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BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has had a stroke and his medical team in Baghdad is still trying to stabilize his condition, a spokesman for the prime minister said Tuesday. ...
On Tuesday, Jalal Talabani, the former president of Iraq and one of the Kurds' greatest leaders, passed away in Berlin. He was at the forefront of the Kurds' struggle for independence and freedom ...
Former Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has died at the age of 83, according to Iraqi state TV. Talabani was Iraq’s first non-Arab president, elected as head of state in the wake of the United ...
Jalal Talabani, Kurdish Leader and Iraq’s First Postwar President, Is Dead at 83. He used the largely ceremonial position as a bridge-builder during an intensely violent period in the years ...
Jalal Talabani was born Nov. 12, 1933, in Kelkan, in the Iraqi Kurdistan region. He showed an early revolutionary streak, founding the underground Kurdish Student Union when he was 13.
In fractured, postwar Iraq, Jalal Talabani — who died Tuesday in a German hospital at age 83 — had the ability to solve some of the country's most serious problems over lunch. As a skilled politician ...
In fractured, postwar Iraq, Jalal Talabani — who died Tuesday in a German hospital at age 83 — had the ability to solve some of the country's most serious problems over lunch.
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani was in stable condition late Tuesday after he was rushed to a Baghdad hospital Monday night, his office said. In a statement issued Tuesday night, the president’s ...
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has been hospitalized in Baghdad after suffering a stroke and is in stable condition, a spokesman for the prime minister said Tuesday. The development injected new un… ...
Last week, President Jalal Talabani gave an interview to a French television channel saying exactly that. He gave three reasons for his position: The first is that he is a socialist who is ...
As he stepped into office to become Iraq’s first Kurdish president, Jalal Talabani told his followers, “I am casting off my Kurdish clothes and wearing Iraqi ones instead. You must accept that.” ...