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U.S. will remove North Korea
    from terrorism, official says

    « Thread Started on Oct 11, 2008, 8:19pm »

    
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    U.S. will remove North Korea from terrorism, official says

    Posted: 09:12 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (CNN) — The United States is expected to remove
    North Korea from the list of terrorism-sponsoring countries in
    return for North Korea agreeing to a plan to inspect its nuclear
    facilities, a senior State Department official told CNN.

    
The move is expected to be announced this
    morning, the official said. It is part of an agreed upon verification
    protocol, how the U.S. and its allies will check whether North
    Korea has revealed all its nuclear secrets, according to a second
    U.S. official.

    
The senior State Department official said
    President Bush made the decision last night to remove North Korea
    from the terrorism list. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
    was expected to complete the process to make that happen by sometime
    this morning, the senior State Department official said.



    

    
Obama needs 75 percent turnout
    in Philadelphia, says Rendell

    « Thread Started on Oct 11, 2008, 8:25pm »

    
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    Obama needs 75 percent turnout in Philadelphia, says Rendell

    Posted: 05:05 PM ET

    
From CNN Senior Political Producer Sasha
    Johnson

    
 

    
The Pennsylvania governor stumped for Obama
    in Philadelphia Saturday.

    PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (CNN) – Barack Obama and his
    band of Pennsylvania pols criss-crossed Philadelphia Saturday
    in an effort to drive up turnout in a city where Obama needs
    big margins to win the state next month.

    
“Senator Obama has done everything
    he could to bring us to this point. For two years he’s campaigned
    across the length and breadth of this country and he’s done
    a great job,” Governor Ed Rendell told a mostly African-American
    crowd in north Philadelphia. “In the primary, only 53 percent
    of the registered voters in Philadelphia turned out. Twenty-four
    days from today, 53 percent will not cut it. It will not cut
    it if we want to make sure that Barack Obama is the 44th President
    of the United States. We need to turn out at least 75 percent.”

    
The homage to the Philadelphia Phillies
    and requisite cheese steak references aside, Obama stuck to the
    economic populist stump speech he’s delivered in various
    battleground states since the financial crisis began.

    
“We need policies that grow our economy
    from the bottom-up, so that every American, everywhere has the
    chance to get ahead,” Obama told residents in Germantown,
    a Northwest Philadelphia neighborhood. “These are the Americans
    I’m standing for. These are the folks I’m fighting
    for. The cops, the teachers, the guys who pick up the garbage,
    the folks who are mopping the floors at night, the people who
    are starting a small business the barber shop owner, the hardware
    store owner, that’s the kind of leadership I’m offering.
    That’s what I mean when I’m talking about change.

    
Obama drew thousands at four stops in distinct
    sections of the city. Crowds jammed his motorcade route screaming,
    waving and occasionally running in between the cars, creating
    havoc. 



    


    
McCain to crowd: 'Don't be
    scared' of Obama presidency

    « Thread Started on Oct 11, 2008, 8:29pm »

    
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    McCain to crowd: 'Don't be scared' of Obama presidency

    Posted: 08:44 AM ET

    
From CNN Political Producer Tasha Diakides

    
 

    
McCain called for the crowd to cool its
    rhetoric Friday.

    LAKEVILLE, Minnesota (CNN) – John McCain heard boos at a
    town hall meeting Friday night after the Republican presidential
    nominee called for the crowd to be more respectful towards rival
    Barack Obama.

    
“We would like you to remain a true
    American hero,” an elderly military veteran told him. “We
    want you to fight.”

    
“I will fight, but we will be respectful,”
    McCain said. “I admire Senator Obama and his accomplishments
    and I will respect him.”

    
When the crowd began to boo, McCain told
    them “No, no. I want everyone to be respectful.”

    
Watch: McCain tries to calm the crowd

    
Along with the veteran, four others pleaded
    with McCain to put up more of a fight against Obama.

    
One woman who said she had a lot of undecided
    neighbors said she wanted McCain to “go to the mattresses”
    on in his third and final debate with Obama on Wednesday.



    





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