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Madeleine's Dad Speaks Of 'Hope' In US

2007-07-27T11:42:00.000-07:00

The father of four-year-old Madeleine McCann - who's been missing since May - has visited the US to meet with the Attorney General and experts on child abduction. During his trip, he took time out to talk to Sky News about the continued investigation.

Source: Sky News

Sky Report On Praia Da Luz

2007-07-27T11:39:00.000-07:00

Sky's Amanda Walker is in Praia da Luz. She visits the beach where many take their children to play - and where the McCann's take time out to walk and play with their twins.

Source: Sky News

Madeleine McCann's Father Goes 'On the Record'

2007-07-27T11:32:00.000-07:00

FoxNews transcript of Madeleine's father interview.

Madeleine McCann Parents: 'Our Search Is Nothing Without You'

2007-07-24T08:29:00.000-07:00

The parents of Madeleine McCann say messages of support from the public are what is getting them through their darkest hours, reports Sky News.

The Find Madeleine.com website has been inundated with messages of hope and support from well-wishers around the globe, and Gerry says it gives him and Kate strength to get through their tribulation.

Writing on his web blog, Gerry says: "Kate and I spent some time reading through them and your messages do help us, especially on days when we are feeling particularly low.

Our search for Madeleine is nothing without public support and we would like to give our thanks to everyone who has helped us in any way over the last 77 days."

Latest News From Portugal 16/07/07

2007-07-24T08:17:00.000-07:00

Sky's Amanda Walker is in Praia da Luz. She takes a look at the central hub of the investigation - the police station where they are doing everything they can to find missing Madeleine McCann.

Source: Sky News

US First Lady To Help Madeleine Case

2007-07-24T08:06:00.000-07:00

Madeleine McCann's father is continuing his visit to the United States with a series of meetings with politicians.

Gerry McCann is on a four-day fact-finding visit with the family's campaigner Justine McGuinness.

He is meeting a senior member of First Lady Laura Bush's staff as well as senators and congressmen in Washington DC.

Mr McCann has already discussed efforts to tackle child abduction with US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales

The meetings are part of a visit to the US to learn about the work of specialist agencies in preventing child trafficking and sexual abuse.

Read full story at SkyNews.com

We're very grateful for all the support say McCanns

2007-07-23T09:48:00.000-07:00

Speaking at the weekend following a vigil in the Algarve for the safe return of his daughter, Mr McCann said: "We are very grateful for all the support. The support does help. The campaign is nothing without public support. We are always touched when people show they care. Thank you."

The vigil was held just before Mr McCann flew to Washington to meet US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and experts at both the National and International Centres for Missing and Exploited Children, in a bid to understand the work being carried out to reduce child abductions around the world.

Earlier this month he and his wife flew to London to visit Ulsterman Jim Gamble - head of the Child Exploitation and On-Line Protection Centre (CEOP) - whose team is helping in the search for Madeleine.

Although Madeleine was abducted almost three months ago, the case still has a high profile in the Algarve.

Posters and photographs of the missing child are displayed in many shop windows, bars and restaurants at resorts in and around Praia de Luz.

Full strory at belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Madeleine case sparks calls for 'European missing child database'

2007-07-19T10:18:00.000-07:00

Pressure is mounting for a Europe-wide database of missing children in the wake of the abduction of Madeleine McCann in Portugal.

The European Commission does not currently collect data on abducted or disappeared children.

Now Labour leader in the European Parliament Gary Titley has written to EU Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini seeking figures for the number of children who are seized in the EU every year, often for sexual exploitation.

Read full story at 24dash.com.

Brown thanks Portugal over Madeleine McCann

2007-07-09T08:34:00.000-07:00

rime minister Gordon Brown has thanked the Portuguese authorities for their efforts in trying to find missing British toddler Madeleine McCann. Read full story at politics.co.uk

Police Believe Madeleine McCann is Still in Portugal

2007-07-06T07:24:00.000-07:00

The parents of Madeleine McCann are convinced that the little girl is still alive. And police are now saying that they are convinced that Madeleine McCann is still in Portugal. The news comes two months and two days after the four-year-old girl was snatched from a holiday villa in the Algarve. She was snatched on May 3. Read full story at National Ledger.

McCanns To Work With Child Campaigners

2007-07-06T07:15:00.000-07:00

Madeleine McCann's parents plan to work with child welfare agencies in Europe to campaign against child abduction and exploitation. Read full story at Sky News.

England players support Find Madeleine campaign

2007-07-04T07:13:00.001-07:00

THE England Rugby squad today showed their solidarity with the family of missing Madeleine McCann by wearing T-shirts showing the toddler's face at their training camp in Portugal.

Mother Kate Begs Abductor

2007-07-04T07:11:00.000-07:00

Madeleine McCann case - The mother of missing 4-year-old Madeleine McCann begged her daughter's abductor to return little Madeleine to her family Tuesday.

Kate McCann wants her daughter back, and has let the kidnapper know that it's not too late to do the right thing...to bring Madeleine back home to her family.

