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U.S. Sen. Kennedy to have surgery


    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, a leading Democrat and patriarch of a prominent U.S. political dynasty, said he would undergo surgery on Monday for treatment of a brain tumour diagnosed last month.

    Kennedy, 76, said in a statement he would have surgeryMonday at Duke University Medical Centre in Durham, NorthCarolina, followed by chemotherapy and radiation atMassachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

    Surgery was to start at about 9 a.m. EDT (2 p.m. Britishtime), CNN reported, and Kennedy said he expected to behospitalized at Duke for about a week.

    Kennedy, the second-longest serving member of the currentU.S. Senate, was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour calleda glioma, a type of tumour that usually kills within threeyears.

    "After completing treatment, I look forward to returning tothe United States Senate and to doing everything I can to helpelect Barack Obama as our next president," the MassachusettsDemocrat said.