Spy's poisoning reads like a thriller
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It's a murder mystery filled with intrigue reminiscent of the Cold War - there's a retired Russian spy poisoned by a radioactive substance, a secret dossier, a slain investigative journalist and a shadowy ...Comment
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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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A Russian dissident may have been poisoned in the UK with a radioactive substance, says an expert toxicologist.
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LONDON -- British authorities said yesterday they are widening their investigation into the poisoning of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko on the heels of a fresh series of leads into the Russian's murky political and business connections that spanned from Moscow to the United States.
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Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko died in a London hospital on Thursday three weeks after he was poisoned in what friends said was a plot orchestrated by the Kremlin.
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Poisoning has been used throughout history as a political weapon, but by its very nature, it is a secretive method of killing that is designed to keep people guessing.
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Readers who long for instant clarity will be frustrated, but this smart, audacious work becomes as gripping as a good thriller.
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British scientists probing the death of Alexander Litvinenko said on Friday a second man had been poisoned by the same type of radiation that killed the former Russian spy.
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Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko has suffered a &quot;major deterioriation&quot; in his condition, amid reports he had a heart attack and has mysterious objects in his intestine.
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A doorman in a bowler hat. A bellboy buzzing around a busy hotel lobby. A quarantined oak-paneled piano bar. Investigators focused on London's Millennium Hotel on Friday, as evidence grew that it was the scene of a sensational crime &#151; the place where someone poisoned former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko with the lethal radioactive substance polonium-210.
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The latest turn in the Russian poisoning saga carries ominous signs for the West.
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British police are working out how former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko might have been poisoned with a highly toxic radioactive substance, and who could be behind it.
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Interpol joins the investigation into the poisoning of Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, officials say.
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British health experts investigating the cause of death of a former Russian spy from suspected poisoning said on Friday they had found large quantities of a highly toxic radioactive isotope on his body.
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A Scotland Yard detective probing the poisoning of Russian former spy Alexander Litvinenko has arrived in Hamburg after traces of the radioactive substance that killed him were found in the German port city.
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The theory that Viktor A. Yushchenko was poisoned at a dinner has assumed the character of a cold war spy tale.
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The women in spy thrillers are usually relegated to minor roles. They're the bikini-clad girlfriends of the bad guy, sent in to seduce information out of the hero, and then end up helping him.