Ukraine probe uncovers illicit weapons sales
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KIEV -- A government investigation into illicit weapons sales by officials loyal to former Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma has led to indictments or arrests of at least six arms dealers accused of selling nuclear-capable missiles to Iran and China, a high-ranking intelligence official said yesterday.
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The Russian prosecutor general's office has said it had completed a joint inquiry with visiting British detectives into the poisoning death of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko.
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PRAGUE- Weapons and military material from the Czech Republic are allegedly exported to the countries in which human rights are violated and where there is a risk of their abuse, representatives of human rights ...
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UKRAINIAN prosecutors yesterday launched a criminal investigation into whether a minister at the centre of election fraud allegations was "driven to suicide" amid accusations that his death was part of a crude ...
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German prosecutors opened an  investigation on Sunday into a Russian associate of the  murdered ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko after finding traces of  the radioactive substance polonium in properties he used in  Hamburg.
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Investigators have found drawings of a pipe bomb, Molotov cocktails, a homemade gun and other incendiary devices at the home of the man they suspect was the ringleader of last month's fire at a housing development outside Washington, according to federal court records.
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The US Justice Department has opened an investigation into BAE Systems , one of the world's largest arms makers, which has been accused of funneling money to a Saudi prince to help win an $86 billion weapons deal.
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South Africa has arrested two men in an investigation into alleged trafficking of equipment used to build nuclear weapons. Authorities say Daniel Geiges and Gerhard Wisser are charged with illegally importing
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MOSCOW, Oct 5 (IPS) - Russia is increasingly supplying military arms and  weaponry to developing countries in what defence analysts  describe as the largest post-Soviet export deals.
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A senior lawmaker alleges that Ukraine sold nuclear-capable cruise missiles to Iran and China in violation of international nonproliferation treaties and is demanding the new government launch a full investigation.
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Russian authorities say they intend to pursue a criminal case for bribery against Ukraine's nominated prime minister.
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Ukrainian prosecutors yesterday reopened their investigation into allegations Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned, after doctors treating the opposition leader confirmed he had been slipped the toxic chemical dioxin.
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Federal prosecutors are investigating allegations that employees of Blackwater -- a security firm hired by the State Department to guard U.S. staff in Iraq -- illegally smuggled weapons into Iraq, according to U.S. government sources.
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Prosecutors have launched criminal proceedings against a Ukrainian company suspected of smuggling surface-to-air missiles and other weapons abroad for a possible sale to insurgents fighting the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq, an official said Monday.
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KYIV, Ukraine  - The government sought Monday to control the inquiries into the poisoning of presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko, with officials close to the regime taking charge of the two investigations into who tried to harm or kill the leader of the Orange Revolution.
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THE Kremlin was yesterday accused of poisoning Viktor Yushchenko, Ukraineâs opposition leader, in order to keep the country within Russiaâs sphere of influence.
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Federal prosecutors are investigating whether employees of Blackwater USA illegally smuggled into Iraq weapons that may have been sold on the black market.