Kate McCann said in a public statement to the abductor: "It is not too late to give her back."

Source: postchronicle.com

Madeleine's father to speak at Edinburgh

2007-07-03T07:25:00.000-07:00

The father of missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann will speak at this year’s MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival.

Gerry McCann will be interviewed by Kirsty Wark about the use of television in the search for his daughter and the role that the media has played in his family’s tireless campaign to find Madeleine.

Gerry McCann is among the names confirmed for this year’s MediaGuardian Edinburgh International TV Festival, which today announced the 2007 Festival events programme.

Source:Digital Spy

Balloons for missing Madeleine McCann

2007-07-03T07:23:00.001-07:00

Robbie Williams Show Support

2007-06-26T07:30:00.000-07:00

Ballon Launch

2007-06-22T08:07:00.000-07:00

Bryan Adams findmadeleine.com Soundtrack

2007-06-18T08:30:00.000-07:00

50th Day Balloon Event

2007-06-18T07:52:00.000-07:00

If Madeleine is not found before Friday 22nd June, then this will be 50 days since she was taken. Kate & Gerry want to mark this date with the launch of 50 yellow helium balloons, in 50 worldwide locations. We would like you to organise this event in your area. The objective is simple - After seven weeks missing, we must continue to ensure she is not forgotten.

See details at findmadeleine website.

McCanns Talk To Sky News

2007-06-13T08:08:00.000-07:00

Kate and Gerry McCann have told Sky News they think Madeleine is still alive. In an interview with Sky's Crime Correspondent Martin Brunt they say the case must not remain unsolved - and that Madeleine must be found.

Source: Sky News

UK police to post photos of 'Maddie' on Second Life

2007-06-12T11:04:00.000-07:00

British police said Monday that they planned to post pictures of Madeleine McCann, the British girl who vanished in Portugal nearly six weeks ago, in the Second Life virtual world. Read more at Middle East Times

Darfur Refugees

2007-06-12T10:59:00.000-07:00

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A Long Way Gone, memoirs of a boy soldier

2007-06-12T09:43:00.000-07:00

A gripping story of a child’s journey through hell and back.

There may be as many as 300,000 child soldiers, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s, in more than fifty conflicts around the world. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them. He is one of the first to tell his story in his own words. See more at www.alongwaygone.com

Parents of missing Madeleine visit Morocco

2007-06-11T07:57:00.000-07:00

LONDON (Reuters) - The parents of missing Madeleine McCann have taken their search to Morocco in the latest of a series of visits to raise awareness of their daughter's disappearance five weeks ago.

Kate and Gerry McCann flew from Lisbon to Casablanca on Sunday before travelling on to the Moroccan capital of Rabat.

The couple plan to visit a number of child welfare groups and meet Interior Minister, Chakib Benmoussa.

It is the latest country they have visited as part of their high-profile campaign to find four-year-old Madeleine, who was abducted from a holiday villa in the Algarve on May 3.

They have already gone to Germany and the Netherlands -- targeting the two countries because the Germans and Dutch are among the largest groups of foreign tourists in the Algarve, after Britons.

The McCanns have also taken their appeal to Spain and met the Pope during a general audience at the Vatican.

The couple intend to meet Fatima Hassar, president of the Moroccan League for the Protection of Children, and visit the National Observatory for Children's Rights on Monday morning said a spokesman for the McCanns.

The McCanns plan to return to Portugal on Tuesday, where they intend to stay for the summer, the spokesman said. Media reports over the weekend suggested Gerry McCann was preparing to leave the Algarve and return to Britain after the Morocco trip.

(c) Reuters 2007.

McCanns in Crimewatch appeal

2007-06-06T09:16:00.001-07:00

The parents of missing Madeleine McCann make an appeal on BBC's Crimewatch programme.

Source: BBC

McCanns Deny Involvement

2007-06-06T08:43:00.000-07:00

The parents of missing Madeleine McCann have held a news conference in Germany. The couple answered questions from the press and were asked about allegations that they had actually been involved in their daughter's disappearance.

Source: Sky News

Somebody Knows Who Has Madeleine

2007-06-06T08:31:00.000-07:00

The parents of Madeleine McCann have dismissed claims they were involved in her disappearance - and called on the German people to help in the search.

n a press conference in Germany they also urged the public to come forward with information.

"Somebody knows who has Madeleine - we want to reach the public.

"Somebody can help us find her. Just one telephone call... either a location or a name."

Gerry and Kate McCann are in Berlin to promote the hunt for their four-year-old, who was kidnapped 34 days ago in the Algarve.

"We want to ask for any tourists from Germany who were in Praia da Luz in the two weeks leading up to May 3, if you have any digital photos to send them to the website - www.madeleine.ceopupload.com"

When asked about the campaign, Mr McCann said: "We hope and pray every single day that this finishes and that Madeleine is returned to us safely.

"We don't want a long-term campaign - we just want her back."

Their visit - which has provoked considerable interest - coincides with the first day of the G8 summit in Heiligendamm near Rostock in the north of the country.

