Senator denies claims he got woman to leave US

DEMOCRATIC presidential hopeful John Kerry moved yesterday to quash potentially catastrophic rumours linking him to an intern.

Right-wing news web site The Drudge Report which broke the Monica Lewinsky scandal claimed yesterday that a woman close to Mr Kerry recently left America at his behest.

However, when asked about the issue on MSNBC radio show, Imus in the Morning, Mr Kerry said: "There is nothing to report, nothing to talk about. There's nothing there. There's no story."