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Murat to settle in High Court (Image © ITN)

Robert Murat, a suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, is due to formally settle his libel claims against several British news outlets for a reported £500,000 at the High Court.

Mr Murat, 34, an Algarve-based property consultant, is expected to attend the reading of an agreed statement by lawyers before Mr Justice Eady in London.

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It has been more than a year since Madeleine McCann went missing from a holiday apartment in the Algarve. MSN UK News reviews events since that day in a series of photographs.
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MSN UK News takes a look back at the key events in the search for Madeleine McCann since she went missing from a holiday apartment in Portugal on May 3, 2007.
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MSN UK News presents a geographical guide to reported 'sightings' of the missing youngster Madeleine McCann.
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Read Gerry and Kate McCann's official blog as the international hunt for their missing four-year-old daughter, who disappeared from Praiza da Luz on May 3 2007, continues.

In pictures: the hunt for missing Madeleine

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The search for Madeleine: can you help?

The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre has been working with Portuguese Police to help find Madeleine McCann. If you have any information, please call Portuguese Police direct on 00351 282 405 400 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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