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Two American women are being treated in a Moscow hospital for thallium poisoning, Russian media report.
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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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DUBNA, Russia -- On March 23, police and emergency medical personnel stormed Marina Trutko's home,  breaking down her apartment door and quickly subduing her with an injection of  haloperidol, a powerful tranquilizer. One policeman put her 78-year-old mother, Valentina, in a storage closet while...
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MOSCOW -- In the bloodstained post-Soviet period, feuds over money and power have often been solved by bullets or bombs. But confirmation that Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was disfigured by dioxin draws attention to suspicious cases in Russia in which poison may have been used to silence political foes and settle business scores.
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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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MOSCOW, Dec. 9 -- Fire broke out in a women's section of a Moscow drug treatment hospital early Saturday, killing 45 people who were trapped by a locked gate and barred windows, officials said.
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Doctors examining a former Russian spy said Tuesday that radioactive substances might have been used in the poisoning of Col.Comment
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The radioactive substance that doctors believe killed a Kremlin critic and former Soviet spy could have come from Russia, but nuclear experts said Saturday it would be difficult for investigators to pinpoint blame for the death even if the origin of the toxin is determined.
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The BBC's Steve Rosenberg speaks to two Moscow women whose lives have been changed by the Beslan siege.
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Two American women hospitalized for suspected thallium poisoning were in fair condition Thursday and were undergoing tests to determine why they fell ill while vacationing in Russia.
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MOSCOW, Dec. 5 -- British detectives visiting Russia to investigate the poisoning death of a former Russian intelligence officer in London will face broad restrictions in their work here, a senior Russian official said Tuesday.
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Two U.S. citizens hospitalized in Moscow at the weekend are suffering from suspected thallium poisoning, the U.S. embassy said on Wednesday.
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LONDON, Nov. 19 -- British police are investigating the poisoning of a former Russian spy and outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin and have placed him under protective guard at a London hospital, a Scotland Yard spokesman said Sunday.
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The wife of Ukrainian opposition  leader Viktor Yushchenko said on Friday she tasted poison on  his lips when she kissed him, and blamed the poisoning for  disfiguring her husband's face.
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Doctors treating former Russian Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar, who fell ill in Ireland last week, believe he was poisoned, an aide said 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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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.