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Parents of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann have learned for the first time of a possible sighting of the child just after her disappearance, and don't know whether Portuguese police pursued it, a family spokesman told CNN Wednesday.

The possible sighting of Madeleine in May 2007 stemmed from a report by a Dutch shopkeeper, who told authorities she encountered a little girl in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

She said the child identified herself as Maddie and said she was taken from her mother while on holiday. Read full article »

CNN's Phil Black and Jonathan Wald contributed to this report.

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