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| Madeleine police get test results | Madeleine police get test results |
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| Police searching for four-year-old Madeleine McCann have been handed the first results of forensic tests. | |
| DNA and other samples were taken at sites in and around Praia da Luz in the Algarve from where Madeleine, from Leicestershire, went missing on 3 May. | |
| UK police say they have received 1,000 images and 15,000 calls after an appeal to people who had been at the resort. | UK police say they have received 1,000 images and 15,000 calls after an appeal to people who had been at the resort. |
| The information is being assessed and will be passed on to Portuguese investigators if thought relevant. | The information is being assessed and will be passed on to Portuguese investigators if thought relevant. |
| Portuguese police did not give specific details of the tests conducted at the Lisbon branch of the national forensic institute. | Portuguese police did not give specific details of the tests conducted at the Lisbon branch of the national forensic institute. |
| Spanish case | Spanish case |
| On Friday police took a DNA sample from Robert Murat, the only named suspect in the investigation. | |
| But Portuguese Chief Inspector Olegario de Sousa said it was likely that this was because a previous sample given by Mr Murat had been lost, contaminated or was not of sufficient size. | But Portuguese Chief Inspector Olegario de Sousa said it was likely that this was because a previous sample given by Mr Murat had been lost, contaminated or was not of sufficient size. |
| Madeleine's parents, Gerry and Kate, spent the day with their two-year-old twins Sean and Amelie in Praia da Luz, swimming and visiting the beach. | |
| On Friday, Mr and Mrs McCann were in Madrid, Spain, as part of a tour of several European countries to publicise the case. | |
| The couple, from Rothley, Leicestershire, who met Pope Benedict in the Vatican City earlier this week, are due to visit the Netherlands, Morocco and Germany. | The couple, from Rothley, Leicestershire, who met Pope Benedict in the Vatican City earlier this week, are due to visit the Netherlands, Morocco and Germany. |
| They held meetings with the UK ambassador to Spain, Denise Holt, and Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba. | They held meetings with the UK ambassador to Spain, Denise Holt, and Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba. |
| There is speculation Madeleine could have been taken to Spain or passed through the country. | |
| Most wanted | |
| The couple also appeared on a Spanish television programme called Los Mas Buscados - or Most Wanted - which appeals for help to find missing people. | The couple also appeared on a Spanish television programme called Los Mas Buscados - or Most Wanted - which appeals for help to find missing people. |
| Spain has been preoccupied by its own case of child abduction - that of seven-year-old Yeremi Vargas, who disappeared in the Canary Islands two months ago. | |
| As well as making their own plea, the McCanns were given a letter from the family of Yeremi Vargas. | As well as making their own plea, the McCanns were given a letter from the family of Yeremi Vargas. |
| The McCanns reiterated their appeal for information on Madeleine and urged people to visit their website, www.findmadeleine.com. |