UK police in Moscow for Litvinenko probe
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UK police probes death of ex-Russian spy

    BEIJING, Nov. 27 (Xinhuanet) -- The British police sought to investigate the death of Alexander V. Litvinenko, a former Russian KGB agent, said a British official on Sunday.

    "British policemen have gone as far as saying no more than this is a suspicious death that they are investigating and they have ruled out no option," said John Reid, the Home Secretary and Britain's most senior law enforcement official.

300 tested for radiation traces after ex-spy's death

    BEIJING, Nov. 27 (Xinhuanet) -- After investigating the death of a former Russian spy, health authorities in Britain tested 300 people for traces of radiation Sunday, who are also customers of restaurant and hotel visited by radiation victim Alexander Litvinenko.

    Litvinenko, 43, a former KGB agent died Thursday of heart failure after falling gravely ill from what doctors said was poisoning by the radioactive element polonium-210.

Poisoned former Russian spy dies

    LONDON, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko who was poisoned by an unknown toxic substance three weeks ago died on Thursday at the intensive care unit of London's University College Hospital (UCH).

    The UCH said in a statement that doctors couldn't determine the cause of the death of Litvinenko, who has been hospitalized in the UCH since last Friday.
 
UK police probe plot to kill ex-Russian spy 

    BEIJING, Nov. 20 (Xinhuanet) -- British police Sunday confirmed they are investigating a suspected plot to kill a former Russian spy by poisoning him with the toxic metal thallium.

    British press reported exiled agent Alexander Litvinenko, an outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been hospitalized in University College Hospital in London since the begining of the month with symptoms of near-fatal poisoning.

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