Former KGB spy's Italy contact in UK custody
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An Italian academic who met former Russian  spy Alexander Litvinenko the day he became ill from radiation  poisoning is under protective custody in London and undergoing  medical tests, a legal source said on Tuesday.
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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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The diplomatic tension between Britain and Russia took a new twist last night when a man linked to the murdered dissident Alexander Litvinenko sought political asylum in Britain
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An Italian academic who met the poisoned  former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko the day he became ill  from radiation is under police protection in London and  undergoing medical tests, a legal source said on Tuesday.
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Italy's spy chief, who is under investigation in the alleged CIA abduction of an Egyptian cleric, was replaced on Monday, Italian news reports said.Comment
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An Italian academic is reportedly in protective custody in London and awaiting tests for radiation exposure, after the death by poisoning of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.
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Britain's radioactive poisoning affair took a dramatic new twist as officials confirmed that a close contact of dead Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko has also tested positive for radiation.
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British police were studying security  camera footage on Saturday after finding radioactive traces at  three London locations visited by an ex-KGB spy who accused  Vladimir Putin of his murder in a deathbed statement.
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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.
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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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Russian authorities charge a man with spying for Britain - the latest step in an espionage row between the two countries.
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Sono funzionari britannici che indagano su caso ex spia Kgb
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An Italian contact of poisoned  former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko said he believed both  were targeted with a radioactive substance because of secrets  they shared.
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Contaminated by the same radioactive material that killed former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko, Italian security consultant Mario Scaramella says he tried to warn the ex-spy. In an exclusive interview with CNN, Scaramella talked of e-mails full of details of how the two men were being targeted.
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An Italian contact of the poisoned former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko has tested positive for the same radioactive polonium 210 that killed him.
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British police officers in Moscow were preparing to meet a former Kremlin bodyguard who has come forward as a key witness in an inquiry into the poisoning murder of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko.
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An Italian contact of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko who was apparently poisoned by radioactivity was said to be &quot;well&quot; in hospital,  despite exposure to the same substance.