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Wed 06 Jun 2007Tip-off sparks search for body of Madeleine McCannPortuguese police today started investigating an area just nine miles from where Madeleine McCann was abducted after a tip off from a Dutch source.An anonymous letter claiming the four-year-old lies buried under rocks in deserted scrubland was sent to newspaper De Telegraafand passed on to the Portuguese Policia Judiciaria.