Ukraine Poison Theory Questioned
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(CBS/AP) When Ukraine&#39;s two rivals for the presidency debate on live television on Monday, a key issue will be opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko&#39;s claim that he was poisoned by Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych or his allies.
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The cause of the illness that has left Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko's face pockmarked is still not known, the director of the hospital that treated him said Wednesday, rejecting a report that the presidential candidate was poisoned.
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The illness that disfigured the face of opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko resulted from poisoning by the toxic substance dioxin, which might have been placed
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Tests show Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned by a dioxin used in Agent Orange.
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New tests show that the blood of Viktor Yushchenko, a Ukrainian presidential candidate, contains the second-highest level of dioxin poisoning ever recorded in a human - more than 6,000 times the normal concentration, according to the expert analyzing the
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LONDON -- Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned with TCDD, the most harmful known dioxin and one contained in Agent Orange, a scientist who analyzed his blood said yesterday.
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Ukrainian prosecutors Sunday 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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The tests on Viktor Yushchenko show concentrations of dioxin that are 1,000 times above normal levels. BY SUSANNA LOOF. VIENNA, Austria - Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned with
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The man who hopes to become Ukraine's  next president was the victim of poisoning by dioxin -- a toxic  chemical that can easily be administered in soup containing  cream, Austrian doctors said on Saturday.
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Sunday , December 12, 2004 Austrian doctors who have been examining Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko confirm that his debilitating illness and scarring stem from deliberate dioxin poisoning.
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Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko is convinced authorities had tried to poison him with dioxin, according to a statement released by his press service.
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Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned by TCDD, the most harmful known form of dioxin and a key ingredient of the Vietnam-era herbicide Agent Orange, the scientist who conducted tests on the presidential candidate's blood said Friday.
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The leading security force in the Ukraine is denying any involvement in the poisoning scandal of Viktor Yushchenko. The presidential candidateâs doctors confirmed earlier this month that the man was poisoned by dioxin back in September.
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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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Ukrainian papers comment on the doctors' report that opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned with dioxin.
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Dioxin poisoning caused the mysterious illness of Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko, a doctor said Saturday, adding that the poison could have been put in his soup.
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Ukrainian presidential hopeful Viktor Yushchenko was a victim of dioxin poisoning, but it remains unclear if it was the result of a deliberate act, Austrian doctors treating him said on Saturday.