Article: Finally, Portuguese police put Maddy on their website ; They post appeal for three-year-old almost a week on

PORTUGUESE police today bowed to intense international criticism and finally issued a formal appeal for information about the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

The official website of the local force today carried details of the abduction, alongside a photograph of the three-year-old, together with a telephone number for the public to call.

The move came six days after the toddler, from Rothley in Leicestershire, disappeared from the Mark Warner complex at the Praia da Luz resort and follows strong criticism of the apparently piecemeal manner of the Portuguese investigation.

A British police source said today it was "totally unthinkable" that in similar circumstances in the UK detectives ...

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