'Aftershave drink' kills Russians
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Russian men risk death by drinking aftershave and cleaning agents with high levels of alcohol, a study suggests.
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Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko died, doctors said, three weeks after being mysteriously poisoned in what critics alleged was a Soviet-style sting by Moscow's secret services, a charge denied by the Kremlin.
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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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[World News]: London, Oct 22 : A 150 pound bottle of Vodka and fruit juices along with tequila and beer was the cause of Prince Harry&#39;s lashing out at a photographer outside London&#39;s posh Pangaea nightclub.
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A sweeping ban on beer advertising has become law in Russia in a move aimed at curbing Russians&#39; vast alcohol intake and changing attitudes to a beverage which the country officially terms a soft drink.
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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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Panamanian investigators exhumed six more bodies Thursday to determine whether the deceased died from ingesting medicine contaminated with diethylene glycol, a chemical cousin of antifreeze.
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A man accused of killing dozens of people and keeping count of them on a chessboard lured most of his victims by offering them vodka to mourn the death of a nonexistent dog, prosecutors said at his murder trial Friday.
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VANCOUVER (CP) - Relatives of a young Vancouver man reported killed by Russian troops in Chechnya were shown a more detailed photo of his corpse Monday.
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MOSCOW, Mar 7 (IPS) - Russia is losing one in ten people in its active   population to drugs, a leading medical researcher told IPS.
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Coca-Cola's main Russian bottling distributor has removed religious images from its drinks refrigerators after a group of Russian Orthodox believers accused it of blasphemy, a spokeswoman for the firm said on Thursday.
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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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The prosecutor of Russia's Volga region  of Saratov was killed overnight and police believe his murder  could be linked to his anti-corruption drive, Russian media  reported on Thursday.
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Coca-Cola's main Russian bottling  distributor has removed religious images from its drinks  refrigerators after a group of Russian Orthodox believers  accused it of blasphemy, a spokeswoman for the firm said on  Thursday.
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VANCOUVER (CP) - A young Vancouver man reported killed in Chechnya by Russian forces went to the region reluctantly, sources told The Canadian Press on Friday.
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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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After bootlegged vodka poisons thousands in Russia, John Sweeney looks at how the country is coping with the Yellow Death.