BOSTON, May 17 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy was hospitalized Saturday in Boston after suffering an apparent seizure, his office said.

The Massachusetts Democrat went to Cape Cod Hospital after feeling ill during the morning at his home in Hyannisport, The New York Times reported. He was moved by helicopter to Massachusetts General Hospital.

"It appears that Senator Kennedy experienced a seizure this morning," his office said in a statement. "He is undergoing a battery of tests at Massachusetts General Hospital to determine the cause of the seizure. Senator Kennedy is resting comfortably, and it is unlikely we will know anything more for the next 48 hours."

Last October, Kennedy underwent surgery to clear his carotid artery to possibly remove any threat of a stroke and his colleagues said he had been recovering nicely.

Family members were reported to be with Kennedy at the hospital, including his niece, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, the daughter of President John Kennedy.

Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, and Democratic rivals Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois and Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York all sent best wishes for a quick recovery. Kennedy endorsed Obama early in the primary season.

U.S. food aid to North Korea resumes

WASHINGTON, May 17 (UPI) -- U.S. officials say food aid to North Korea has resumed after a two-year suspension in the wake of a new agreement to better monitor its distribution.

The Bush administration has announced plans Friday to ship 500,000 metric tons of food to North Korea in the next year, with the first shipment set for next month, The Washington Times reported. The administration has satisfied its concerns about whether the aid would reach its intended destination of North Koreans in need, the newspaper said.

"The two sides have agreed on terms for a substantial improvement in monitoring and access in order to allow for confirmation of receipt by the intended recipients," the U.S. Agency for International Development said in a statement.

The talks to resume food aid came in conjunction with efforts to control North Korea's nuclear program, but administration officials insisted the two issues were not tied together, the Times said, adding that USAID officials said about 400,000 metric tons of food will go to the U.N. World Food Program for distribution, while the remainder will be handled by non-governmental organizations.

Spanish hackers busted

MADRID, May 17 (UPI) -- Five young people were in custody Saturday on charges they hacked into government Web sites from bases in four Spanish cities, authorities said.

The suspects, three of whom are minors and two others ages 19 and 20, were detained after police determined they were members of a computer hacking gang called "D.O.M." They allegedly were responsible for breaking into sites in the U.S., Latin America and Asia, RIA Novosti reported.

NASA's Web site also was among the possible targets of the group, the Russian news agency said. Police claimed they operated out of the Spanish cities of Barcelona, Malaga, Valencia and Burgos.

Police allege the youngsters hacked into 21,000 Web pages over the course of two years. RIA Novosti said the investigation began in March with the defacement of a Web site hosted by Izquierda Unida, a Spanish left wing political party.

Bush arrives in Egypt for Mideast talks

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, May 17 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush arrived in an Egypt Saturday for talks with Arab leaders, including Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

Also attending the talks at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, were Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, King Abdullah II of Jordan, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak. On the agenda for discussion were Bush's hopes for a peace deal between Palestinians and Israelis, the BBC reported.

Bush was likely to spend his time in Egypt trying to square his unwavering support for Israel with more strategic aims of building longer-term ties with Arab nations, the British network reported. Bush's visit was not expected to produce any diplomatic breakthroughs, the BBC said.

Bush was to first meet with Mubarak at a hotel overlooking the Red Sea, then was to move to discussions Karzai and Abbas.