Traces of polonium found in Swedish tourist

    STOCKHOLM, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- A Swede who stayed at the same hotel as the poisoned Russian former spy, Alexander Litvinenko, has been found to have increased levels of polonium in his body, Swedish news agency TT reported on Tuesday.

    Russia completes work with British police in Litvinenko case

    MOSCOW, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Prosecutor General's Office said on Tuesday it had completed work to assist the investigation by British police into the poisoning death of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko.

    Associate: ex-Russian spy murdered over dossier

    BEIJING, Dec. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- A former associate of Alexander Litvinenko said on Saturday that he believed the former Russian spy was murdered because he had compiled an eight-page dossier containing damaging details about a high-ranking Kremlin figure.

    Witness: Litvinenko may be poisoned earlier than assumed

    BEIJING, Dec. 14 (Xinhuanet) -- Former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko might have been poisoned two weeks earlier than is generally assumed, a key witness claimed in a newspaper interview published Wednesday.

    Andrei Lugovoi, who met with Litvinenko at a hotel in London on Nov. 1, a few hours before Litvinenko fell ill, said he does not think the poisoning took place on Nov. 1 as British investigators think. Instead, it may occur in mid-October when Litvinenko and Lugovoi met another business associate, Dmitry Kovtun.

    Famous Russian journalist murdered

    MOSCOW, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Anna Politkovskaya, a famous Russian investigative journalist known for her critical coverage of the war in Chechnya was found killed in Moscow Saturday, Russian news agencies reported.

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