Carolyn Presutti / www.amazines.com - A champion of liberalism in the United States has died. Seventy-seven year old Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy succumbed to brain cancer late Tuesday night. His senate term spanned nearly 50 years and those who are mourning him.

VOA News - An Iranian revolutionary court held its second session in a week to try dozens of activists, journalists and protesters arrested during weeks of unrest in the aftermath of a disputed June 12 presidential election. Opposition leaders are calling the trials illegitimate.

Andre de Nesnera - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden recently visited Ukraine and Georgia. His trip came several weeks after President Barack Obama held a Moscow summit with his Russian counterpart, Dmitri Medvedev - a meeting with the main goal of resetting U.S.-Russian relations on a positive footing. Most analysts agree that was achieved.

Ravi Khanna - Pakistan says intelligence sources confirm that Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud was killed by Wednesday's missile strike in the country's tribal region.