In isolation it might not mean anything but it might when you look at the bigger picture...Kate: I hope its not a bind for people and they will understand but can you give it again and there might be some key information in there. Maybe it might make this move...Gerry: We have a right to information and what has been done to our daughter and if we are not given the information we will try and do anything. Anybody who has contacted any authority should contact us...Q: How do you see her?...Kate: When you picture her it's memories. I don't speculate on what situation she's in. It's memories. I don't have any vision if where she is now... I just sense her still being there... It's hard to explain really. It's a sensation, a feeling. It is comforting, very comforting, that she's that bit closer.</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/63/663/6/49/23/2626649230064924833jUoWtI_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> <name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image66.webshots.com/666/1/27/29/2218127290064924833LWQNOF_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2218127290064924833LWQNOF" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>02MAY08 "Maddie is missing" (Gerry and Kate McCann, Maddie's parents, to SIC TV)</title> <description>- How has this past year been?...Kate: I spend the entire day with Sean and Amélie. It has been very difficult, but I continue to believe that Maddie is alive...Gerry: It was by far the most difficult year. We continue to be motivated by the strong possibility that she is alive...- Do your younger children continue to ask about their sister?...Kate: They talk about her every day. She is part of their lives. At times it is difficult, other times touching. She is part of their lives...Gerry: I believe that if Maddie returned home today they would react normally ... they are very little, and don't yet ask questions. At this point, they just know that Maddie is missing...Kate: We can only tell them the truth when we know it...Gerry: They have the notion that they last saw Maddie in Portugal. They think that if they go back, they'll find their sister...Yesterday, Maddie's parents gave 18 interviews to the media...Message to the Abductor..."All we want is Madeleine back and you can free yourself of this situation," says Gerry...In apartment 5a at the Ocean Club vestiges of blood were found, whose DNA is similar to Maddie's. One of the vestiges was behind the sofa...The discovery of vestiges in the car rented after the disappearance mandated the about-face of the investigation. The exam results caused the parents to become arguidos.</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/66/666/1/27/29/2218127290064924833LWQNOF_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> |
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name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image69.webshots.com/469/6/81/85/2886681850064924833rXWSoX_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2886681850064924833rXWSoX" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>02MAY08MSNUK ~ Give us all the evidence - McCanns</title> <description>Madeleine McCann's parents have launched a direct appeal to anyone who has spoken to Portuguese police about her disappearance to contact them. A year on from their daughter's abduction and with their relationship with the Portuguese investigation team having become strained, Gerry and Kate McCann said it was now their right to know what information, including every potential lead, was out there. Mr McCann said: "This is something we have been working on behind the scenes, putting into place what we knew was going to be massive media attention on us and trying to capitalise on that to get our message out. "We have used the documentary as a platform, told a story of where we are at ... to bring the focus completely back to what this was always about, and that's finding Madeleine." Mrs McCann said: "There has been that much speculation in a lot of the media, particularly the written press. "I find it upsetting, but it's upsetting for Madeleine. It's taking away people searching for Madeleine." With the anniversary of the child's disappearance from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz falling on Saturday, the McCanns believe this could be a "last chance" in their search. Because of Portugal's secrecy laws, they have been kept in the dark over much of the information the authorities have collected about her disappearance, despite numerous apparent leaks to the media in Portugal and Spain. "We are a year down the line and seemingly no closer to finding Madeleine. We have got little bits of the jigsaw but huge gaps and we have a resource, we have set aside considerable resources on this task," Mr McCann said. The couple urged people to call a new phone line - 0845 838 4699 - with any potential leads.</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/69/469/6/81/85/2886681850064924833rXWSoX_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> <name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image69.webshots.com/469/1/46/24/2574146240064924833KcoEtK_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2574146240064924833KcoEtK" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>1st May 2008DM ~ McCanns fear Madeleine could be held against her will for years like Fritzl's s</title> <description>Madeleine McCann's parents fear she could end up like the secret family Josef Fritzl kept captive in an underground dungeon in Austria, they revealed today. Gerry McCann said the horrific case in the town of Amstetten, as well as that of Natascha Kampusch - who was held captive by Austrian paedophile Wolfgang Priklopil for eight years - did show it was possible his own daughter is still alive. But he said he and wife Kate lived in fear that she could become a "statistic" while growing up elsewhere and ultimately surviving but forgetting her parents. In an appearance on Sky News the McCanns were asked if the shocking case gave them a glimmer of hope, as proof that it was possible for someone missing so long to still be alive. Mr McCann replied: "It's an interesting concept isn't it? And of course Austria has had the other case of Natascha Kampusch who was missing for eight years. "The last thing we would possibly ever want is for Madeleine to become a statistic, a missing child who because of her young age may grow up in another environment and never be recovered." His wife Kate, sitting by his side, interjected: "And adapt..." - indicating that they also fear Madeleine could grow up and forget them. The couple, who are both doctors, have launched a media blitz ahead of the one-year anniversary of their daughter's disappearance this Saturday in a bid to uncover any new leads. They admit the renewed interest in Madeleine's plight because of the landmark could be their last chance to find her and are candid about their determination to capitalise on it while they still can. Mr McCann told ITV: "This is an international situation, there is no doubt about that... Madeleine could have very easily been moved out of Portugal so we have to appeal as far out as possible." His