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McCain calls on Russia to withdraw from Georgia

DES MOINES
Fri Aug 8, 2008 2:26pm EDT

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Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain makes a statement on the developments in Georgia at the Des Moines International Airport during a campaign stop at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa August 8, 2008. REUTERS/Stephen Mally

DES MOINES (Reuters) -- Republican U.S. Presidential candidate John McCain on Friday urged Russia to immediately withdraw from Georgia and said the United States should call for an emergency United Nations session.

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"Russia should immediately and unconditionally cease its military operations, withdraw all forces from the sovereign territory of Georgia," McCain told reporters in Iowa. "The U.S should immediately convene an emergency session of the U.N. security council to call on Russia to reverse course."

(Reporting by Matthew Bigg, editing by Randall Mikkelsen)
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