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Nation mourns as Kennedy makes final journey
With Americans mourning Edward Kennedy, the liberal lion’s family on Thursday prepared to accompany his body on its final journey.
Ted Kennedy, liberal lion of US politics
Senator Edward Kennedy, who died on Tuesday aged 77, was the liberal lion of US politics.
US Senator Edward Kennedy dies aged 77
United States Senator Edward Kennedy, a towering figure in the Democratic Party, has died at age 77, his family said on Wednesday.
Clinton draws rebuke over assassination remark
Hillary Clinton mentioned the June 1968 assassination of Robert Kennedy in explaining on Friday why she had resisted calls to end her White House bid, drawing a rebuke from…
Kennedy lucky to survive shame of Chappaquiddick
If there were a Richter scale for measuring scandals, Chappaquiddick would score very high. A young woman drowned when, late in the evening on July 18 1969, Senator Edward…
US Senator Kennedy has malignant brain tumour
Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy, the brother of assassinated president John F Kennedy and the elder statesman of American liberal politics, has a malignant brain tumour, his…
Super Tuesday: The winners and the losers
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama dug in for a protracted slog for the Democratic White House nomination in the United States after battling to a brutal draw in their Super…
Now Obama has the momentum
Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton jockeyed for position on Sunday in a bruising United States presidential race after Obama scored a landslide win in a South Carolina…