Maddie wasn't doped, parents insist
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MADRID, Spain  - The parents of Madeleine McCann have denounced as "outrageous" suggestions that they gave her sedatives - one of the theories that has emerged to explain the disappearance of the British girl. Some media reports have indicated Portuguese police suspect Madeleine's parents may have accidentally given her an overdose of sedatives, then disposed of her body. Gerry and Kate McCann have repeatedly dismissed the suggestion.  Portuguese police have declined to comment because Portugal's secrecy laws forbid detectives from speaking about ongoing investigations.
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Gerry and Kate McCann said Wednesday they were encouraged by a decision from Portuguese prosecutors not to question them again over their daughter&#39;s disappearance in May.
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The parents of the missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann said today they were clinging on to the hope that their daughter was safe and being looked after by someone who wanted a child of their own.
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The family of a girl found hanged do not believe she was copying a cousin who died in the same way.
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Artur Rego discusses a ruling by Portuguese justice officials that Madeleine McCann's parents, Gerry and Kate, do not have to be interviewed again by police in the Algarve.
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Gerry McCann, the father of missing  British girl Madeleine McCann, has angrily rejected Portuguese  media claims that he and his wife Kate had drugged their  children.
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A childrenâs charity says it wasnât told of mortgage debt risks.
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The parents of a four-year-old British girl who disappeared while on a family holiday in Portugal said Saturday that they believed a sighting of a possible suspect was &quot;significant and relevant.&quot;
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The new spokesman for the parents of  missing British four-year-old Madeleine McCann said on Tuesday  it was ludicrous to suggest they were guilty of harming her.
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Parents have long griped that having children sidetracks their best-laid exercise plans. Now they have evidence.
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The parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann have held talks with a U.S. entertainment company regarding a making a film about their daughter's disappearance, a family spokesman said Tuesday.
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A 12-year-old Scottish girl who flew to Pakistan with her father during a bitter custody battle has insisted that she made the trip from Britain freely and was not being forced into marriage.
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"She is shocked and surprised in several ways. First of all, that such an accusation could be made against her. And obviously she is concerned that such a line of investigation can become a distraction from further attempts to find Madeleine."  Madeleine McCann's mother is being made a formal suspect by police investigating the child's disappearance. via IcTheWharf
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PRAIA DA LUZ, Portugal - In a shocking twist, the British parents who have run an international campaign to find their missing 4-year-old daughter were declared suspects in the case yesterday, their lawyer said, after traces of blood were found in their rental car.
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The parents of the British girl who went missing in Portugal are now under suspicion, but much about the case remains a baffling mystery. A look at the chief unanswered questions
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Here's an up-to-the-minute round-up from Europe of what has been doing in the ongoing potboiler regarding the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, the missing 3-year-old girl who allegedly was kidnapped from her room at a Portuguese vacation resort in May. Should you have had your head buried in the sand during the past few months or were abducted by aliens, first the background: Madeleine's parents, Gerry and Kate McCann had allegedly put all of their children to bed in a room at the Portuguese vacation village and were "relaxing with friends" over a few drinks at a tapas bar close to their room. Yes, the children were alone, unsupervised, but "being checked up on regularly" by their doting Doctor-parents. Varying accounts exist of how much alcohol was consumed during the evening. At the last bed-check, allegedly around 10 pm, Mrs. McCann allegedly discovered Maddie to be missing. Early reports indicated she returned to the tapas bar shouting hysterically "They've taken her, they've taken her." A massive month-long manhunt ensured and failed to turn up any clue of the little girl, despite leads pouring in, sightings of her in places as far away as Belgium. Vowing not to leave Portugal until Maddie was returned to them, the McCanns fled Portugal for the safety of Britain last week when Portuguese authorities stopped just shy of directly accusing the couple of having either accidentally or purposely killed their daughter and covered up the toddler's death with a fake abduction story. Since then, the accusations have been flying, tensions mounting and tempers here on Topix in the various fora running hot and heavy. And now, as a public service from Europe, a round-up of the latest headlines concerning the disappearance/death/kidnapping/murder/story of Madeleine McCann, age 3... (more) *********************************************
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The parents of missing toddler Madeleine McCann remain cautious about a photo of a blonde girl snapped in Morocco, wary of an &quot;emotional rollercoaster&quot;, their spokesman said Wednesday.