Edward Kennedy

Senator Edward Kennedy will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Saturday near his two brothers who were assassinated in the prime of their political careers.

US Senator Edward Kennedy, brother of ex-president John F Kennedy, has died after losing a battle with brain cancer, his family said on Wednesday.

Two days before South Carolina’s 2008 Democratic presidential primary, Barack Obama and his advisers were driving through the state in between campaign appearances when the candidate walked to the back of the RV with a broad grin.

Voters in the reputedly liberal state elected a little-known Republican candidate to the US Senate from a vacancy caused by the death of Edward Kennedy.

The FBI was tipped off that the three Kennedy brothers, Marilyn Monroe and members of Frank Sinatra’s Rat Pack held sex parties in John F Kennedy’s suite at the Carlyle hotel, according to confidential bureau files.

Now, 60 years after JFK's election as president, some are wondering if the days of "Camelot'' are over after US Representative Joe Kennedy lll's failed attempt to oust incumbent US Senator Edward Markey in Tuesday's state Democratic primary. The loss marks the first time a member of the political dynasty has come up short in a race for Congress in Massachusetts.

Raising hopes for Indian professionals seeking jobs in the US, the Senate has agreed on to increase the annual cap on H-1B visas by 50,000.

AHMEDABAD: Visa delays and exhausted visa limits have had a crippling effect on many businesses in the US that depend on seasonal foreign workers.

In a letter to Bangladesh Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed, the senators said "announce within next two months a roadmap towards free and fair elections".

The US Senate voted to advance a $15 billion jobs-creation measures in which five Republicans joined the majority Democrats giving a major victory to the Obama Administration.

Obama, bouyed by the South Carolina victory, is looking to close the gap with Clinton in the Tuesday poll in 22 states with more than 1,600 delegates at stake.

The Senate has agreed on the broad contours of immigration reform legislation that deals with an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in US.

The Indian Foreign Secretary will be meeting a group of American Congress leaders himself to sell the agreement.

The US Senate is poised to approve the Bush administration's N-deal with India after lawmakers rejected the first attempt to kill the agreement by a 73-26 margin.

The day when cancer can be detected by a simple blood test instead of a painful biopsy is not too far.

The day when cancer can be detected by a simple blood test instead of a painful biopsy is not too far. “Cancer fields are similar to magnetic fields. If a cell is affected by cancer, the surrounding cells and blood will bear the cancer signature.

Dealing with a civil war in Iraq would be the responsibility of Iraq's own security forces, at least initially, defence secy Rumsfeld told Cong on Thursday.

A number of key American figures will be visiting India over the next few days beginning with a trip of Richard Boucher.

Jonathan Karp, who has worked with authors ranging from Sen. Edward Kennedy to Susan Orlean, has been named the new CEO of Simon & Schuster. He replaces Carolyn Reidy, who died two weeks ago.