Poisoned ex-Russian spy dies
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Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko died in a London hospital on Thursday three weeks after he was poisoned in what friends said was a plot orchestrated by the Kremlin.
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LONDON, Dec. 6 -- British authorities announced Wednesday that they are officially treating the fatal poisoning of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko as murder and have found traces of a radioactive substance at the British Embassy in Moscow.
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British scientists probing the death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko said on Friday a second man had been poisoned by the same radiation that killed him.
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The head of an organization of former  Russian spies was quoted as saying on Thursday Stalin-era  policies of Moscow assassinating enemies had ceased, and ex-KGB  agent Alexander Litvinenko was probably murdered by criminals.
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British authorities said Friday that a toxic radioactive substance had been found in the body of a former KGB agent turned Kremlin critic who blamed a "barbaric and ruthless" Russian President Vladimir Putin ...Comment
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LONDON -- A former Russian spy who said he had been poisoned died last night in an intensive care unit, and doctors were unable to pinpoint the cause of death, officials with London's University College Hospital said.
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A key witness in the poisoning death of a former Russian security agent was questioned Monday by British investigators at the Moscow hospital where he was undergoing tests for radiation contamination.
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UK police investigating the death of Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko search for radioactive substances.
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LONDON -- A former KGB agent poisoned in London said in interviews before his death that he was ordered to hire assassins to neutralize potential rivals and whistle-blowers who threatened the Kremlin, according to excerpts published and broadcast yesterday. Alexander Litvinenko, a fierce critic of Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, died Thursday of heart failure after becoming ill from what doctors ...
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Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, poisoned in London three weeks ago, died on Thursday, the hospital treating him said.
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A Russian ex-agent was poisoned after obtaining information for a UK firm, says an ex-associate.
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A former KGB spy accused Vladimir Putin of his murder on Friday in a statement read out after his death, which British health officials said had been caused by a rare radioactive substance found in his body.
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The Russian prosecutor general's office has said it had completed a joint inquiry with visiting British detectives into the poisoning death of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko.
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An inquest is due to be opened into the death of the former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.
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A rare radioactive substance killed an ex-KGB spy turned Kremlin critic, the British government said Friday. In a dramatic statement written before he died, the man called Russian President Vladimir Putin "barbaric and ruthless" and blamed him personally for the poisoning.
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British police have found traces of a rare radioactive substance at three locations in London visited by a poisoned former KGB spy, who accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of his murder from beyond the grave.
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Alexander V. Litvinenko, who fell gravely ill early this month, apparently after being poisoned, died Thursday night after suffering a heart attack, the authorities said.