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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Poisoned Litvinenko fighting for his life

Doctors treating Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian spy fighting for his life in a London hospital after being poisoned, believe he has a 50/50 chance of survival. His friends claim that Litvinenko was targeted because he is an "enemy of Vladimir Putin". Police are investigating the claim that he was poisoned at a sushi bar in London while meeting a contact providing information about the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, the Russian journalist who was assassinated in October. A senior journalism academic claims British politicians have been embarrassingly quiet about Politkovskaya's death. (Via The Guardian)

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