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Poisoning of Mr Litvinenko by polonium (image) has sparked a radiation scare across Britain (Photo: Wikipedia)

EU ministers to debate Russian ex-spy's poisoning

EU interior ministers are set to debate the recent death of Russian former agent Alexander Litvinenko - poisoned by radioactive polonium-210 in Britain - at their Brussels meeting on Monday (4 December).

UK minister John Reid hinted in an interview for Sky News over the weekend that the investigation may carry into other European countries and that he was planning to raise the issue at the EU meeting.

"Over the next few days I think that all of these things will widen out a littl...

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Poisoning of Mr Litvinenko by polonium (image) has sparked a radiation scare across Britain (Photo: Wikipedia)

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