Yuschenko poisoning investigation reopens

MPs in Ukraine’s parliament reopened their investigation today into opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko’s mysterious illness after doctors in Austria determined he had been poisoned by dioxin.

The decision by a parliamentary commission followed a similar move by the country’s prosecutor general yesterday. The commission will be led by Volodymyr Sivkovych, an MP who is supporting Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, Yushchenko’s opponent in the December 26 re-run election for the presidency.