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# poison

This year
2023
# Alexei Navalny
Jailed Russian opposition leader Navalny rapidly losing weight after 'suspected poisoning’
The 46-year-old became ill last Friday when he was let out of a punishment cell and put in a conventional cell.
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Apr 13th 2023, 1:21 PM
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# Weedkiller
More than 17,000 litres of weedkiller sprayed onto Irish roads over two years
The continued use of glyphosate products has been controversial as a result of lawsuits in the United States relating to its cancer-causing risk.
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Sep 14th 2021, 4:33 PM
# Moscow
France, Germany and Britain seek Russia sanctions over Navalny poisoning
Moscow quickly hit back that the accusations were “unacceptable” and amounted to “blackmail”.
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Oct 8th 2020, 8:23 AM
# novichok
Ireland joins condemnation of Navalny poisoning but EU says it's too early to discuss 'punishment'
Alexei Navalny last month became the latest in a long line of Russian defectors to be poisoned in suspicious circumstances.
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Sep 3rd 2020, 3:08 PM
# California
Man charged with poisoning homeless people with hot chili pepper resin so he could video their reaction
Food was laced with oleoresin capsicum, which officials described as twice as strong as pepper spray.
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Jun 12th 2020, 10:53 PM
# Blackpool
UK healthcare professional arrested on suspicion of poisoning patients
The allegations related to the alleged mistreatment and neglect on the stroke unit in November 2018.
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Nov 19th 2018, 3:25 PM
# world cup invasion
Pussy Riot activist hospitalised after suspected poisoning
He staged a pitch invasion during the World Cup final in July.
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Sep 13th 2018, 3:15 PM
# dawn sturgess
Precautions in place to protect mourners at funeral of nerve agent victim
Dawn Sturgess was exposed to Novichok in England.
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Jul 29th 2018, 6:19 PM
# salisbury
'Unknown substance' hospitalises two in Salisbury close to where Skripals were poisoned
The incident happened less than 10 miles from where former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter were poisoned.
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Jul 4th 2018, 6:34 AM
# Poisoning
Recovery from poisoning is 'slow and painful' - Yulia Skripal speaks
Yulia was discharged from a local hospital last month.
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May 23rd 2018, 7:51 PM
# playing with fire
Russia compares Salisbury poisoning allegations to Nazi propaganda
A war of words has erupted between Russia, the UK and the US.
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Apr 5th 2018, 10:57 PM
# Poisoning
Russian ambassador on expulsion of Irish diplomat: 'Every action finds its counteraction'
Yury Filatov said he is still optimistic about Ireland’s future relationship with Russia.
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Apr 3rd 2018, 1:25 PM
# poison
Explainer: What we know about Russia's Novichok nerve agents
The agent is an ultra-fine powder, made up of several components that would have been mixed safely by the assassin.
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Mar 13th 2018, 7:00 PM
# salisbury
Police ask military to help remove objects from scene where former spy was found unconscious
Russia has said the claim it poisoned Sergei Skripal is ‘propaganda’.
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Mar 9th 2018, 11:45 AM
# The Hague
Bosnian army leader dies after drinking poison at war crimes court
Slobodan Praljak shouted out “Praljak is not a criminal. I reject your verdict”, immediately before bringing a brown bottle to his lips.
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Nov 29th 2017, 8:00 PM
# warning
Gardaí want this 'toxic' poison that was stolen in Wicklow given back
400ml of highly poisonous fluid Dolethal was stolen from a house in Enniskerry, near Bray, last Friday evening.
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May 2nd 2017, 2:56 PM
# bad medicine
North Korean antics aside, poison has been a hugely popular killing agent through the ages
Poison has been one of an assassin’s favourite methods of dealing death for centuries.
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Feb 19th 2017, 8:24 AM
# Tennis
Police probe 'poisoning' at Wimbledon after player ends up in intensive care
Gabriella Taylor was playing in the junior quarter-finals when she took ill.
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Aug 11th 2016, 9:33 AM
# antifreeze
New York woman who poisoned her husband and tried to frame her daughter dies in prison
Stacey Castor was also convicted of filing a fake will to inherit her second husband’s estate and was suspected of fatally poisoning her first husband in 2000.