Source:SkyNews

Jazz Concert of Solidarity in Lagos

2007-06-04T09:37:00.000-07:00

Let's Hold a Madeleine Day For The Whole World

2007-06-04T09:31:00.000-07:00

ROCK legend Sir Elton John is being lined up to front a global pop concert, to carry the message of missing Madeleine McCann’s plight to every corner of the earth. Read more at Daily Express...

Tour: Spain

2007-06-01T10:29:00.000-07:00

Meanwhile, Gerry and Kate McCann are in Spain.

Next week, they plan to travel to Berlin, Amsterdam and Morocco to highlight their daughter abduction and put the spotlight on cases of missing children around the world.

The McCanns feel these countries are important because they are either close to the Algarve or have a population which travels to southern Portugal for holidays.

McCann's in Vatican

2007-06-01T10:18:00.000-07:00

Source: Sky News

2007-05-31T07:42:00.000-07:00

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child...

McCann's Meet Pope

2007-05-30T07:48:00.000-07:00

Kate and Gerry McCann talk this morning for a few moments with Benedictus XVI to whom they deliver a photo of their missing daughter Madeleine.

"It was very important for us to deliver Madeleine's photo and when the Pope bless her it was a very emotive moment because we now that his touch will help us in going through this difficult times", sail Kate McCann in a press conference after the meeting, and further saying that Benedictus XVI had been "very kind and honest in his words".

He said that will prey for us and for the family, and for Madeleine safe return, said Kate.

This visit to Rome mark the begining of a tour to several european countries by the McCann's to promote their daughter image and collect information.

Source:Agência Ecclesia

McCann's Interview

2007-05-25T20:26:00.000-07:00

Source: Sky News

Portuguese Bishop Offers Mediation

2007-05-23T08:03:00.000-07:00

Portuguese Algarve Bishop, D. Manuel Quintas, offers himself as mediator to find solution for Madeleine case.

In an interview with catholic radio station Radio Renascença, D. Manuel Quintas made a direct appeal to the kidnappers to return Madeleine to her parents and offered himself to mediate the transaction. "Think in the pain caused to Madeleine parents, turn your mind and return her", he said.

The Video Appeal Soundtrack

2007-05-22T09:26:00.000-07:00

Simple Minds – Don't You Forget About Me

To be included in the cd "A song for Maddie". See details at helpfindmaddie.wiki-site.com/index.php/Task:song.

New Video Appeal

2007-05-21T10:46:00.000-07:00

Never Forget

2007-05-21T09:32:00.000-07:00

Fund Raising

2007-05-17T11:11:00.000-07:00

We've made a template for fund raising available at
http://helpfindmaddie.wiki-site.com/index.php/Task:funds.
Visit www.findmadeleine.com for details.

Open Letter

2007-05-11T10:37:00.000-07:00

TO ALL IMAGE SATELLITE PROVIDERS OF THE WORLD:

Three years hold Madeleine McCann is disaperead since May 3 about 10 pm form her room in the Oceans Club resort in Praia da Luz, near Lagos, Portugal.

The police his making all the efforts to find any clues about her whereabout but don´t seem they are doing significant improvements on the case.

So, we need all the data that we can get to boost this investigation. One of such valuable piece of data would be from a satellite images source.

Nour days, satellites have a full of comercial and military applications, so why not to put them to use on such an humanity propose. If we can spot through them the movements of sorts in foreign countries in real time, maybe we can get from them also the extra clue that would lead to a viable track on the course of the investigation.

The so called web 2.0 phenomenom is all about community and social interaction. In http://helpfindmaddie.wiki-site.com we hope to gather a vast number of volunteers to help scan this raw data that you could provide us, so help us God.

Help Madeleine

2007-05-09T07:29:00.000-07:00

Madeleine McCann is a tree year hold who was kidnapped when her parents were dining on May 3 at night in a resort on Praia da Luz, Algarve, Portugal.

This blog is an effort to bring people to action and try helping find Madeleine. Everybody is welcome to provide clues, suggestions, and everything that can help. We hope to aggregate the maxim number of people worldwide to the cause; your time could be a valuable resource that can make this endeavour that we are committing ourselfs to possible.

So, what can we do?

First, see the available pictures of Madeleine; if you think that you spot her anywhere contact the local police or the Interpol. This is especially important if you live in Algarve. Also, the police has a clue that the kidnapper may be of british nationality because Madeline is also from there and the resort were she was abrupted is a property of a british and is highly frequented by the british.

If we were nearby Praia da Luz on the day she was missing at around 10 pm and if you took cellphone/digital camera pictures try to find something in them that could bring to a clue and send them to the police.

We pretend to begin an international effort of scanning satellite images from Google Earth or from any other source or entity, private or publicly held, that has access to satellite imagery and wish to donate us his assets with respect to the local of the scene.

All this could be acomplished at our wiki at http://helpfindmaddie.wiki-site.com

A group of volunteers his helping the police to scan the area; if you are available and wish to join this effort and have the means to do it feel free to apply.