WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- US Democratic presidential front-runner John Kerry scored an easy victory in Virginia primary and was favored to win in Tennessee on Tuesday in a fierce battle in the South where his rivals have pinned their hopes.

    Early results showed Kerry, a senator from Massachusetts, won more than half of the votes in Virginia, with John Edwards of North Carolina a distant second and retired general Wesley Clark of Arkansas a third.

    Polls in Tennessee will close at 8 p.m. EST (0100 GMT) on Wednesday.

    Kerry has won 11 of 13 primaries or caucuses since late January,consolidating his commanding lead in the field for Democratic presidential nomination. Enditem