Key witness questioned in Litvinenko death probe

    BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhuanet) -- Andrei Lugovoi, a key witness in the probe into the death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, was questioned on Monday by Russian and British detectives, Itar-Tass news agency reported.

    Scotland Yard detectives and Russian prosecutors visited a Moscow hospital that specializes in treating radiation cases on Monday and interrogated Andrei Lugovoi on the afternoon, the Russian news agency said.

Germany doubts Russian involvement in polonium

    BERLIN, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- A German radiation expert doubted Monday that Russia involved in the polonium-210 poisoning of former Russian spy Alexander Litvenenko.

    Sebastian Pflugbeil, president of the German Society for Radiation Protection, told ARD national television that he would not rule out the possibility that the poisoners had deliberately strewn traces of the isotope in London and Hamburg to mislead people.

German police find "indications" of radiation in Litvinenko's death probe

    BERLIN, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- German police said on Saturday they had found "indications" of radiation at two sites in and near Hamburg related to a contact of poisoned former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.

Witness in Litvinenko case suffering acute radiation sickness

    MOSCOW, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- The health of Dmitry Kovtun, a witness in the case of the poisoning death of former spy AlexandeLitvinenko,continued to deteriorate, the Interfax news agency reported on Friday.

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