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US Senator Kennedy hospitalised after seizure

US Senator Edward Kennedy suffered a seizure on Saturday but hours later was talking with family at his side in a Boston hospital.

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  • Published: 08:16 May 18, 2008
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Boston: US Senator Edward Kennedy suffered a seizure on Saturday but hours later was talking with family at his side in a Boston hospital.

The 76-year-old Kennedy, the younger brother of assassinated US president John F. Kennedy, was rushed from the family vacation compound in Massachusetts to Cape Cod Hospital before being airlifted to Boston.

"He is undergoing a battery of tests at Massachusetts General Hospital to determine the cause of the seizure," his office in Washington said in a statement.

A Kennedy aide said later that by Saturday afternoon the senator was joking with family members.

Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, after talking with Kennedy's wife, told reporters in Nevada that the senator "will be fine," a Reid aide said.

Reid said the senator had a seizure, but "woke up fighting," the aide added.

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