'We won't be bullied into leaving'.MADELEINE Madeleine (măd`əlĭn, Fr. mädlĕn`) [Fr.,=Magdalen, i.e., Mary Magdalen], large church of Paris, in the Place de la Madeleine. It was originally planned by J. A. McCann's parents insisted today they would not be "bullied bul·ly 1 n. pl. bul·lies 1. A person who is habitually cruel or overbearing, especially to smaller or weaker people. 2. A hired ruffian; a thug. 3. A pimp. 4. " into leaving Portugal by a growing backlash against them. The lawyer of the only suspect in the case claimed residents in the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz Praia da Luz (pron. IPA /pɾaiɐdɐ'luʃ/, "Beach of Light") is a resort located about 6km from Lagos in the Algarve, Portugal. It is a holiday destination drawing visitors mainly from Portugal, Britain, France and Germany. wanted the family they referred to as "these bloody McCanns" to go home. And Portuguese newspapers repeated claims that detectives now believe four-year-old Madeleine was killed in the McCann holiday flat rather than abducted abducted Distal angulation of an extremity away from the midline of the body in a transverse plane and away from a sagittal plane passing through the proximal aspect of the foot or part, or away from some other specified reference point . Kate McCann said she and husband Gerry would tough out the harsh treatment they had received in recent days and stay in Portugal. She said: "I am not prepared to be bullied into doing something that I don't want to." The McCanns had been besieged be·siege tr.v. be·sieged, be·sieg·ing, be·sieg·es 1. To surround with hostile forces. 2. To crowd around; hem in. 3. this week by a "huge gaggle" of Portuguese media outside their apartment in Praia da Luz, a family spokesman said. Francisco Pagarete, lawyer of Robert Murat, 33, the only official suspect in Madeleine's disappearance, said today he thought it "strange" that parents would leave their children alone in a foreign country. THE BIG QUESTION: PAGE 65 CAPTION(S): SEARCH GOES ON... Gerry and Kate McCann in Praia da Luz, and inset, Madeleine. |
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