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Nine years after former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned in a plush London hotel in what has been described as Russian "state-sponsored nuclear terrorism", a public inquiry into his death finally begins in the British capital next week.

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill called on Thursday for a deep cut in the "horrifyingly high" number of abortions, which he linked to a Western rejection of moral norms.

German luxury ceramics company Villeroy & Boch AG (VIBG_p.DE) sued Amazon.com Inc for selling what it says is a copycat version of its popular New Wave cup and saucer.