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Jun 14th 2016, 6:20 AM
# Pakistan
33 people including 5 children die after eating poisoned sweets
The poisoning is thought to have been an accident.
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May 1st 2016, 3:35 PM
# Super rats
Do we really need to worry about a plague of giant rats this winter?
Reports of giant super rats may be just a little bit exaggerated.
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Nov 25th 2015, 2:49 PM
# Jagger
'No info' for Kennel Club to investigate reports of mass poisoning at Crufts
Reports today suggested that several more dogs are thought to have been poisoned.
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Mar 10th 2015, 2:30 PM
# poison
Do not eat: Supermarkets warned to keep daffodils away from fruit and veg
The National Poisons Information Centre of Ireland said bulbs have been mistaken as onions in some cases.
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Feb 7th 2015, 2:08 PM
# richmond road
"People are devastated": Fears that cats are being deliberately poisoned on Dublin road
The dead cats were found in the Richmond Road area of Dublin, where residents had been caring for them.
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Jul 13th 2014, 12:58 PM
# Lucky Escape
Someone tried to kill these Peregrine Falcons by feeding them poisoned pigeons
It is believed that someone made a deliberate attempt to kill the birds – the public is being asked to help protect the peregrines.
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Jun 13th 2014, 6:32 PM
# Revenge
Head of playschool given death penalty for killing children with poisoned yoghurt
The head of the playschool in northern China poisoned the two children in a revenge attack on a rival school.
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Apr 6th 2014, 12:58 PM
# Contaminated
Nurse charged with murdering patients by poisoning them in Manchester hospital
The male nurse has been charged with the murder of three patients.
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Mar 29th 2014, 8:43 AM
# Mystery
French experts rule out Arafat poisoning
His widow Souha said she was “shattered” by the contradictory findings by French and Swiss scientists.
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Dec 3rd 2013, 6:51 PM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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Nov 12th 2013, 4:55 PM
# true or false
Debunked: Are Daddy Longlegs the most poisonous spiders in the world?
Perhaps you should take a wide berth next time you see one dangling above your bed.
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Oct 20th 2013, 10:30 AM
# India
20 children dead from school meal in India
Officials in Bihar – one of India’s poorest states – introduced a free midday meal scheme as a way to increase school attendance.
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Jul 17th 2013, 8:11 AM
# ricin
Suspicious letters sent to Obama at the White House
It is said to be ‘similar’ to an apparently poison-laced letter sent to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently.
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May 31st 2013, 7:44 AM
# You've Got Mail
New York mayor receives suspected deadly poison letters
The letters contained “anonymous threats” and when tested locally, preliminarily indicated the presence of ricin, police said.
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May 30th 2013, 8:04 AM
# ricin
Charges dropped against Elvis impersonator in US ricin letters
The home of another Mississippi man is now been investigated.
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Apr 24th 2013, 8:45 AM
# Explainer
Here's what the poison sent to Barack Obama can do
The toxin ricin is feared – with good reason.
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Apr 21st 2013, 7:30 AM
# poison
Suspect arrested after 'ricin' poison letter sent to Obama
The man was arrested at his home in Mississippi after an investigation.
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Apr 18th 2013, 8:36 AM
# America
Deadly poison ricin sent in post to US Senator
The letter addressed to a Senator from Mississippi was intercepted before it could be delivered to him.
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Apr 17th 2013, 11:02 AM
# eagle deaths
White-tailed eagles found poisoned in Co Cork
Two eagles were found poisoned near Glengariff; one of them dead. It’s the twelfth white-tailed eagle to be poisoned since 2007.
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Feb 5th 2013, 7:10 PM
# Mystery
Arafat exhumation hopes to quell poison quandary
“If there was a crime, it must be solved” – Suha Arafat
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Nov 26th 2012, 7:49 AM
# Arafat
Body of Yasser Arafat to be exhumed next month
The push to re-examine circumstances surrounding Arafat’s death came after a Swiss lab recently discovered traces of a deadly radioactive isotope on clothes said to be his.
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Oct 31st 2012, 8:18 AM
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