Kennedy up and about after surgery

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — The US Senate's liberal lion Edward Kennedy was walking around and experienced no complications Tuesday after undergoing brain cancer surgery, his office said.

"Senator Kennedy had a restful night's sleep and is recuperating well from yesterday's procedure" at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, the Massachusetts Democratic senator's office said in a statement.

"He is experiencing no complications, and has been walking the hallways, spending time with family and actively keeping up with the news of the day," it said.

The statement said that Kennedy, 76, one of the most senior Democrats in the US Senate the last surviving brother of assassinated President John F. Kennedy, would remain at the Duke center for about a...