Poisoned former KGB spy dies in London
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A former Russian spy who said he had been poisoned died Thursday night at a London hospital, following a mysterious and rapid decline that left doctors unable to pinpoint the cause of death, officials said.
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Scientists examined the corpse of a former Russian spy in Britain on Friday to try to discover when and how he ingested a fatal dose of radioactive material.
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Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko -- poisoned in London three weeks ago -- is critically ill in intensive care after his condition sharply deteriorated, the hospital treating him said on Thursday.
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A former Russian spy fighting for his  life in a British hospital may have been given poison laced  with a radioactive substance to render it more lethal, the  toxicologist treating him said on Tuesday.
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A post-mortem examination on the body of poisoned ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko was being carried out in London Friday with special precautions being taken because of the nature of his death.Comment
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DETECTIVES investigating the death of the former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko were last night planning to fly to Moscow in their hunt for clues into his poisoning, sources confirmed.Comment
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The body of ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko is to be buried in an air-tight coffin in London later.
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A former CIA operative who became an outspoken critic of the agency has died in Cuba aged 72.
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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 former Russian spy may have been poisoned with radioactive thallium, the toxicologist treating him has said, after British counter-terrorism police took over the probe into what happened to him.
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Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko,  poisoned in London three weeks ago, has suffered a sudden turn  for the worse and is now very seriously ill, the hospital  treating him said on Thursday.
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LONDON -- The wife of a former KGB agent fatally poisoned in Britain and the Italian security expert he met the day he fell ill both showed traces of the same radioactive substance found in the dead man's body, friends and officials said yesterday.
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A KGB master agent who ran some of Moscow's most damaging Cold War spies in the West -- Klaus Fuchs and the Rosenbergs -- died on Friday after a lifetime of espionage that helped the Soviet Union acquire the nuclear bomb.
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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 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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Murdered Russian spy Alexander  Litvinenko was killed because of an eight-page dossier he had  compiled on a powerful Russian figure for a British company, a  business associate told the BBC on Saturday.
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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 radiation. Media reports said the man was an Italian he met at a London restaurant.