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World's 'Most Poisonous Plant' Found In British Garden's Flower Beds
Gardeners frequently employ the castor oil plant in their displays, however it contains the poison ricin, which can be fatal if consumed.
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'World's Deadliest Garden' Has More Than 100 Dangerous Plants, Photo Viral
The Poison Garden is home to Monkshood, Rhododendrons and Ricin, which according to the Guinness Book of World Records is the world's most poisonous plant.
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Woman Charged With Sending Ricin Letter To Trump To Remain In US Custody
A US federal judge on Monday declared a Canadian woman arrested on suspicion of mailing ricin-filled letters to President Donald Trump "a continuing danger" to Trump and ordered her detained and transferred to Washington, D.C., where she was indicted.
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6 Ricin-Laced Letters Sent To US, Including White House: Canada Police
Canadian police on Monday searched an apartment in a Montreal suburb linked to the woman arrested for sending a ricin-filled envelope to the White House and to five other addresses in Texas, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said.
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Woman Suspected Of Sending Package Containing Poison To Trump Arrested
Authorities have arrested a person suspected of sending the deadly poison ricin in an envelope addressed to the White House but intercepted before it could be delivered there, a law enforcement source said on Sunday.
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Letter With Deadly Poison Ricin Sent To White House Intercepted: Report
An envelope addressed to the White House contained a substance identified as ricin, a deadly poison, several media outlets reported on Saturday, citing a federal official briefed on the matter.
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US Man Charged For Sending Poisoned Letters To Trump, FBI Chief, Others
A US Navy veteran from Utah was charged on Friday with five federal felony counts stemming from a ricin threat targeting President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary James Mattis, FBI chief Christopher Wray and a high-ranking naval admiral.
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Utah Man Arrested Over Envelopes Mailed To US Officials
A Utah man was taken into custody on Wednesday as a suspect in the investigation of letters sent to Pentagon officials and President Donald Trump that were initially feared to contain the poison ricin, a law enforcement source said.
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Parcels Sent To Pentagon Suspected To Contain Ricin, Says Official
Two or more packages delivered to the Pentagon this week were suspected to contain the deadly poison ricin, an official said on Tuesday.
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Germany Terror Suspect Suspected Of Making "Biological Weapon" With Ricin
A Tunisian detained in Germany on suspicion of planning an Islamist-motivated attack produced ricin and tested the lethal toxin on a hamster, prosecutors said on Friday.
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Terror Suspect's Wife Arrested In Foiled 'Biological Attack' In Germany
German police on Tuesday arrested the wife of a Tunisian suspected terrorist already in custody over a foiled biological attack with the deadly poison ricin, prosecutors said.
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Woman Stockpiled Deadly Substance Ricin; Tested It On Neighbour, Says FBI
A 70-year-old woman living in a Vermont retirement home passed her time experimenting with homemade ricin, even testing it on fellow residents, the Justice Department said Friday.
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Man Gets US Prison Term For Trying To Buy Ricin Online
A former New York University student from China was sentenced on Tuesday to 16 years in prison after being convicted of trying to buy the deadly toxin ricin on a secretive website in order to sell it in the form of "simple and easy death pills."
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Sender of Ricin Letters Sentenced on State Charges
A man who sent letters dusted with the poison ricin to President Barack Obama and other officials has been sentenced to 20 years in prison on unrelated state charges of fondling three martial arts students.
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25 Years for US Man for Sending Poisoned Letters to Obama
A man who pleaded guilty to sending letters dusted with the poison ricin to President Barack Obama and other officials was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison.
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World's 'Most Poisonous Plant' Found In British Garden's Flower Beds
Gardeners frequently employ the castor oil plant in their displays, however it contains the poison ricin, which can be fatal if consumed.
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'World's Deadliest Garden' Has More Than 100 Dangerous Plants, Photo Viral
The Poison Garden is home to Monkshood, Rhododendrons and Ricin, which according to the Guinness Book of World Records is the world's most poisonous plant.
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Woman Charged With Sending Ricin Letter To Trump To Remain In US Custody
A US federal judge on Monday declared a Canadian woman arrested on suspicion of mailing ricin-filled letters to President Donald Trump "a continuing danger" to Trump and ordered her detained and transferred to Washington, D.C., where she was indicted.
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6 Ricin-Laced Letters Sent To US, Including White House: Canada Police
Canadian police on Monday searched an apartment in a Montreal suburb linked to the woman arrested for sending a ricin-filled envelope to the White House and to five other addresses in Texas, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said.
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Woman Suspected Of Sending Package Containing Poison To Trump Arrested
Authorities have arrested a person suspected of sending the deadly poison ricin in an envelope addressed to the White House but intercepted before it could be delivered there, a law enforcement source said on Sunday.
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Letter With Deadly Poison Ricin Sent To White House Intercepted: Report
An envelope addressed to the White House contained a substance identified as ricin, a deadly poison, several media outlets reported on Saturday, citing a federal official briefed on the matter.
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US Man Charged For Sending Poisoned Letters To Trump, FBI Chief, Others
A US Navy veteran from Utah was charged on Friday with five federal felony counts stemming from a ricin threat targeting President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary James Mattis, FBI chief Christopher Wray and a high-ranking naval admiral.
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Utah Man Arrested Over Envelopes Mailed To US Officials
A Utah man was taken into custody on Wednesday as a suspect in the investigation of letters sent to Pentagon officials and President Donald Trump that were initially feared to contain the poison ricin, a law enforcement source said.
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Parcels Sent To Pentagon Suspected To Contain Ricin, Says Official
Two or more packages delivered to the Pentagon this week were suspected to contain the deadly poison ricin, an official said on Tuesday.
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Germany Terror Suspect Suspected Of Making "Biological Weapon" With Ricin
A Tunisian detained in Germany on suspicion of planning an Islamist-motivated attack produced ricin and tested the lethal toxin on a hamster, prosecutors said on Friday.
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Terror Suspect's Wife Arrested In Foiled 'Biological Attack' In Germany
German police on Tuesday arrested the wife of a Tunisian suspected terrorist already in custody over a foiled biological attack with the deadly poison ricin, prosecutors said.
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Woman Stockpiled Deadly Substance Ricin; Tested It On Neighbour, Says FBI
A 70-year-old woman living in a Vermont retirement home passed her time experimenting with homemade ricin, even testing it on fellow residents, the Justice Department said Friday.
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Man Gets US Prison Term For Trying To Buy Ricin Online
A former New York University student from China was sentenced on Tuesday to 16 years in prison after being convicted of trying to buy the deadly toxin ricin on a secretive website in order to sell it in the form of "simple and easy death pills."
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Sender of Ricin Letters Sentenced on State Charges
A man who sent letters dusted with the poison ricin to President Barack Obama and other officials has been sentenced to 20 years in prison on unrelated state charges of fondling three martial arts students.
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25 Years for US Man for Sending Poisoned Letters to Obama
A man who pleaded guilty to sending letters dusted with the poison ricin to President Barack Obama and other officials was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison.
