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Archive for ‘July, 2007’

Day 82- 24/07/2007 – Tuesday

Day 82- 24/07/2007 – Tuesday

Another busy day in Washington. Started early on at NCMEC with interviews from 6.15am for the five major US TV networks morning news shows. A very serious issues programme 20-20 was also recording our visit to the America, as they will also be producing a piece on the search to find Madeleine. Late morning we [...]

Madeleine McCann’s father visits the US

Madeleine McCann’s father visits the US

By staff and agencies Last Updated: 1:26AM BST 24/07/2007 The father of missing Madeleine McCann will meet US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales today to discuss how America is tackling child abduction. Gerry McCann is in the US on a four-day fact-finding visit to learn about the work of specialist agencies in preventing child trafficking and [...]

Day 81 – 23/07/2007 – Monday

Day 81 – 23/07/2007 – Monday

Very busy day and I was almost asleep by the time I got back to the hotel so apologies for not posting the blog earlier. We started off by spending the morning at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). We had a tour of the NCMEC led by President Ernie Allen who [...]

Day 80 – 22/07/2007 – Sunday

Day 80 – 22/07/2007 – Sunday

Spent the whole day travelling from the Algarve to Washington where I will be visiting the National and International Centers for Missing and Exploited Children and meeting politicians involved in recent legislation on missing children. The flights for our campaign manager and myself were kindly donated by an airline. There is a very upsetting story [...]

Day 79 – 21/07/2007 – Saturday

Day 79 – 21/07/2007 – Saturday

Relatively quiet day on the campaign front. Spent the day with the kids and visited the Algarve ZooMarine which they really enjoyed, particularly the dolphins.

Day 78 – 20/07/2007 – Friday

Day 78 – 20/07/2007 – Friday

Kate and I spent a few hours with our campaign manager discussing longer term strategies to maintain Madeleines profile, in case she is not found soon. We had a long conference call with two organisations that are keen to help us with the campaign but there is still quite a bit of work to be [...]

Day 77 – 19/07/2007 – Thursday

Day 77 – 19/07/2007 – Thursday

I was glad to see the messages of support page updated today after a few days with some technical hitches. 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 [...]

Day 76 – 18/07/2007 – Wednesday

Day 76 – 18/07/2007 – Wednesday

Pretty busy day. Started off with a few phone calls and answering e-mails. We had a longer meeting than usual with the Portuguese police because I had gone back to London last week . We have a good relationship with them and, as well as the British officers who are in Portugal, we can feed [...]

Day 75 – 17/07/2007 – Tuesday

Day 75 – 17/07/2007 – Tuesday

Madeleine has been missing for 75 days today and last night Kate and I attended mass to pray for her. On the back of the latest poster launch with Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, the extensive media coverage and the millions of people who are desperate to find Madeleine, we are still very hopeful [...]

Harry Potter to help in search for Madeleine

Harry Potter to help in search for Madeleine

By Fiona Govan in Praia da Luz Last Updated: 2:53AM BST 17/07/2007 Photographs of missing Madeleine McCann will be displayed in bookshops across the world to tie in with the launch of the new Harry Potter book on Saturday. The parents of the abducted four-year-old today revealed the posters that will be placed in every [...]

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