Jalal Talabani, who dominated Kurdish politics for ... negotiating agreements among Iraq’s disparate interest groups, working with Nouri al-Maliki, the controversial Iraqi prime minister of ...

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 ...

President Jalal Talabani's office released a statement criticizing ... presidency council -- which includes Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, a Sunni Arab; Vice President Adel Abdul Mahdi, a ...

25 July 2010 BAGHDAD: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani met on Sunday in Baghdad with an Iranian ... economic and cultural levels," read the release as received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. The ...

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Talabani was able to prevent any challenges to his presidency -- unlike al-Maliki, his re-election by parliament was hardly ever in question -- by positioning himself as a father figure for Iraq.

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani was flown to Germany early morning ... Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is the head of government. Although his official powers are limited, Talabani is a senior ...

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Sunday harshly criticized the ... Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, have the strength to place the nation on the road to stability at a time when its U.S. backers ...

"Today Jalal Talabani made it to the seat of power ... Talabani's election and the expected vote for al-Jaafari further consolidated the power shift in an Iraq, where both the Shiites and the ...

Jalal Talabani, who dominated Kurdish politics for ... negotiating agreements among Iraq’s disparate interest groups, working with Nouri al-Maliki, the controversial Iraqi prime minister of ...

It was for the Al-Jazeera English network. I asked him whether Iraq had turned out the way he'd thought it would. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) JALAL TALABANI: I think the collapse of ...