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German Man Suspected in Madeleine McCann Disappearance Is Released From Prison

Eighteen years after Madeleine McCann, a 3-year-old British girl, disappeared in Portugal, the man considered a suspect by Britain and Germany was released after serving a sentence in a separate case.

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Police officers searched for Madeleine McCann in 2007 near a resort in Praia da Luz, Portugal.
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Suspect in Madeleine McCann Disappearance Refuses Interview With UK Police

Christian Brückner, the main suspect in the 2007 case, rejected an interview request ahead of his release this week from a German prison for a separate crime, the British police said.

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Christian Brückner, the main suspect in the 2007 disappearance of 3-year-old Madeleine McCann in Portugal, at his trial on unrelated sexual assault charges in Braunschweig, Germany, in 2024.
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German Far Right Gains in Bellwether Election, but Fails to Sweep

Though a relief for the governing coalition, the far-right Alternative for Germany nearly tripled its vote share in North Rhine-Westphalia versus five years ago.

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Voters in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on Sunday.
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The German Elections That Are Set to Test the Attraction of the Far Right

A municipal vote in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia will be a gauge of the national mood since Chancellor Friedrich Merz took office.

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The industrial city of Gelsenkirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia is one of the places where the far-right party Alternative for Germany could do well.
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German Court Convicts Syrian National for Stabbing Attack That Killed 3

Issa al Hasan was found guilty of murder in the Islamic State-inspired rampage last year that spurred a national debate about refugees and migration.

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Issa al Hasan, the perpetrator of a deadly knife attack in Germany last year, was a member of Islamic State. The terror group claimed responsibility for the rampage.
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