Litvinenko witness Kovtun has acute poisoning: Ifax
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Dmitry Kovtun, a contact of poisoned Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, is suffering from acute radiation poisoning, Interfax news agency said on Friday, citing his medical notes.
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Russian and British investigators  questioned another Russian witness on Friday as part of a  murder probe into the poisoning of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko,  Interfax news agency reported.
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Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was the victim of dioxin poisoning, a doctor in Vienna who has been examining him said on Saturday.
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Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned by dioxin during Ukraine&#39;s presidential election campaign, his Austrian doctors said on Saturday as the country counted the cost of the turmoil generated by the rigged poll.
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A close contact of Alexander Litvinenko, the ex-Russian spy who died after apparently being poisoned with radioactivity, is in a London hospital after testing positive for the same substance.
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A former Russian spy poisoned in Britain and now hospitalized under guard may have been targeted for his criticism of former colleagues and his investigation into the killing of a prominent anti-Kremlin ...Comment
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KYIV, Ukraine  - Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko starkly accused the government Thursday of poisoning him in a "political murder" to knock him out of the presidential race, saying his massive dioxin dose probably came from a dinner three months ago with Ukraine's security chief.
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Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned by TCDD, the most harmful known form of dioxin and a key ingredient of the Vietnam-era herbicide Agent Orange, the scientist who conducted tests on the presidential candidate's blood said Friday.
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Kyrgyz Prime Minister Almaz Atambayev was poisoned earlier this month with "a toxin of unknown origin", doctors said in a medical report released by the government press service on Tuesday.
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Dmitry Kovtun, a contact of poisoned Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, is in satisfactory health and media reports he is in critical condition are wrong, a lawyer told Reuters on Thursday.
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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.
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The first deputy chairman of Russia's   Central Bank is in critical condition in hospital after being   shot, Interfax news agency quoted law enforcement sources as   saying on Wednesday.
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LONDON -- Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko was fatally poisoned by a radioactive substance, traces of which were found in his urine, at his home, and at a London restaurant and hotel he visited the day he became ill, authorities said.
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A contact of the poisoned ex-intelligence agent Alexander Litvinenko is seriously ill with radiation sickness and has briefly been in a coma, a medical source said as an investigation into the mystery broadened.
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MOSCOW, Dec. 8 -- A Russian businessman who met with a former Russian domestic intelligence officer in London the day the man fell ill from radioactive poison has himself become suddenly and seriously sick, Russian news organizations reported Thursday night.
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Ukrainian presidential hopeful Viktor Yushchenko was a victim of dioxin poisoning, but it remains unclear if it was the result of a deliberate act, Austrian doctors treating him said on Saturday.
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Foreign Corresp. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has travelled to Switzerland for a check-up on a skin condition caused by dioxin poisoning.