Madeleine police 'clutching at straws'
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Missing girl's aunt urges Portuguese investigators to focus on finding four-year-old.
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Newspaper says judge considering whether to allow journals to be used as evidence in Madeleine case.
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Portuguese police said they  would hand evidence against the parents of missing 4-year-old  Madeleine McCann on Monday to the public prosecutor, who would  decide whether to charge them.
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The father of missing British girl Madeleine McCann on Wednesday angrily rejected Portuguese media reports he and his wife Kate had drugged their children.
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The only suspect in the case of missing British four-year-old Madeleine McCann was being questioned by Portuguese police on Tuesday, police chief inspector Olegario de Sousa said.
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The parents of Madeleine McCann who disappeared in Portugal rejected Wednesday as "outrageous" allegations they gave their children sedatives, in their first interview since being named as suspects in the case.
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British papers proclaim Gerry and Kate McCann victims of "rampant speculation" and claim both parents of missing Madeleine McCann "utterly innocent" today.  According to a report published by Sky News, Clarence Mitchell, who quit his Civil Service job to help Gerry and Kate McCann, said "rampant" speculation about possible charges against the couple had to end. Britain's The Sun tabloid says: McCann family sources today said the evidence against the parents of missing Madeleine was at worst "totally useless". They also claimed that least 30 people used the hire car where it was claimed DNA from Maddie was found. It was reported this afternoon that the evidence is flawed and the McCanns would be cleared if the case came before a Portuguese court.  Meanwhile, according to an ITN news report, The case against the McCanns appears to be weakening after a judge reportedly refused to order Kate McCann to return to Portugal for questioning. Kate McCann could now be re-interviewed this week by British police acting on behalf of the Portuguese authorities... The parents of missing Madeleine McCann sought Tuesday to refocus public attention on finding their daughter, according to a report filed 30 minutes ago by AFP in London: "The focus must now return to Madeleine and move away from the rampant, unfounded and inaccurate speculation of recent days. The focus must be the child at the centre of this, Madeleine..."  (Continued...)
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Portuguese police say they are expecting to take action in the Madeleine McCann case in the next few days.
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AP photo LONDON  - Today's Daily Mail asks its readers: "Are we really so desperate for Madeleine's story to have a dramatic conclusion that we want to push her parents over the edge? Are we trying to kill the McCanns?" The article goes on to say: "Well, that's what it feels like as, day after day, the barrage of critical stories keeps coming."  According to the article, "Kate McCann finally broke down on Spanish TV and showed all the emotion she has been accused of lacking. The doctor whose professional manner and pretty face have attracted so many bitchy comments was barely able to control herself..."
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The Portuguese inquiry into missing British girl Madeleine McCann is reaching its end, the justice minister said Wednesday -- but rejected accusations of police failure.
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"So far, police investigations have yielded negative results. "Nevertheless, the police will continue investigating this case."  Detectives in Malta are investigating two fresh claimed sightings on the island of missing Madeleine McCann. via Guardian Unlimited
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A spokesperson for the parents of missing toddler Madeleine McCann has demanded that they be eliminated from the investigation after Portuguese police announced that the inquiry is almost over.
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Portuguese police on  Wednesday searched an area of deserted scrubland near where  British four-year-old Madeleine McCann was snatched, after a  tip-off to a Dutch newspaper.
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Spanish police have arrested two people with possible links to Madeleine McCann, the four-year-old British girl who vanished nearly two months ago during a vacation in Portugal, the Portuguese police chief in charge of the case says.
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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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Police admit confusion wrecked the early days of the investigation into Madeleine McCann's disappearance.
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The parents of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann left here early Sunday to catch a plane back to Britain after being named as suspects by Portuguese police and sharply criticising the inquiry in media interviews.