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Poisoning Investigation Widens in London, Moscow

Authorities in both England and Russia are treating the death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko as a homicide. His death from radiation poisoning last month in London has spurred a number of conspiracy theories.

Now Russian prosecutors are looking into the attempted murder of a man who met Litvinenko in London and also has symptoms of radiation poisoning.

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