Police Say Exiled Georgian Billionaire Likely Died Naturally
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LONDON, Feb. 14 -- A controversial Georgian billionaire found dead in his home earlier this week likely died of natural causes, though extensive toxicology reports are still underway, British authorities said on Thursday.
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MOSCOW -- The slaying of a leading Russian central banker probably was related to his work, which involved shutting down banks engaged in illegal activities such as money laundering, authorities said yesterday.
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Yasser Arafat's nephew said Saturday his uncle may have died an "unnatural" death, a statement certain to renew speculation among Palestinians and in the rest of the Arab world where many already believe the late leader was poisoned despite Israel's repeated and vehement denials.
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A British man has died in Kenya, the Foreign Office said Saturday, but it was unclear whether the death was linked to post-election violence that has gripped the east African country.
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The body of Georgian opposition leader Badri Patarkatsishvili will be taken home for burial once British investigators have released their final report on the cause of his death, his family said on Friday.
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A Greek police officer guarding a British diplomat&#39;s home in Athens has been shot dead. Haralambos Amanatidis, 32, was found dead in his sentry box after a dawn attack on Friday in the suburb of Kifissia, police said.
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November 26, 2004 ã¡ Chinese officials hedged a bit yesterday when questioned about a rumor that the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, had died.
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Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania, who helped lead Georgia's revolution that toppled the corruption-tainted regime of Eduard Shevardnadze, died early Thursday in a friend's apartment from what officials claimed was an accidental gas leak from a heater.
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Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania's death was, as initially thought, caused by carbon monoxide poisoning, a justice ministry expert said Friday after an autopsy.
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British police are investigating the circumstances around which a money-transfer company used by members of the Bangladeshi community in London collapsed, a spokeswoman confirmed Monday.
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He died after a prolonged illness, family sources said. He was 80.
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British police said Thursday that interim post-mortem tests indicate that Georgian billionaire and political activist Badri Patarkatsishvili died from natural causes.
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British police said that interim tests indicate Georgian billionaire Badri Patarkatsishvili, a presidential candidate in the ex-Soviet republic, had died of natural causes.
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A break-in at the Finnish holiday home  of Russian movie director Andrei Nekrasov -- whose documentary  on murdered Russian exile Alexander Litvinenko was shown at  Cannes film festival -- is suspicious. Or maybe not.
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Police completed Wednesday an investigation into the alleged motorcycle accident involving Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou, who have pulled out of the Olympics because of a doping scandal.
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Russian authorities are investigating the recent killing of a model-turned-bodyguard.
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TBILISI, Georgia  - The prime minister of  ex-Soviet Georgia was found dead on Thursday in a bizarre gas  poisoning that robs the inexperienced president, Mikhail  Saakashvili, of a steadying hand to help run his turbulent  country.