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Mourners gather to say goodbye to Ted Kennedy

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Former Vice President Al Gore, centre, talks with U.S. Senator Jon Corzine, left, and U.S. Senator Christopher before the funeral service.BRIAN SNYDER

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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks with former president Bill Clinton ahead of Saturday's service.BRIAN SNYDER

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Senator John McCain arrives for the service.STAN HONDA

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Actor Jack Nicholson arrives at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Boston.MIKE SEGAR

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U.S. President Barack Obama leaves the Fairmont Hotel following a private meeting with the widow of late senator Edward Kennedy, Vicki Kennedy.JEWEL SAMAD

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Congressman Patrick Kennedy, son of the late Senator Edward Kennedy, escorts his mother Joan Kennedy to the service.MIKE SEGAR

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Former U.S. President George W. Bush talks with U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy's ex-wife Joan Kennedy.Pool

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California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose wife Maria Shriver is the niece of Senator Edward Kennedy, arrives for the funeral service.Pool

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Widow Victoria Kennedy watches a military honor guard carry the coffin of her husband Sen. Edward Kennedy outside the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help.Chris Hondros

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Kara Kennedy Allen, daughter of US Senator Edward Kennedy, speaks during her father's funeral service.BRIAN SNYDER

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Yo-Yo Ma performs during the funeral services for U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy.JASON REED

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The body of late U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy is driven in a hearse by motorcade over Memorial Bridge past the Lincoln Memorial on its way to burial at Arlington National Cemetery.Mario Tama

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Military pallbearers hold a flag above the casket of U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy as his wife Vicki Reggie Kennedy looks on at the grave side during the burial service at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.JIM YOUNG

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