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By Tom Rivers
London
07 December 2006


Ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, who died last month after being poisoned, has been buried in London. Around 50 family members and friends attended, some traveling from Russia and Italy. For VOA News, Tom Rivers reports from London.


 
Coffin 1 of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko is carried during his funeral at Highgate Cemetery 2 in north London
In a private ceremony at Highgate cemetery in north London, Alexander Litvinenko was laid to rest in an air-tight, sealed coffin.


The former Russian spy died last month from a lethal 3 dose of the radioactive substance polonium-210. Scotland Yard now formally regards its investigation 4 as a murder probe.


Prior to the funeral, family and friends held a memorial service at Regent's Park Mosque 5. The 43-year-old reportedly converted to the Islamic faith in his final days.


Among those in attendance were Litvinenko's father, his wife, who has also tested positive for traces of polonium, and the couple's son.


Meanwhile, Britain's Health Protection Agency has disclosed that at least seven staff members at London's Millennium 6 Hotel, a location Litvinenko visited on November 1, the day he became ill, have also shown low levels of the radioactive isotope 7.


The chief of that body, Pat Troop, outlined that part of the wide-ranging health investigation.


"First of all, none of them are ill," she said. "None of them have any illness in the short term. But, in the longer term, they may have a slight increase, a very low increase in their long-term risk to health."


The agency is asking the hundreds of people who visited the hotel bar between October 31 and November 2 to come forward for screenings.


 
A flag over the British embassy in Moscow
In Moscow, nine British detectives continue to work through their interview list.


A key person they want to talk to is former Russian intelligence bodyguard 8 Andrei Lugovoi. He and a fellow Russian associate stayed at the Millennium Hotel during the dates in question.


Earlier, Russian authorities stated that, whatever the outcome of the Scotland Yard investigation, no Russian citizens would be extradited to Britain, as that would be in breach 9 of the country's constitution.


But Russian prosecutors 10 have now launched their own murder investigation in parallel to the British operation.



n.棺材,灵柩
  • When one's coffin is covered,all discussion about him can be settled.盖棺论定。
  • The coffin was placed in the grave.那口棺材已安放到坟墓里去了。
n.坟墓,墓地,坟场
  • He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
  • His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。
adj.致死的;毁灭性的
  • A hammer can be a lethal weapon.铁锤可以是致命的武器。
  • She took a lethal amount of poison and died.她服了致命剂量的毒药死了。
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
n.清真寺
  • The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
  • Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前,清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。
n.一千年,千禧年;太平盛世
  • The whole world was counting down to the new millennium.全世界都在倒计时迎接新千年的到来。
  • We waited as the clock ticked away the last few seconds of the old millennium.我们静候着时钟滴答走过千年的最后几秒钟。
n.同位素
  • The isotope ratio is directly used for comparing oils or gases.同位素比率直接用于比较各种石油或天然气。
  • How to apply a radio isotope?如何运用放射性同位素?
n.护卫,保镖
  • She has to have an armed bodyguard wherever she goes.她不管到哪儿都得有带武器的保镖跟从。
  • The big guy standing at his side may be his bodyguard.站在他身旁的那个大个子可能是他的保镖。
n.违反,不履行;破裂;vt.冲破,攻破
  • We won't have any breach of discipline.我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。
  • He was sued for breach of contract.他因不履行合同而被起诉。
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 ); 告发人; 起诉人; 公诉人
  • In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方,检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
  • You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
学英语单词
a man of high standing
abbrev.
all-knowings
anacanthus barbatus
anomala mizusawai
antonio amaro
associate(d)
astringer
bemoiling
besplashing
black dogwood
Bowmont
budget and accounting act
cancer nadaensis
cast iron standard parts
cave formation
Commercial Credit Conference Form
cresotinic acid
crogball
dark green
Delo
description point
dimcontinue
distance formulae
duration of heat release
eastern plane
ecophilosophy
entraining
examine and verify
fuel fission
gas-cooled breeder reactor
genodermatosis
give oneself up to despair
Greenwich Time-Zone
herring-cob
high speed vessel
histolytically
hospital beds
imidophosphonic acid
inventory systems
isobrightness
it was said
jump-ball
kamarck
Kuril'skiye Ostrova
Kāveripatnam
latter part
Lysholm type compressor
mable
meliosma platypoda rehd. et wils
military government
milk bottles
negotiable amount
Nether Alderley
no hurry
nrd
oxaloacetic acid-enolphosphate
paleontological species
panegyrise
parabranchium
parallel drum winding
penancing
player-piano
plod along
pollutant interaction
positive causal link
principal axis of a quadric
pyknodysostosis
Quercus virginiana
quipp
radius rod
ramble over
rattlesome
ribozymology
Richmond, Mt.
rockys
roumm
same-day
sanl
schistocormus fissiventralis
self-propelled crust breaker
skeeziness
smoothing constant
spamless
Stephan
story-tellings
streaming factor
superior pelvic aperture
sustain damage
technophobe
time-integrated neutron flux
tips in
tks
toy store
upsodown
vat water disinfection
velum palatinum
water measure
wedge type snubber
white-friars
winegrapes
Yoshikuni