120 people test positive for polonium

"Scientists today revealed that 120 people in Britain have tested positive for polonium, the radioactive substance used to kill the ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko. Of these, only 13 people have suffered any...

Why Kremlin killed litvinenko

"Murdered Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko was killed because of an eight-page dossier he had compiled on a powerful Russian figure for a British company, a business associate told the BBC on Saturday. Litvinenko died in London on November 23 after receiving a lethal dose of...

Seven London Hotel Workers Test Positive for Polonium-210 as Ex-Spy Buried

"LONDON — On the day murdered ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko was buried, seven workers at the Millennium Hotel in London, where the former KGB agent met a contact on the day he fell ill, have tested positive for "low levels" of polonium-210."SmallNews

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"THE trail of clues in the mysterious death of Alexander V. Litvinenko may lead to Moscow, as the former spy claimed on his deathbed. But solving the nuclear whodunit may prove harder than Scotland Yard and many...

A Very Gradual Nuclear Attack

"Doctors treating former Russian Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar, who is gravely ill, believe he was poisoned. It follows the death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko from poisoning and the discovery of radioactive material at 12 UK sites as four BA planes were...

Five planes monitored in radiation probe

"LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is monitoring five planes for radiation in an ever widening probe into the poisoning of a former Russian spy that has heightened tensions with Moscow. Home Secretary John Reid told...

Polonium found at the office of Putin opponent - Hindu

" Hasan Suroor Russian tycoon in U.K. claims he is on the "hit list" LONDON: In a new twist to the police investigations into the mysterious death of the former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko here last week, traces of the radioactive material, polonium 210, have been found in...

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Spy death linked to nuclear thefts--rules out "lone assassin"

"An investigation was under way last night into Russia's black market trade in radioactive materials amid concern that significant quantities of polonium 210, the substance that killed former spy Alexander Litvinenko, are being stolen from poorly protected Russian nuclear...

Polonium-210 one of world's rarest elements

"LONDON, England (AP) -- Polonium-210 -- the radioactive substance used to poison a former Russian spy in London -- is one of the world's rarest elements, first discovered in the 19th century by scientists Marie and Pierre Curie.  It is highly lethal when ingested, and...

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