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Police identify suspect in Madeleine kidnapping
PRAIA DA LUZ, Portugal - Portuguese police have identified a suspect in their investigation of the kidnapping of a four-year-old British girl but do not have enough evidence for an arrest, police said.
Police were following a strong lead to find Madeleine McCann, who disappeared 12 days ago from her bedroom in a resort hotel in the Algarve, they said.
Police searched a villa yesterday close to the complex from where Madeleine went missing more than a week ago and took a British man, Robert Murat, away for questioning. Police returned to the villa today.
Sousa did not identify the suspect but said he was a 33-year-old who lived in the area.
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Satellite finds big area of Antarctica melted
WASHINGTON - Vast areas of snow in Antarctica melted in 2005 when temperatures warmed up for a week in the summer in a process that may accelerate invisible melting deep beneath the surface, Nasa said.
A new analysis of satellite data showed that an area the size of California melted and then re-froze -- the most significant thawing in 30 years, the US space agency said.
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US says Russia cannot veto missile defence
MOSCOW - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Russia could not veto American plans to build a missile defence shield in Europe but added that the two countries had agreed to tone down their rhetoric.
Recent harsh remarks have revived memories of the Cold War, capped by a speech by Russian President Vladimir Putin last week commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany, when he seemed to compare US foreign policy to that of the Third Reich.
After meeting Putin at his residence, Rice told reporters "the rhetoric is not helpful, it is disturbing to Americans who are trying to do our best to maintain an even relationship."
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- REUTERS
