Kennedy will lie in repose at brother's library on Friday

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WASHINGTON — Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's body will be taken on Thursday to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library at Dorchester, Mass., outside Boston, where it will lie in repose for public viewing on Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Kennedy family announced Wednesday.

A memorial service will be held Friday night at the library and a funeral Mass will be celebrated Saturday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in Boston. Neither event will be open to the public.

Kennedy will be buried at 5 p.m. Saturday at Arlington National Cemetery. The burial service will be closed to the public.

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