Washington, Sep. 15 : Former US Senator Ted Kennedy, who died last month after battling brain cancer, has said the probing of the affair between former President Bill Clinton and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky was fair.

Washington, Sep. 15 : Former US Senator Ted Kennedy, who died last month from brain cancer, has revealed in his autobiography that his friends did not warn him that his drinking or his private life was getting out of control in the 1970s and 1980s.

Boston (Massachusetts, US), Aug. 28 : Tens of thousands of mourners packed the sides of beach roads, highways, and city streets from Hyannis Port to Boston on Thursday to bid an emotional farewell to Senator Edward M. Kennedy, who made a final journey from his cherished summer refuge, over the Sagamore Bridge, past touchstones of his life in politics.

Washington, Aug. 28 : Former US Senator Ted Kennedy had many foreign-policy achievements to his credit, and one of them was his role in helping to create the new state of Bangladesh in 1971.

In 1971, the Pakistan Government, with the support of the Nixon administration, sent troops into what was then called East Pakistan, in order to contain a secessionist movement. This created a massive refugee crisis as millions streamed across the border to India.

Although the situation got little coverage in the United States, Kennedy, who had a lifelong interest in refugee issues and was eyeing a run against Nixon, traveled to inspect the situation:

Washington, Aug. 27 : Senator Ted Kennedy's autobiography, "True Compass," will hit shelves next month, but the talking point is the publisher, who has announced a 1,000 price tag for a limited number of pre-signed books.

According to Politico, standard editions of "True Compass" will sell for 35 dollars and will hit stores on September 14.

Washington  - US senator Ted Kennedy will be buried at Arlington National Cemetary, the resting place of his two fallen brothers, CNN reported Wednesday.

Kennedy will be buried not far from the grave sites of former president John F Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1963, and Robert Kennedy, who suffered the same fate while running for the White House in 1968.

Ted Kennedy died late Tuesday at the age of 77 after battling brain cancer for more than a year. President Barack Obama, former colleagues and leaders around the world have paid tribute to Kennedy since learning of his death.

Pretoria - South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) party Wednesday mourned the death of US Senator Ted Kennedy and hailed him as a champion in the battle against apartheid.

In a statement, the ANC said "Kennedy was among leaders who championed the opposition against the apartheid regime in South Africa."

Kennedy visited South Africa in 1985 and drew attention to apartheid through the American television crews that followed him, the ANC noted. The US senator visited slums and resettlement areas despite his trip being denounced by the then apartheid regime.

London, Aug 26 : World leaders have paid tribute to Senator Edward Kennedy, the patriarch of the first family of Democratic politics, who died late Tuesday at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, after a lengthy battle with brain cancer at the age of 77.

Kennedy, nicknamed “Ted,” was the younger brother of slain President John F. Kennedy and New York Senator Robert Kennedy, who was gunned down while seeking the White House in 1968.

Washington, June 13 : Senator Ted Kennedy was paid nearly two million dollars last year as an author's advance for a new autobiography.

Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group (USA), has paid in advances for his yet untitled autobiography.

Ted Kennedy, the veteran Massachusetts Democrat who is battling brain cancer, was paid the huge sum part of an author's advance for a new autobiography, according to financial disclosure reports made public on Friday.

Washington, May 20 : Senator Ted Kennedy's cancer is in remission, and he will be returning to the Senate after the Memorial Day recess, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters here on Tuesday.

Reid indicated that he had spoken recently with Kennedy's wife to discuss his condition. Asked by a reporter if the brain cancer was in remission, Reid said: "As far as I know it is, yes."

Kennedy still has to undergo a few more treatments before returning to a full Senate schedule.

Washington, Mar. 6 : Critics have pointed out that Senator Ted Kennedy''s knighthood is unconstitutional according to the Article I Section 9 of the US constitution.

Article I Section 9 of the Constitution says, "No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state."

Boston (US), Feb. 21 : Rumors are doing the rounds that a very sick Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy may pass on his political baton to wife Vicki, as he continues to battle with brain cancer.

Kennedy's friends say that his battle with brain cancer has entered its final rounds, and that he is presently at an undisclosed location in Florida, resting and sailing.

"He's someplace sunny, near the water, where he can rest and sail. Time is of the essence. It's very sad," the Boston Globe quoted one of his friends, as saying.

Washington  - Long-time US Senator Ted Kennedy, who has been battling brain cancer since May, was released from hospital Wednesday after he collapsed in the middle of US President Barack Obama's inaugural lunch, CNN reported.

Kennedy, 76, the last surviving brother of the assassinated John F Kennedy, was taken to the Washington Hospital Center Tuesday after suffering an apparent seizure towards the end of the private lunch hosted by Congress to honour Obama's inauguration.

Washington  - Long-time US Senator Ted Kennedy, who has been battling brain cancer since May, collapsed Tuesday in the middle of US President Barack Obama's inaugural lunch with members of Congress.

Obama said his prayers were with Kennedy - the brother of former president John F Kennedy - and his family.

"I would be lying to you if I did not say that right now a part of me is with him," Obama said.

Washington  - Veteran US Senator Ted Kennedy received a standing ovation Wednesday as he returned to Congress for the first time since being hospitalized and undergoing successful surgery on a malignant brain tumour.

Kennedy, the last surviving brother of slain president John F Kennedy, made his way back to Washington for a crucial Senate vote on health care, one of his signature issues over more than four decades of representing Massachusetts in the legislative chamber.

Washington  - Veteran Democratic Senator Edward "Ted" Kennedy, one of the country's most famous politicians and champions of the poor, was in hospital Saturday after suffering a seizure, but was conscious and talking by day's end.

The symptoms were originally reported to be those of a stroke, but Kennedy spokeswoman Melissa Wagoner said in a statement that it was a seizure.

New York, May 10: Veteran Democratic Party Senator Ted Kennedy has already lost favour with Hillary Clinton after he decided not to back her for this year’s bid for the White House.

Now, he has gone one step forward, and said that she wouldn't make a good vice-president because the job requires "real leadership."

"I don't think it's possible. And I think if we had real leadership - as we do with Barack Obama - in the number-two spot as well, it'd be enormously helpful," The New York Daily News quoted him, as saying.

A Kennedy spokesman later clarified that Kennedy thinks Clinton is "more than qualified" to be Vice President.