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Sun Nov 19 12:20:22 PST 2006

Below is an edited report from Reuters (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/ 
20061119/wl_nm/britain_poisoning_dc_1)

Former Russian agent reported poisoned in London

By Paul Majendie
Sun Nov 19, 11:59 AM ET
Police are investigating a suspected plot to kill a former Russian  
spy by poisoning him in a London sushi restaurant.

Exiled agent Alexander Litvinenko, an outspoken critic of Russian  
President Vladimir Putin, is in a "serious but stable" condition in  
hospital, a police spokesman said on Sunday.

In a murky tale that could have come straight from the pages of a  
Cold War spy novel, Litvinenko said he fell ill after meeting a  
contact while investigating the Moscow murder of Russian journalist  
Anna Politkovskaya.

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Litvinenko, a former colonel in the Russian secret service, fell ill  
earlier this month after having lunch in a sushi bar with a  
mysterious contact known only as Mario.

"I ordered lunch but he ate nothing. He appeared to be very nervous.  
He handed me a four-page document which he said he wanted me to read  
right away," Litvinenko told the paper.

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