Portugals News

Centenarian Director?s Very Long View Portugal?s premier director, Manoel de Oliveira, 99, has been making one film a year since he was 82.

Danger Is Part of Race?s Allure Ronn H. Bailey lives in hope that he will hold his own among the 570 teams which compete in the famously treacherous Dakar Rally off-road race.

Portugal Polishes Its Image as the ?West Coast of Europe? In a new tourism campaign, Portugal is portraying itself as ?the West Coast of Europe,? casting off its Old World image for a New World, high-tech gloss.

U.S. Team on Adu?s Mind, Even in Portugal The education of the American soccer player, Freddy Adu, continues in Portugal, where he is finding that everyone is a good player and that no one?s place is guaranteed.

Vintage Madeira?s Enduring Charms Few wines stimulate the hoarding instinct like old vintage Madeira, which are in their prime. Sadly, very little of it is produced, and even less leaves the island that gave the wine its name.

As a Child Disappears, Old Headlines Howl Again The case of Madeleine McCann, who went missing in Portugal earlier this year, finds echoes in the 1982 case of a child who disappeared in the Australian desert.

Missing Girl?s Parents Return to Britain as Suspects A British couple said they were innocent of any crime involving their daughter, who disappeared during a vacation in Portugal.

Parents of Girl Lost in Portugal Are Suspected Kate and Gerry McCann were declared suspects after two days of questioning by the police, a spokeswoman said.