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Police search reservoir in Portugal at request of German authorities for missing toddler Madeleine McCann; no clues found.

  • Portuguese police aided by German and British colleagues resumed their search for Madeleine McCann, a British child who disappeared in Portugal's southern Algarve region 16 years ago.
  • The search took place near the Arade dam, about 30 miles from Praia da Luz, where the 3-year-old was last seen alive in 2007.
  • A 45-year-old German citizen, identified as Christian Brueckner, who was in the Algarve in 2007, is a suspect in the case but has denied any involvement.
  • Madeleine's disappearance stirred worldwide interest for several years, with reported sightings of her stretching as far away as Australia, along with a slew of books and television documentaries about the case.
  • No useful clues were found during the search, and the collected material will be handed over to German authorities after safeguarding the interests of the investigation still ongoing in Portugal.
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