wife said: "We know certainly that the media interest in us will die down after the anniversary. I think that's inevitable and there are benefits from that. "We always knew there was going to be a lot of attention around the anniversary and I guess we are trying to capitalise on that and achieve something while we can."Obviously we can still work on it after that but we need to take these opportunities." Mr McCann said they were renewing their appeal for any information because they still believe someone out there "has that bit of information". Although he said they would continue to campaign more widely about missing children, the doctor insisted his daughter would always be their priority no matter how long they have to search for her. "As long as Madeleine is missing, obviously we are going to be looking for her," he said. "Our priority is finding Madeleine and we will certainly never give up searching for her until we find out what happed and we find her abductor." They are both adamant their daughter, now four, is still alive and that it will only take one piece of information to find her. Mrs McCann said: "Madeleine is just so important to us. She is so special to us and if anything is going to keep you going, it is that. "We are her parents. We will never give up no matter how tired we are, we will always keep going. We want Madeleine back and she deserves to be found." The couple have embarked on a huge round of TV interviews to kick off a renewed campaign in their search for their girl ahead of the anniversary of her disappearance on Saturday. Appearing this morning with his wife on GMTV, Mr McCann said their ordeal has been "almost unbearable", but they have been pulled through by their young twins Sean and Amelie. He said: "Any parent will understand we will do anything to get that child back. We will go to the ends of the earth." His wife added: "We're Madeleine's parents; if we're not there for her, who is?" They have not yet decided what to do to mark the first anniversary of the four-year-old's disappearance from Praia da Luz, Portugal, on Saturday. Mr McCann said there are nights when he thinks "I don't want to wake up tomorrow", but that they believe a lot can still be done. He added: "That person is still out there and will probably do this again." Speaking of the hate mail the couple have received, he said: "The negatives do drag you down a bit, you try to develop a thick skin and put them aside. "The problem with the recurring criticism that we went to dinner 50 yards away is that we can't change that." Mrs McCann said: "Everybody parents in a different way. I couldn't love Madeleine more than I do and there's no way we would ever take the risk. "There's probably some things that other people do that we wouldn't do. There's no right or wrong, it's just different." She added: "There's been an evil crime committed here, a hideous crime ... It's just so important to concentrate on that. "We've got to live with ourselves for that misjudgement but really the focus should be on that person who's out there." The couple gave the number of a dedicated phone line for information about Madeleine's whereabouts, 0845 838 4699.</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/69/469/1/46/24/2574146240064924833KcoEtK_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> |
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name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image52.webshots.com/652/8/89/75/2462889750064924833YwLbBR_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2462889750064924833YwLbBR" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>01MAY08MSNUK ~ Parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann appeal to kidnappers: Call us</title> <description>The parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann have appealed to her kidnappers to return their daughter on the one-year anniversary of her disappearance from a Portuguese resort...Kate and Gerry McCann have begun a new phase of their search for Madeleine with the launch of a telephone hotline they hope will produce new information..."If you have Madeleine, you can call this number. All we are interested in, is getting Madeleine back," Gerry McCann urged in an interview Thursday with AP television..."You can do this anonymously, we will guarantee that. All we want is Madeleine back. You can get out of this situation. Please, contact us," he said...The couple have produced a documentary and are conducting interviews as part of a new media offensive to mark the anniversary.</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/52/652/8/89/75/2462889750064924833YwLbBR_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> - <album> <name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image63.webshots.com/663/8/78/62/2042878620064924833vttSwk_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2042878620064924833vttSwk" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>Maddie ... still missing</title> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/63/663/8/78/62/2042878620064924833vttSwk_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> |
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<name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image72.webshots.com/72/3/12/64/2263312640064924833NPCLLp_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2263312640064924833NPCLLp" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>A Gamble Too Far...C.E.O.P.</title> <description>Jim Gamble, the genial Irishman who heads the Child Exploitation and On-line Protection centre, is often accused by cops of being a self-publicist. CEOP was the first British law enforcement agency to send staff to Portugal to help with the Madeleine investigation. I mention this only because I think Mr. Gamble may have gone a little too far this time. As I strolled through Westminster today I saw an ad for CEOP...emblazoned in day-glo letters on a police horse. No prizes for guessing which part of the beast's anatomy was chosen to promote the organisation, a decision which will give delight to Mr. Gamble's detractors.</description> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/72/72/3/12/64/2263312640064924833NPCLLp_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> <name>PART SIX ~ Madeleine Beth McCann ~ No Stone Unturned ~ Part 6</name> <url>http://news.webshots.com/album/563294156BbPXhh</url> <category>news</category> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/58/658/1/73/29/2059173290064924833oyNipN_th.jpg" /> </album> </item> - <item src="http://image52.webshots.com/652/7/29/94/2566729940064924833rUPQcN_ph.jpg" href="http://news.webshots.com/photo/2566729940064924833rUPQcN" type="image"> <maintainSize>true</maintainSize> <title>LOOK FOR ME EVERYWHERE, I KNOW IT'S HARD.</title> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/52/652/7/29/94/2566729940064924833rUPQcN_th.jpg" /> <username>bisquitzoe</username> <url>http://community.webshots.com/user/bisquitzoe</url> <thumbnail src="http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/65/765/3/56/7/2750356070064924833sDGMfg_th.jpg" /> </user> |
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