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Former Russian Spy Falls Mysteriously Ill in UK
A Russian man who was convicted of spying for Britain is critically ill in hospital after being exposed to an unknown substance
A Russian man who was convicted of spying for Britain is critically ill in hospital after being exposed to an unknown substance. Police were called to a shopping centre in Salisbury, in southern England, when the man and another woman - who is also in a critical condition - became unwell. Also: cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins criticised in parliamentary report; European reaction to the Italian election.
(Photo: The main entrance of Salisbury District Hospital. Credit: Tim Ockenden/PA Wire)
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