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In keeping with his drive to better serve the poor Pope Francis has abandoned his traditional gold cross in favour of an iron one. Which is fine as a symbol of austerity but if Pope Benedict has awarded himself an iron cross there would have been hell to pay.

I for one would buy this book. Mostly for Mrs Bibliogryphon to read as this is her pet subject. I would approach it as another view on the facts from someone who was close enough to be knowledgeable but it would be read in context and after reading this i might pick up the Kate & Gerry propeganda to compare it to. However, it is possible that this could be an attempt to cover up any mistakes the Portugese police might have made during the investigation but I expect it would be less partial than Kate & Gerry's book. It is hypocrisy in preventing publication of this book whilst flogging thier own.

Always worth a repost.

Red Flag, you've missed scoring out Metsu in your shadow list....

It is worth remembering that the Portuguese Police have actually concluded their case once already, and the official finding was that the McCanns were responsible for concealing Madeleine's death, if not direct responsible for killing her. Goncalo Amaral is using this official report in his defence against the McCann's libel claim. His own theory was not a million miles from my own, in that she was accidentally killed and that the parents then covered it up. Should he be successful in his defence he will be free to publish his book, 'The truth of the lie' in Britain, should he find a publisher to carry it. A translated audio copy can be found online, but I'll refrain from posting a link as I'm poor enough as it is. Google is your friend. His name and the title is all you need. What i will say is that the 'man seen near the beach carrying a child' is definitely not a new lead, as Crimewatch makes out. I knew about that over a year ago, and it was strongly suggested then that Hein may have a good point about the photofit.

Will he do?

Halloween? It's like Christmas but for paedophiles.